Okta

Staff Software Engineer

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4 hours ago
Toronto, CanadaStaff+

Responsibilities

  • Own feature areas end to end from technical design through implementation, testing, deployment, and post-launch monitoring.
  • Design, build, and ship production-ready OIG features focused on correctness, reliability, and performance.
  • Deliver bug fixes and address customer-reported issues.
  • Write clean, well-tested, maintainable code and uphold high engineering standards.
  • Partner with Product Development, QA, and Site Reliability Engineering teams on development and deployment work.
  • Architect and evolve access governance features across multiple personas and collaborate across engineering, product, and design.

Requirements

  • At least 8 years of software engineering experience and the ability to independently own complex production features.
  • Proven experience architecting and delivering large-scale distributed systems for enterprise customers.
  • Deep expertise in microservices, event-driven architectures, APIs, and data modeling at scale.
  • Strong proficiency in Java, Kotlin, Go, or equivalent JVM/cloud-native languages.
  • Experience influencing technical alignment across multiple teams and stakeholders without formal authority.
  • Experience designing systems that meet enterprise reliability, scalability, and security requirements, including multi-tenancy, high availability, audit logging, and RBAC/ABAC.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Experience with identity, access management, governance, or IAM/IGA products is preferred.
  • Familiarity with workflow engines or approval and routing systems is preferred.
  • Experience with enterprise SaaS platforms, cloud infrastructure, and observability tooling is preferred.
  • B.S. in Computer Science or equivalent.

Benefits

  • Annual base salary range of $160,000-$220,000 CAD for candidates located in Canada, plus potential equity and bonus.
  • Health, dental, and vision insurance, RRSP with a match, healthcare spending, telemedicine, and paid leave including PTO and parental leave.
  • Immersive in-person onboarding and connection opportunities across Okta’s global community.
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About Okta

5,001-10,000 employees

Okta builds cloud-based identity and access management for enterprises and developers, including single sign-on, multi-factor authentication, and lifecycle management. It sells subscription SaaS as the Okta Workforce Identity and Customer Identity Clouds; the latter incorporates Auth0, acquired in 2021. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in San Francisco, Okta is a public company traded on Nasdaq.

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