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# Engineering Manager, Okta Identity Governance

- **Company:** Okta, Inc.
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $204,000.0 - $280,500.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Software Bug Management, Identity and Access Management, Software Engineering, Enterprise Software Applications, Okta
- **Published:** September 20, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=74d14d7d030de1e9

## About the Role

* 8+ years of experience in developing enterprise cloud software development
 * 3+ years of hands-on technical management experience
 * Experience working with product & program managers to align on objectives, priorities, trade-offs and risk.
 * Experience in handling support tickets, bug fixes & enhancement work in a large enterprise application
 * 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

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## Description

As a Software Engineer Manager on the OIG team, you will manage the team that is responsible for designing and building Identity Governance product features - spanning the across different access governance personas. You will lead a team of elite engineers, grow the team, and drive impact and customer satisfaction. You will drive engineering best practices, productivity enhancement, and make our elite engineering team shine. You will also work collaboratively across engineering, product, and design to deliver features that are secure, scalable, and delightful to use.

This is a rare opportunity to join a team where your leadership and management will directly shape how thousands of enterprises manage access governance at scale, where the work you ship will be seen and felt by real users every day.

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


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