Vice President, Engineering - Authentication

Okta
Bellevue, Chicago
Workplace: HybridFull timeUSD 310,000 - 426,800 annuallyFunction: Executive & General ManagementExperience: 8-12 yearsSkills: ["AWS","Azure","DevOps","Agile","Security","RBAC","Audit logging","High availability"]

Lead a large, globally distributed engineering organization focused on authentication for Auth0, delivering seamless, secure, and scalable login experiences for both B2B and B2C customers. Oversee core authentication engines, developer tools, and AI-enabled security frameworks, while maintaining high security, performance, and availability SLAs amid rapid growth.

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Vice President, Engineering - Authentication

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Job Summary

Lead a large, globally distributed engineering organization focused on authentication for Auth0, delivering seamless, secure, and scalable login experiences for both B2B and B2C customers. Oversee core authentication engines, developer tools, and AI-enabled security frameworks, while maintaining high security, performance, and availability SLAs amid rapid growth.
Location: Bellevue, Chicago
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Executive & General Management

Key Responsibilities

  • •Lead and mentor a mix of new and seasoned engineering managers across distributed teams
  • •Collaborate with Product & Design to build the next generation of Identity products
  • •Provide operational excellence and implement scalable processes during massive growth
  • •Maintain security, performance, and availability SLAs for enterprise customers handling billions of authentications
  • •Redefine Developer Experience for the AI era by building infrastructure for autonomous agents with machine-readable identity and policy enforcement

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 310,000 - 426,800 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVision401kPaid LeavePar EntalEquity

Key Requirements

  • •8+ years of experience in leading SaaS product engineering teams
  • •12+ years of experience in full-stack software development (front end, back end, data and insights) with hands-on coding experience
  • •3+ years of experience running or using large-scale infrastructure for a cloud service in a public cloud (AWS and/or Azure)
  • •Background in Agentic experience, authentication, authorization and/or security is a big plus
  • •Extensive experience with Agile and DevOps methodologies to build software services and supporting infrastructure
Experience:8-12 yearsSaaSIdentity & Access ManagementCloud security
Skills:AWSAzureDevOpsAgileSecurityRBACAudit loggingHigh availability
Languages:English
Tech Stack:AWSAzureDevOpsCI/CDKubernetesSecurity MonitoringRBAC

Company Brief

Okta
Provides identity and access management cloud solutions that help organizations secure and manage user authentication, single sign-on, multi-factor authentication, and lifecycle management across applications and devices.
Industry: Cybersecurity
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: San Francisco, United States
Founded: 2009
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