About the company
Okta secures AI by building trusted, neutral infrastructure that enables organizations to safely embrace this new era. Auth0 is a developer-friendly identity platform that simplifies authentication and authorization for applications, serving more than 100 million daily logins worldwide.
Responsibilities
- Hire and bootstrap the Core Frontier team in Bengaluru, setting the technical bar and engineering culture while fostering collaboration with global teams in Europe and North America.
- Work in a highly collaborative and cross-functional environment with engineers, managers, and partners across Product, Security, Design, Architecture, and QA.
- Adapt and evolve engineering processes and best practices to ensure the team remains agile, healthy, and high-performing.
- Work closely with stakeholders to prioritize the roadmap, providing context and technical clarity to unblock the team.
- Run people and team management activities such as coaching, 1:1s, performance reviews, ceremonies, etc.
- Be responsible for team health and delivery, and reports' growth and performance.
- Maintain a hands-on approach by participating in code reviews, architectural discussions, and contributing to the codebase outside the critical path.
Requirements
- Total 10+ years experience, with 3+ years of engineering management experience, preceded by a strong foundation as an individual contributor (typically 5+ years).
- Experience leading teams that build highly reliable, secure, and scalable distributed systems.
- Passion for coaching engineers at various career stages and a track record of fostering technical growth.
- Ability to communicate effectively and build trust across different time zones and functions.
- Systematic approach to tackling technical and organizational challenges with a strong sense of ownership.
- Ability and desire to remain technically capable, directly contributing to development and architectural strategy.
- Nice to have: Experience in Identity and Access Management (IAM), Node.js, AWS stack, and designing public-facing secure APIs.
Conditions
- Amazing benefits, social impact, talent development, and connection/community at Okta.
- Dynamic work environment with flexibility and mobility options.
- Some roles may require travel to office locations for in-person onboarding.