Engineering Manager, Okta Access Gateway

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The Opportunity: Okta Access Gateway (OAG)

Lead, mentor, and empower an engineering team, fostering an inclusive, high-performance, and psychologically safe engineering culture.
Drive career progression, goal setting, regular 1:1s, and continuous feedback to help engineers grow their technical and leadership skills.
Attract, interview, and hire diverse engineering talent to scale Okta’s engineering presence in Toronto.
Own the end-to-end execution and delivery of key product roadmap initiatives, balancing feature velocity, technical debt, and software quality.
Establish predictable agile delivery cadences (Scrum/Kanban), driving accurate scope estimation, milestone tracking, and stakeholder communication.
Champion operational rigor, security standards, high availability, and performance benchmarking for customer-deployed gateway appliances.
Partner closely with Product Managers, Technical Architects, and UX designers to define technical roadmaps and product requirements.
Participate in architectural reviews, system design proposals, and threat modeling without micromanaging day-to-day code implementation.
Guide the team in modernizing gateway capabilities, containerization, deployment automation, and seamless integration with the core Okta Identity Cloud.

Engineering Leadership: 2+ years of experience formally managing software engineering teams (or 4+ years as a hands-on Lead / Staff Engineer leading complex, multi-engineer projects to delivery).
Technical Background: 8+ years of total software engineering experience designing and operating enterprise-scale distributed systems or infrastructure products.
Enterprise Stack Experience: Strong background in server-side technologies (e.g., Java / Spring Boot, Go, or C/C++) and distributed systems concepts (concurrency, caching, high throughput, and asynchronous processing).
Security & Networking Acumen: Solid understanding of network architecture, TLS/SSL, reverse proxies/gateways, HTTP headers, DNS, and cloud environments (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
Execution & Agile Rigor: Proven track record of managing agile delivery, CI/CD automation pipelines, and cross-functional dependencies across distributed teams.
Communication: Exceptional verbal and written communication skills with the ability to articulate complex technical trade-offs to both technical and executive stakeholders.
Deep knowledge of Identity & Access Management (IAM) and authentication protocols: SAML 2.0, OAuth 2.0 / OIDC, Kerberos / IWA, Header-Based Auth, and FIDO2 / WebAuthn.
Experience building or operating Reverse Proxies (NGINX / Envoy / HAProxy), API gateways, or Linux-based virtual appliances (OVA / AMI / VHD / Containers).
Experience with Zero Trust network access (ZTNA) or enterprise hybrid integrations (Oracle, SAP, IBM, Microsoft).
Experience building or scaling engineering teams in a hybrid/distributed model.

 
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Below is the annual salary range for candidates located in Canada. Your actual salary will depend on factors such as your skills, qualifications, and experience. In addition, Okta offers equity (where applicable), bonus, and benefits, including health, dental, and vision insurance, RRSP with a match, healthcare spending, telemedicine, and paid leave (including PTO and parental leave) in accordance with our applicable plans and policies. To learn more about our Total Rewards program, please visit: https://rewards.okta.com/can.
The annual base salary range for this position for candidates located in Canada is between:
$168,000—$231,000 CAD
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