Software Engineering Manager, Java

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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. 

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Title: Engineering Manager, Directories Integration

Company Description:

Okta is the leading independent provider of enterprise identity. The Okta Identity Cloud enables organizations to securely connect the right people to the right technologies at the right time. With over 6,500 pre-built integrations to applications and infrastructure providers, Okta customers can easily and securely use the best technologies for their business. Over 7,950 organizations, including 20th Century Fox, JetBlue, Nordstrom, Slack, Teach for America and Twilio, trust Okta to help protect the identities of their workforces and customers

Position Description:

The Okta platform provides directory services, single sign-on, strong authentication, provisioning, workflow, and built in reporting. It runs in the cloud on a secure, reliable, extensively audited platform and integrates deeply with on premises applications, directories, and identity management systems.

We are looking for an experienced engineering manager to manage teams who are responsible for designing and building how Okta streamlines authentication and synchronization with on-premises 3rd-party directories (e.g. LDAP and Active Directory). You will lead teams of elite engineers, grow the teams, and drive impact and customer satisfaction. You will drive engineering best practices, productivity enhancement, and make our elite engineering team shine. You also share great pride in elegant solutions and strongly believe in designing for scale, rigorous code reviews, automated testing, and an iterative process to build high-quality next generation cloud software. 

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Establishing clear priorities, expectations, and accountability for individuals and team
• Collaborate with product management to help define and refine product roadmap
• Driving the execution and delivery of product features with high quality product by working with cross-functional teams, System Architects, QA, Product and Documentation teams
• Providing regular feedback, technical guidance, and mentoring to team members
• Fostering collaborative, engaging and inclusive team environments
• Maintaining and improving our culture by sourcing and hiring only the most qualified individuals with an eye towards diversity & inclusion

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• 8+ years of experience in developing enterprise cloud software development
• 5+ years of hands-on technical management experience
• Experience working with product & program managers to align on objectives, priorities, trade-offs and risk.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills for technical discussions.
• Ability to work effectively with distributed teams and people of various backgrounds
• Lead, recruit, mentor and retain engineers

Preferred skills:

• Expertise in managing projects written using Java/C#, REST API, JSON.
• Experience or knowledge of cloud computing services such as AWS/Azure/GCP
• Experience managing framework/platform team
• Shipped a large-scale project with cross team dependencies
• Enjoy communicating to all levels of our customer support and professional services.
• Knowledge of network security, encryption, identity and provisioning a plus
• Experience with Directory services (eg: LDAP,  Active Directory, Azure Active Directory)

Education and Training:

• Bachelor’s Degree majoring in computer science or equivalent

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What you can look forward to as a Full-Time Okta employee!

• Amazing Benefits
• Making Social Impact
• Developing Talent and Fostering Connection + Community at Okta

Okta cultivates a dynamic work environment, providing the best tools, technology and benefits to empower our employees to work productively in a setting that best and uniquely suits their needs. Each organization is unique in the degree of flexibility and mobility in which they work so that all employees are enabled to be their most creative and successful versions of themselves, regardless of where they live. Find your place at Okta today! https://www.okta.com/company/careers/.

Some roles may require travel to one of our office locations for in-person onboarding.

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