Senior Manager, Software Engineering - Core (FED)

Okta Inc

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Hybrid

Quick summary

Work type
Hybrid
Location
San Francisco, CA
Salary
$232,000–$290,000 / yr
Posted
43 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday

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Salary context

Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

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This role $261k
$100k most similar roles pay here $310k

This role pays more than 95% of similar roles. Most pay $149,500–$222,000 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $261k versus about $186k 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 137 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $174,000–$239,000 across 137 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior Manager, Software Engineering - Core (FED)

As a Senior Manager, Software Engineering- Core (FED), you will lead a distributed team within the Core Engineering group to build and evolve shared infrastructure and services that form the foundation for other engineering teams. You will manage day-to-day operations including hiring, coaching, and removing blockers while collaborating with architects and product owners to ensure high availability for authentication and authorization products. Your role involves developing backend frameworks, managing common services like search, cache, and configuration management, and participating in incident root cause analysis. The ideal candidate possesses experience in software architecture across the full stack, including Java, SaaS, and cloud infrastructure such as AWS, Azure, or GCP. You will also work with technologies like Docker, K8s, SQL, NoSQL, and Key/Value datastores to solve complex problems regarding multi-tenancy, scale, and reliability.

What you'll do

  • Manage a distributed engineering team by setting expectations, removing blockers, and providing career coaching.
  • Develop backend frameworks and tools for use across the entire organization at scale.
  • Oversee the operation, support, and scaling of shared services like search, cache, and configuration management.
  • Drive the evaluation, development, and rollout of new technical services and infrastructure.
  • Participate in incident root cause analysis (RCA) to improve system reliability and scalability.
  • Provide technical guidance and architectural oversight to engineers on the team.
  • Define the strategic direction and roadmap for the Core Engineering team.
  • Evaluate existing systems to evolve them to meet future business requirements.

What we're looking for

  • Candidates must be able to provide documentation establishing U.S. Person status.
  • Experience managing a distributed and diverse team is required.
  • Experience with software architecture across the entire stack, including monolithic applications and microservices, is required.
  • Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, GCP) is required.
  • Proficiency with datastores (SQL, NoSQL, Key/Value) and containers (Docker, K8s) is required.
  • A solid understanding of the Java platform is required.
  • Experience with SaaS products is required.
  • U.S. Citizen, National, Lawful Permanent Resident, Refugee, or Asylee.

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