Manager, Software Engineering

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.The Okta Privileged Access Management Team (PAM) The Okta Privileged Access Management (PAM) is an identity-centric approach to a common and critical privileged access use case. Our elegant Zero Trust architecture is purpose-built for the modern cloud and helps customers solve challenging security and operations pain points at scale. . The Software Engineering Manager We are looking for a manager to lead the product development team behind this fast-growing product as we continue our mission to secure the internet by building a scalable, reliable product that customers love to use.

REQUIRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• 5+ years of experience building SaaS or Infrastructure software products as a software engineer or manager.
• 2+ years of technical management experience.
• Bachelors in CS, or equivalent

WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING

• Lead a team of engineers responsible for building the backend, frontend for PAM features..
• Work closely with Product Management to develop and implement our product roadmap.
• Empower your teams to focus on usability, scale and reliability.
• Recruit great engineers to accelerate our work.
• Mentor, retain and develop engineers as they advance in their own careers.
• Establishing clear priorities, expectations, and accountability for individuals and team
• Driving the execution and delivery of product features with high quality, collaborating with cross-functional teams, System Architects, QA, and Documentation teams

WHAT YOU’LL BRING TO THE ROLE

• Have managed small teams with end-to-end ownership over their technical stack, development environment and production performance.
• Are excited to build an amazing product - and believe the best way to do so is by leading and empowering engineers.
• Are familiar with infrastructure tools such as AWS, GCP, Ansible, Terraform or Kubernetes.
• Have successfully built high-performing engineering teams which deliver their product “as a Service”.
• Have opinions on topics like feature flags, CI pipelines and technical debt.
• Are comfortable leading geographically distributed teams.
• Thrive on autonomy, and use it to get stuff done.