Security as a 3rd class citizen - Principal Security Engineer Okta Employee Review

2.0
Mar 1, 2023
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Todd maintains a culture of transparency even as the company grows Pay is based on role not location Huge variety of security projects that need to be tackled Hands-On engineers want to do the right thing for the security of the company and product

Cons

Security is given lip-service, but funding and priority do not match the adversing Security issues, implementation, and improvements are often deferred indefinitely Cross-company security work is met with extreme push-back, down scoping, and animosity The security team is going through a massive re-orientation from technical security work that impacts the company to a heavy compliance and policy driven approach

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5.0
Jun 22, 2026
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Pros

Fantastic team and work life balance

Cons

No contract renewal due to budget constraints

2.0
Jun 29, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Great Benefits. Fantastic product. Company is scaling (or at least trying to).

Cons

Management and company culture has grown toxic. Extremely political and dramatic. Specifically in sales, marketing, and the C-Suite. I wouldn’t recommend joining okta unless you are some type of director or above and also remote. SF just RTO’d and it’s been miserable.

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