Engineering Manager, Organizations (Auth0)

Okta; Toronto; On-site; CAD 168,000 - 231,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, and vision insurance

RRSP with a match

Healthcare spending

Paid leave including PTO and parental leave

Job summary

Okta, located in Toronto, is seeking a skilled Engineering Manager responsible for mentoring a remote team of 9 engineers and managing technical oversight on projects. You will collaborate closely with your Product Manager for effective roadmap planning and own the technical quality delivered by your team. Additionally, you will work cross-functionally to drive successful projects and enhance system architecture, contributing to the overall mission of Okta. Key skills include team management, technical feedback, and experience with authentication protocols.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in managing and mentoring engineering teams.
• Solid understanding of complex distributed systems architecture.
• Ability to deliver projects on time through effective tracking.

Responsibilities

• Manage and coach a remote team of 9 engineers.
• Partner with Product Manager on roadmap planning.
• Oversee the quality and technical debt of the team's projects.

Skills

Team management

Technical feedback

Cross-team collaboration

Architectural design

Project management

Tools

OAuth2

OIDC

SAML

Apache Kafka

Job description

Overview

Secure Every Identity, from AI to Human

Identity is the key to unlocking the potential of AI. Okta secures AI by building the trusted, neutral infrastructure that enables organizations to safely embrace this new era. This work requires a relentless drive to solve complex challenges with real-world stakes. We are looking for builders and owners who operate with speed and urgency and execute with excellence.

This is an opportunity to do career-defining work. We're all in on this mission. If you are too, let's talk.

The Product

Okta’s Auth0 is an easy-to-implement authentication and authorization platform designed by developers for developers. We make access to applications safe, secure, and seamless for the more than 100 million daily logins around the world. Our modern approach to identity enables this Tier-Ø global service to deliver convenience, privacy, and security so customers can focus on innovation.

The Team

The Organizations team is expanding Auth0 to help B2B SaaS applications easily manage access for their own customers and partners, at scale. We make it possible for enterprise SaaS users to log in with the right set of permissions within the right context, and for our B2B customers to onboard access for their customers easily. Our work is cross-cutting and always heavily customer driven.

If you have keen eye for good user experiences and enjoy solving hard problems at scale we can’t wait to talk to you.

What you’ll be doing

• Manage, mentor and coach a team of 9 remote engineers, with seniorities up to Staff Engineer level
• Effectively partner with your Product Manager on planning and delivering the team’s quarterly and annual roadmap
• Own and be accountable for the quality of the team’s technical estate, effectively managing technical debt, addressing security vulnerabilities and ensuring wider cross-team technical initiatives are delivered in a timely manner
• Review, provide feedback and help steer the technical design of the features the team is delivering, ensuring these can meet the scale at which Auth0 is operating
• Work with other engineering managers in the group to drive cross-team projects and leadership initiatives

What you’ll bring to the role

• You effectively bridge the asks and needs of the business and the team itself with successful outcomes
• You are people-oriented, and know how to best support your reports to elevate them to next levels of performance. You have experience growing engineers to the next level, and bringing off-track engineers back on track.
• You have worked on projects that required close collaboration with external teams, and have experience making those a success.
• You bring solid architectural knowledge, backed by experience in designing, implementing and evolving complex distributed systems. In particular, you can spot areas where scalability and performance might be affected.
• You know how to track and steer a project to successful and timely delivery.

And extra credit if you have experience in any of the following!

• Knowledge of authentication protocols such as OAuth2, OIDC, SAML.
• Understanding of event-driven architectures, especially Apache Kafka.

The annual salary range for this position for candidates located in Canada is between: $168,000 CAD - $231,000 CAD

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 Okta Experience

• Driving Social Impact
• Developing Talent and Fostering Connection + Community

We are intentional about connection. Our global community, spanning over 20 offices worldwide, is united by a drive to innovate. Your journey begins with an immersive, in-person onboarding experience designed to accelerate your impact and connect you to our mission and team from day one.

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