Vice President of Engineering, Okta
Authentication
$310-426.8k
Okta offers equity (where applicable) and bonus
Management platform securing resources from cloud to ground
Open for applications
Management platform securing resources from cloud to ground
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$310-426.8k
Okta offers equity (where applicable) and bonus
1001+ employees
Company mission
To improve the connections between people and tools to make companies more productive and secure.
Role
Who you are
- 8+ years of experience in leading Saas product engineering teams
- 12+ years of experience in various elements of full-stack software development front end, back end, data and insights, and hands-on coding experience in the past
- 3+ years of experience running or using large-scale infrastructure supporting a cloud service in a public cloud provider, preferably AWS and/or MS Azure
- Background in Agentic experience, authentication, authorization and/or Security is a big plus
- Extensive experience using Agile and DevOps methodologies to build software services and associated infrastructure supporting monitoring, alerting and tooling required to operate it
- Deep expertise in securing cloud infrastructure (e.g. security monitoring, key-based authentication, role-based authorization, audit logging and patching)
- Proven ability to earn respect, trust from people you work with and to mentor top technical talent
- Technical leadership experience in design, implementation, and support of core back end, front end, customization, and database services that are highly reliable, flexible, and scalable. You can apply good judgment to the steepest software engineering challenges
- You set high standards and have demonstrated the ability to build and lead a high-performance team
- Prior experience in a fast-paced and high-growth company and are comfortable with putting systems in place and adjusting and adapting when needed
- Effective verbal, written communication and interpersonal skills
What the job involves
- We are seeking a Vice President, Engineering - Authentication for the Auth0 Product Unit to lead a large, globally distributed engineering organization
- You will report to the Auth0 Product Unit SVP of Engineering
- This technical leadership role is responsible for delivering on Authentication's mission: seamless, secure, and scalable login experiences with robust extensibility for both B2B and B2C customers
- Your teams own the core engine that authenticates billions of requests, the developer tools that make integration seamless, the extensibility capabilities that allow customers to tailor Auth0 to meet the demands of any use case, and the pioneering frameworks that allow AI Agents to operate securely in a zero-trust world
- Work closely with our Engineering managers, Directors, and SVP of Engineering to help scale our Engineering Organization to meet our customer and product needs
- Lead, mentor and coach a mix of new and seasoned engineering managers running widely distributed teams
- Work closely with Product & Design to build the next generation of Identity products
- Provide operational excellence and implement processes and policies that create efficiencies during a time of massive growth
- Maintain our high security, performance and availability SLAs as we rapidly scale for enterprise customers handling billions of authentications
- Lead teams that continuously ship new features with aggressive deadlines, measure the results, and iterate
- Redefine "Developer Experience" for the AI era by building the infrastructure that allows developers to deploy autonomous agents with machine-readable identity, scoped permissioning, and natural-language policy enforcement
- Continuously monitor team structure and investment levels providing recommendations for optimizations
- Partner in a leading role with Program Management and Engineering leadership in roadmap planning
Our take
Okta started off as an identity company where organisations, large and small, could tap into the company to have a single sign-on interface to access all cloud applications now centralised. Okta has since expanded to provide identity management at the device as well as the server level.
The new approach towards network security is increasingly based on identification and authentication, and Okta is on track to become the go-to vendor in the space. It aims to do so by developing products that enable people to access applications and other tools more smoothly and securely than ever before.
Okta has taken strides towards expansion through significant employee growth and shuffling executive leadership. The company has also made lateral moves such as tackling governance concerns, opening up new paths for revenue.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
19% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Sep 2015
$75m
SERIES F
Jun 2014
$75m
SERIES E
Total funding: $229.3m
Company benefits
- Work from home opportunities
- Health + Wellness
- Financial Benefits
- Pay + Incentives
- Time Off
- Everyday Living
- Resources
Company HQ
The East Cut, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Todd McKinnon
(Co-Founder & CEO)VP of Development at Salesforce.com and has nearly a decade of experience in various engineering and leadership roles at PeopleSoft.
Frederic Kerrest
(Co-Founder & Vice Chairman)Worked in Sales and Business Development at Salesforce.com, and previously co-founded high-tech consulting firm Meridian Global Solutions.
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