Engineering Manager, Okta Access Gateway

<div class="content-intro"><p><strong>Secure Every Identity, from AI to Human<br><br></strong>Identity is the key to unlocking the potential of AI. Okta secures AI by building the trusted, neutral infrastructure that enables organizations to safely embrace this new era. This work requires a relentless drive to solve complex challenges with real-world stakes. We are looking for builders and owners who operate with speed and urgency and execute with excellence.<br><br>This is an opportunity to do career-defining work. We're all in on this mission. If you are too, let's talk.</p></div><h3><strong>The Opportunity: Okta Access Gateway (OAG)</strong></h3> <p>Enterprises run on a mix of modern cloud services and mission-critical on-premises systems (such as Oracle E-Business Suite, SAP, PeopleSoft, and custom legacy web apps). Okta Access Gateway (OAG) solves the enterprise hybrid cloud challenge by extending Okta’s cloud identity, Adaptive MFA, and Zero Trust security policies to on-premises and legacy applications without requiring custom code changes or traditional VPNs.</p> <p>As the Engineering Manager for Okta Access Gateway in Toronto, you will lead and grow a team of software engineers building the next generation of our hybrid access and gateway infrastructure. You will partner closely with Product Management, Architecture, Security, and Quality teams to deliver high-throughput, mission-critical security software deployed across multi-cloud and enterprise datacenters globally.</p> <h3><strong>What You’ll Do</strong></h3> <h4>People Leadership &amp; Team Growth</h4> <ul> <li>Lead, mentor, and empower an engineering team, fostering an inclusive, high-performance, and psychologically safe engineering culture.</li> <li>Drive career progression, goal setting, regular 1:1s, and continuous feedback to help engineers grow their technical and leadership skills.</li> <li>Attract, interview, and hire diverse engineering talent to scale Okta’s engineering presence in Toronto.</li> </ul> <h4>Delivery &amp; Operational Excellence</h4> <ul> <li>Own the end-to-end execution and delivery of key product roadmap initiatives, balancing feature velocity, technical debt, and software quality.</li> <li>Establish predictable agile delivery cadences (Scrum/Kanban), driving accurate scope estimation, milestone tracking, and stakeholder communication.</li> <li>Champion operational rigor, security standards, high availability, and performance benchmarking for customer-deployed gateway appliances.</li> </ul> <h4>Technical Strategy &amp; Collaboration</h4> <ul> <li>Partner closely with Product Managers, Technical Architects, and UX designers to define technical roadmaps and