Director, Engineering
Lead engineering teams for the Okta Integration Network, overseeing 8,000+ integrations. Define multi-year roadmap for identity security and extensibility, manage distributed US/India teams, drive AI adoption, and partner with Product, Security, and AI groups. Requires 12+ years experience leading engineering organizations including managers.
About the job
What you’ll be doing
- Lead, recruit, and mentor multiple teams of engineers, architects and engineering managers, fostering a culture of innovation, accountability, and psychological safety.
- Partner closely with senior leaders in Product Management and Design to define a compelling product vision and execute a multi-year roadmap.
- Own and manage the operational rhythm of your organization, establishing metrics and processes to ensure engineering excellence and predictable delivery.
- Represent your teams and strategy in senior leadership forums and company-wide reviews, translating technical progress into data-driven narratives.
- Partner with finance teams to manage budget cycles and control costs for your groups.
- Build strong relationships with other engineering leaders and stakeholders across the organization to ensure alignment and drive complex, cross-functional projects to completion.
- Driving strategic adoption of AI tooling and automation within engineering processes to unlock velocity improvements.
What you’ll bring to the role
- 12+ years of experience in software development, with a proven track record of leading high-performing engineering organizations, including experience managing other managers.
- Experience with public cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP) and container orchestration technologies like Kubernetes is highly desirable.
- Demonstrated success in collaborating with product and design counterparts to build and execute a long-term, customer-focused roadmap.
- Exceptional coaching and mentoring skills, with a passion for developing engineering talent at all levels.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to operate effectively in a large, globally distributed organization.
Nice-to-haves
- Acquaintance in IAM standards like OAuth, OIDC, SAML, SCIM, and governance workflows.
- Strong architectural judgment in building distributed systems, APIs, SDKs, and developer-focused integration frameworks.
- Experience shaping roadmaps for cross-app identity security, expanding integration catalogs, and strengthening enterprise-grade extensibility.
- Partnering with security and AI teams to secure agent-driven interactions and deliver high-reliability services.
Skills
Kubernetes, AWS, GCP, OAuth, OIDC, SAML, SCIM, Distributed Systems, APIs, SDKs
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