Manager, Engineering

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Okta is The World’s Identity Company. We free everyone to safely use any technology, anywhere, on any device or app. Our flexible and neutral products, Okta Platform and Auth0 Platform, provide secure access, authentication, and automation, placing identity at the core of business security and growth.

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At Okta, we’re building the next generation of authentication for the Agentic AI era. 

We're looking for an Engineering Manager to join the AI Agentic Experience team at Auth0. This role is pivotal in extending and complementing our Auth for Agentic AI offering by building the infrastructure, tooling, and developer experiences that empower both human developers and AI agents to build secure, intelligent applications.

Auth0 Emerging Tech is the Engineering organization where we take care of the hottest technology out there: we ship fast, we don't break things. We are a dynamic and collaborative distributed and diverse team. We value ownership, learning and innovation.  

You'll collaborate across engineering, product, and security teams to drive meaningful improvements in developer tooling, agent authentication, orchestration frameworks, and real-world demos.
If you like building and empowering autonomous, talented and resilient teams, we can’t wait to talk to you. 

What you will be doing:

• Manage the distributed team owning the Auth0’s AI Agentic  investment. Amazing, talented and driven engineers.
• Be hands on with our solutions (sometimes by coding, sometimes by reviewing or participating to architectural decisions)
• Be ultimately responsible for the technical implementation the DX/AX of our Auth for Agentic AI solutions.
• Hire great talent when in phases of expansion.
• Coach and help people on the team to grow 
• Contribute to improving Auth0's product architecture patterns, security controls and best practices
• Participate in the assessment and adaptation of engineering processes and best practices
• Work closely with the team’s stakeholders to prioritize work
• Providing context so team members can perform specific tasks
• Run people management activities such as coaching, 1:1s, performance reviews.
• Influence Engineering Standards by leading design discussions and contributing to team-wide architectural decisions
• Ensure Resilience and Security of systems involved in agent-to-agent or model-to-service communication

You Might Be a Good Fit If You have

• 3+ years of engineering management experience.
• Experience with AI Agents and leading highly technical teams.
• A technical background and the ability to work with both technical and non-technical people.
• A passion for good developer experience. 
• Experience with and a passion for good engineering practices and testing.
• Proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript, Golang and/or Python, and the ability to move fluidly between front-end and back-end contexts.
• Experience working with LLM APIs, agent runtimes, orchestration layers, or prompt pipelines.
• Demonstrated experience leading architecture and design efforts for scalable, production-grade systems.
• Comfort contributing to and maintaining open source projects and engaging with developer communities.
• A passion for documentation as part of the developer experience—not just writing code, but making it understandable and usable.
• Ability to thrive in highly collaborative environments with cross-functional stakeholders

Bonus points for:

• Deep understanding of IAM Concepts
• Experience building systems highly reliable, scalable systems
• Experience creating and maintaining public and secure APIs.
• Experience working on Identity and Access Management software and concepts
• Having built AI Agents on your own.

Technologies You May Work With

• Languages : JavaScript, TypeScript, Python
• Frameworks : React, Next.js, FastAPI
• AI Ecosystem : Model APIs, orchestration runtimes, prompt management systems, agent toolkits
• Auth0 Stack : Token Vault, Async Authorization, Fine-Grained Authorization (FGA)

#LI-Remote 

Below is the annual base salary range for candidates located in California. Your actual base salary will depend on factors such as your skills, qualifications, experience, and work location. In addition, Okta offers equity (where applicable), bonus, and benefits, including health, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), flexible spending account, and paid leave (including PTO and parental leave) in accordance with our applicable plans and policies. To learn more about our Total Rewards program please visit: .

The annual base salary range for this position for candidates located in the San Francisco Bay area is between: $197,000—$295,000 USD

What you can look forward to as a Full-Time Okta employee!

• Amazing Benefits
• Making Social Impact
• Developing Talent and Fostering Connection + Community at Okta

Okta cultivates a dynamic work environment, providing the best tools, technology and benefits to empower our employees to work productively in a setting that best and uniquely suits their needs. Each organization is unique in the degree of flexibility and mobility in which they work so that all employees are enabled to be their most creative and successful versions of themselves, regardless of where they live. Find your place at Okta today! .

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