Engineering Manager, Governance Intelligence

Okta Inc

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Hybrid

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
Bellevue, WASan Francisco, CA
Salary
$204,000–$281,000 / yr
Posted
4 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday

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How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $231k
This role $242k
$174k most similar roles pay here $292k

This role pays more than 60% of similar roles. Most pay $185,375–$276,473 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $242k versus about $231k for comparable roles.

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About Okta Inc

Okta, Inc. is an American identity and access management company based in San Francisco. It provides cloud software that helps companies manage and secure user authentication into applications, and for developers to build identity controls into applications, websites, web services, and devices.[

Okta Inc currently has 87 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $174,000–$239,000 across 87 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Engineering Manager, Governance Intelligence

Engineering Manager, Governance Intelligence will lead a team of engineers and machine learning experts within the Identity Governance team to develop intelligence features for the OIG product. This role involves managing the end-to-end AI product lifecycle, including data curation, model training, and establishing evaluation frameworks for factuality and task completion. The manager will design and maintain backend services and frontend interfaces while ensuring infrastructure meets high-compliance security baselines for government customers. Key responsibilities include addressing technical debt, improving CI/CD pipelines, and overseeing the integration of large language models and agentic AI systems. Candidates must possess expertise in Java, Python, or TypeScript, along with experience in REST, gRPC, Docker, Kubernetes, and major cloud platforms. The role focuses on solving complex identity governance challenges by ensuring secure, scalable access through advanced automated workflows.

What does a Engineering Manager earn in California?

Median $290250 from 57 postings across 16 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Lead a team of ML experts and engineers to deliver AI-powered features using LLMs and agentic systems.
  • Establish rigorous evaluation frameworks to measure factuality, relevance, and task completion for AI models before production.
  • Manage the end-to-end AI product lifecycle including data curation, model training, A/B testing, and deployment.
  • Architect and maintain cloud and on-premises infrastructure that meets high-compliance government security standards.
  • Identify and prioritize technical debt to improve CI/CD, observability, documentation, and system reliability.
  • Partner with Product and Design teams to ensure technical deliverables meet specific customer outcomes.
  • Mentor and grow the engineering team by raising the technical bar for reporting engineers.

What we're looking for

  • In software engineering with in a management role shipping enterprise cloud software.
  • Hands-on coding expertise in Java, Python, or TypeScript including experience with REST/gRPC APIs and UI automation tools.
  • Experience with CI/CD pipelines, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and major cloud platforms.
  • Proficiency in building scalable backend architectures and integrating complex APIs with modern web technologies.
  • Ability to implement AI across the software development lifecycle, including evaluating models and establishing evaluation frameworks.
  • Strong understanding of web authentication, authorization fundamentals, and securing sensitive user data.
  • Capability to manage infrastructure across high-compliance security baselines for federal environments.
  • Experience in Identity Governance (IGA) or Identity and Access Management (IAM) is preferred.

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