Okta
Engineering Manager, Governance Intelligence
$182K–$281K
Bellevue, Washington +2 · Manager · Full-time · Posted Sep 28, 2026
- Location
- Bellevue, Washington
San Francisco, California
United States - Experience
- 10+ years in software engineering, including 3+ years in a management role.
About the job
Leads the Governance Intelligence engineering team and builds AI-powered identity governance features for government customers, including secure, scalable backend services and frontend interfaces.
What you'll do
- Lead and develop engineers delivering machine-learning, LLM, and agentic AI features; establish evaluation frameworks and quality gates.
- Own the AI product lifecycle and manage cloud and on-premises infrastructure for high-compliance environments.
- Support federal deployments and drive reliability, CI/CD, observability, documentation, and team growth.
What they ask for
- 10+ years in software engineering, including 3+ years in management, shipping enterprise cloud software.
- Coding experience at scale in Java, Python, or TypeScript; experience with REST or gRPC APIs and UI automation such as Playwright or Selenium (or equivalent).
- Experience with CI/CD, containers, and a major cloud platform.
- Expertise in scalable backend architecture, modern web technologies, and web authentication and authorization fundamentals.
Nice to have
- Hands-on experience building, scaling, or troubleshooting AWS/GCP-based AI infrastructure.
- Experience with identity governance and administration or broader identity and access management.
Pay
$204,000 - $281,000 USD base salary (San Francisco); $182,000 - $250,000 USD base salary (Bellevue/ Seattle)
Tools
Java, Python, TypeScript, REST, gRPC, Playwright, Selenium, CircleCI
AI focus
Leads AI/ML, large language model, and agentic AI product development; owns evaluation frameworks and the AI lifecycle from data curation through deployment and continuous improvement; applies AI across the software development lifecycle.
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