Okta

Staff Software Engineer - Core Identity

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Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with Product, Design, and QA to deliver critical engineering initiatives.
  • Lead the design and implementation of features and services in the core Java platform from conception through deployment.
  • Define engineering best practices and contribute to technical designs, proposals, and long-term architectural decisions.
  • Mentor and coach engineers through code reviews, technical guidance, and quality and security standards.
  • Develop maintainable software with comprehensive test coverage and improve testing and CI/CD strategies.
  • Create technical documentation and promote knowledge sharing.
  • Champion AI-native engineering practices and use AI coding assistants while maintaining security and code quality.

Requirements

  • 7+ years of software development experience designing and building scalable, high-performance server-side features using Java and Spring.
  • Deep expertise with high-performance Postgres or MySQL environments, including schema design and query optimization.
  • Extensive experience designing, building, and securing RESTful APIs for large-scale systems.
  • Expertise in caching, asynchronous processing, multi-threading, design patterns, scalability patterns, security engineering, and object-oriented principles.
  • Experience in fast-paced agile environments with CI/CD and automated testing.
  • Strong communication skills and the ability to influence technical direction.
  • Proficiency with AI coding assistants such as GitHub Copilot.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
  • Preferred: knowledge of identity and access management technologies including FIDO, U2F, WebAuthn, SSO, SAML, OAuth, and Federation; cybersecurity principles and secure coding; CISSP or Security+ certifications; ReactJS; gRPC API development; and microservice architecture.

Benefits

  • Annual base salary range of $160,000–$220,000 CAD for candidates located in Canada.
  • Equity, bonus, health, dental, and vision insurance, RRSP with a match, healthcare spending, telemedicine, and paid leave including PTO and parental leave, where applicable.
  • Hybrid work arrangement, with an immersive in-person onboarding experience.
  • Okta provides well-being support, social-impact programs, talent development, and community connection.

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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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