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Secure Every Identity, from AI to Human 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. This is an opportunity to do career-defining work. We're all in on this mission. If you are too, let's talk. About Okta’s Access Management Team Okta is The World’s Identity Company. We free everyone to safely use any technology—anywhere, on any device or app. Our Workforce and Customer Identity Clouds enable secure yet flexible access, authentication, and automation that transforms how people move through the digital world, putting Identity at the heart of business security and growth. The Access Management team drives billions of authentications every month. The team builds and supports single sign-on, strong authentication, provisioning, and threat protection technologies. Our Access Management service runs in the cloud on a secure, reliable, extensively audited platform with 99.99% availability. Passwordless is the future of identity and authentication, which is why we, at Okta, have made it our goal to redefine how users authenticate to services. Devices are central to our mission. The Okta Verify app that facilitates passwordless authentication is available for iOS, Android, MacOS and Windows. Join our team! We’re building a world where Identity belongs to you. About the role We’re looking for an Engineering Manager to lead the Client Foundations team. Operating under the larger Access Essentials group, the Client Foundations team supports our mission by building libraries, tooling, security and infrastructure for iOS, Android, MacOS and Windows platforms. The Client Foundation team is central to our success in this mission and ensures that we can ship innovation in a fast, reliable and secure manner. The Engineering Manager will be responsible for managing a team of software engineers that are domain experts in individual device platforms. What you’ll be doing At a high level, you’ll be managing your team’s goals, contributing to product strategy and helping to develop your employees. More specifically, you will - Collaborate cross-functionally and across teams, with responsibility for the product, team health, and customer satisfaction. Contribute to defining the strategic direction (product & technical) and roadmap for the team. Ensure technical leadership is being provided to the engineers on the team in terms of scalable and maintainable systems. Ensure a high-quality bar through testing and testing automation. Participate in and enable key team processes to organize & deliver key projects with high business impact. Build a team for the long term, including creating a collaborative working environment, recruitment, and developing existing talent. Drive career management discussions, including setting expectations and removing blockers, and feedback and coaching opportunities. Required Skills, Attitude and Knowledge: 3+ years managing engineering teams, balancing new feature/product development and maintaining existing features. Experience in stakeholder management, including alignment, prioritization, communication, and receiving and incorporating feedback. Demonstrated focus on delivering outcomes, balancing constraints and tight deadlines. 10-15 years of prior development experience with at least 4 years as macOS, iOS, or Android engineer. While this role is a people management one, you’ll still need to bring relevant technical experience to ensure sound technical decision-making. Experience and strong opinions on SDLC with testing automation & release orchestration using gating feature flags & configuration mgmt, and CI / CD platforms. Demonstrable knowledge of secure web development fundamentals, fault-tolerant systems, and knowledge of cloud technologies. Okta’s Top 5 Core Leadership Competencies are part of the deeply ingrained principles that guide all of our company’s actions. They also align strongly to our cultural cornerstones, our Okta values: love our customers, empower our people, never stop innovating, act with integrity, and maintain transparency. It’s our expectation that our managers and leaders embody these core competencies: Builds Effective Teams: Building strong-identity teams that apply their diverse skills and perspectives to achieve common goals. Demonstrates Self-Awareness (EQ): Using a combination of feedback and reflection to gain productive insight into personal strengths and weaknesses. Develops Talent: Developing people to meet both their career goals and the organization’s goals. Drives Results: Consistently achieving results, even under tough circumstances. Strategic Mindset: Seeing ahead to future possibilities and translating them into breakthrough strategies. #LI-Hybrid #P24164_3354327 The Okta Experience Supporting Your Well-Being Driving Social Impact Developing Talent and Fostering Connection + Community We are intentional about connection. Our global community, spanning over 20 offices worldwide, is united by a drive to innovate. Your journey begins with an immersive, in-person onboarding experience designed to accelerate your impact and connect you to our mission and team from day one. Okta is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, marital status, age, physical or mental disability, or status as a protected veteran. We also consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and convictions records, consistent with applicable laws. If reasonable accommodation is needed to complete any part of the job application, interview process, or onboarding please use this Form to request an accommodation. Notice for New York City Applicants & Employees: Okta may use Automated Employment Decision Tools (AEDT), as defined by New York City Local Law 144, that use artificial intelligence, machine learning, or other automated processes to assist in our recruitment and hiring process. In accordance with NYC Local Law 144, if you are an applicant or employee residing in New York City, please click here to view our full NYC AEDT Notice.
Here's how to pick the right one and stand out in your application.
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That number is real. WorkMundi's database shows 144,883 open engineer roles across the world. India has the most with 31,687 jobs, followed by the United States with 30,084. If you just finished reading one job ad and felt paralyzed by choice, you're not alone—but this scale is actually an advantage. It means you can afford to be selective.
Start by geography and language. The majority of engineer ads—117,837 of them—have the job posting text written in English. Use that as one filter, but remember: the ad text language tells you nothing about whether the role actually requires you to speak English day-to-day. Read the job description carefully. Then check which countries have the volume you're targeting. Singapore, Poland, and Australia round out the top five after India and the US.
Next, learn who's hiring. Accenture has posted 2,801 engineer roles. andurilindustries, speechify, and jobgether are also actively recruiting. If you're applying to one of these names, research their hiring patterns and interview style before you apply. That homework pays off.
When you interview, expect the question every engineer hears: 'Tell me about a time you had to debug a problem that wasn't in your job description.' Have a specific story ready—not a general one. Name the tools, the deadline pressure, and what you learned. Hiring managers listen for whether you see problem-solving as part of the role itself, not a favour.
