# Director of Engineering, AI Takeoff Team at Okta

- Company: Okta
- What the company does: The Okta and Auth0 Platforms enable secure access, authentication, and automation — putting identity at the heart of business security and growth. Backed by Greylock, Khosla and Sequoia.
- Company website: https://www.okta.com/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Principal and up
- Location: Bellevue, Washington; Chicago, Illinois; San Francisco, California; Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-09-18
- Apply by: 2026-11-02
- Apply: https://www.okta.com/company/careers/opportunity/8214882?gh_jid=8214882
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/okta-director-of-engineering-ai-takeoff-team/

## About the role

This is an opportunity to do career-defining work. We're all in on this mission. If you are too, let's talk. This is an opportunity to do career-defining work. We're all in on this mission. If you are too, let's talk.

## What they're looking for

- 8+ years building and shipping identity, security, infrastructure or developer-focused products in a high-growth organization
- Proven engineering leadership and team management experience, including hiring, developing and motivating high-performing teams
- Strong executive communication and influencing skills, with a track record of driving outcomes across organizational boundaries and bringing cross-functional teams together
- Proven experience working directly with enterprise customers and translating customer problems into technical solutions
- Deep identity domain expertise — you know, or can quickly get up to speed on, the latest identity protocols, standards, architectures and patterns
- Experience operating in high-ambiguity, high-velocity environments where priorities evolve quickly and execution matters

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