Engineering Manager (Okta Access Gateway)

Join Okta, the leading identity and access management company, as an Engineering Manager for Okta Access Gateway in Toronto. In this role, you will lead and grow a team of software engineers, partner closely with various teams, and drive the execution and delivery of key product roadmap initiatives. You will also establish predictable agile delivery cadences, champion operational rigor, and guide the team in modernizing gateway capabilities.

Lead and grow a team of software engineers to build the next generation of hybrid access and gateway infrastructure.

Partner closely with Product Management, Architecture, Security, and Quality teams to deliver high-throughput, mission-critical security software.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end execution and delivery of key product roadmap initiatives, balancing feature velocity, technical debt, and software quality.

Requirements

• Technical Background: 8+ years of total software engineering experience designing and operating enterprise-scale distributed systems or infrastructure products
• Communication: Exceptional verbal and written communication skills with the ability to articulate complex technical trade-offs to both technical and executive stakeholders
• 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)
• Security & Networking Acumen: Solid understanding of network architecture, TLS/SSL, reverse proxies/gateways, HTTP headers, DNS, and cloud environments (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
• 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)
• Execution & Agile Rigor: Proven track record of managing agile delivery, CI/CD automation pipelines, and cross-functional dependencies across distributed teams
• 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