Engineering Manager (Customer Identity)

at  Okta

GET TO KNOW OKTA

Okta is The World’s Identity Company. We free everyone to safely use any technology—anywhere, on any device or app. Our Workforce and Customer Identity Clouds enable secure yet flexible access, authentication, and automation that transforms how people move through the digital world, putting Identity at the heart of business security and growth.
At Okta, we celebrate a variety of perspectives and experiences. We are not looking for someone who checks every single box - we’re looking for lifelong learners and people who can make us better with their unique experiences.
Join our team! We’re building a world where Identity belongs to you.
Okta’s Customer Identity Cloud (CIC) is an easy to implement, adaptable authentication and authorization platform. Basically, we make everyone’s login box awesome. If you are a problem solver who wants to make this login experience even better, then look no further - Okta CIC IAM Authentication domain is where you want to be. Our domain’s mission is to provide a simple, secure, standards-compliant, and delightful authentication experience for both end users and developers. We work with NodeJS, React, Postgres/MongoDB databases, and our services run on both AWS and Azure. Our technology radar continues to try, adopt, and re-visit various technologies and is a proponent of using the right tools for the job.

You will:

• Lead and grow a healthy, inclusive, collaborative team rooted in the opportunities they create for customers.
• Ensure each team member deepens their skills through coaching, training, and mentoring.
• Work with product and design to build the roadmap for Embedded Login at Okta CIC. This involves talking to engineers, other teams, and various stakeholders within the company.
• Review your team’s work to meet high-performance standards.
• As required, work on relevant stories, tasks, and bugs from your team’s backlog.
• Tie every piece of work back to the mission of making the internet safer and the business value of making it easier for companies to solve Auth.
• Have the opportunity to gain a great understanding and context about how Okta CIC works and learn more about security protocols and how to build reliable, highly available systems.

You are a good fit if you:

• Have experience leading a backend API development team.
• Skilled at coaching teammates in all phases of their careers.
• Experience providing focus to teams to enable them to achieve their goals.
• Hands-on who can help a team evaluate trade-offs during various SDLC phases.
• Enjoy working in an iterative development environment.
• Can add value to a conversation even when you are not familiar with the entire context.
• Work well with technical and non-technical people to deliver high-value results.
• Like to lead by example.
• Are a great communicator and communication facilitator.

Please refer the Job description for details