Staff Software Engineer, Core Infrastructure

at Okta

San Francisco, California, hybrid, staff, USD 1,94,000–2,67,000 / year, 8+ years

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Java
AWS EKS
Hibernate
Tomcat
Redis
Spring Boot
Spring
gRPC
REST
Docker
Terraform
GCP
MySQL
AWS
Kubernetes

About the role

Staff Software Engineer, Core Infrastructure

San Francisco, California

Secure Every Identity, from AI to Human

Identity is the key to unlocking the potential of AI. Okta secures AI by building the trusted, neutral infrastructure that enables organizations to safely embrace this new era. This work requires a relentless drive to solve complex challenges with real-world stakes. We are looking for builders and owners who operate with speed and urgency and execute with excellence.

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

Okta is the identity standard. The Okta Platform is an independent and neutral platform that securely connects the right people to the right technologies at the right time. We help organizations do two things - secure and manage their extended enterprise, and transform their users’ experiences.

Okta's Core Engineering team is responsible for building and evolving shared infrastructure and services that lay the foundation for what other engineering teams build on. We're in charge of common shared services like search, cache, configuration management, frameworks for async job management, and email pipeline, to name a few. We're cloud native, where redundancy, multi-tenancy, scale, resource optimization and resiliency are first class citizens. With Okta's mantra of 'Always On!' there's never a dull moment. Our biggest asset is our team of passionate engineers and technically minded managers.

We're looking for a staff level backend engineer to join a team of highly skilled and talented team players who're proud of what they own and deliver. Our elite team is fast, creative and flexible; with a weekly release cycle and individual ownership we expect great things from our engineers and reward them with stimulating new projects, new technologies and the chance to have significant equity in a company that is changing the cloud computing landscape forever.

What you would do

* Work with engineering teams to design, develop and deliver cloud based infrastructure projects on a modern tech stack (Redis, Docker, Terraform on AWS) * Drive evaluation, development and rollout of new common features and frameworks * Operate, support, and upgrade shared services and frameworks. Scale these as their usage invariably grows along with Okta's business. * Conduct design and code reviews. Ensure high programming standards by writing unit and functional tests. * Monitor, troubleshoot and fix services and frameworks the team owns * Evaluate system performance and resolve bottlenecks * Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior developers * Collaborate with architects, QA, product owners, security and operations engineers

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What they are looking for

* Immense passion about doing the right thing to help Okta's technology stay ahead of its anticipated business growth * Solid technology chops in architecting, implementing, tuning and debugging some of the largest cloud deployments in the enterprise world * Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent; master's preferred. * 8+ yrs of expansive programming experience in an object-oriented programming language like Java, especially in backend services. A superior understanding of multithreading, garbage collection, memory management. * 3+ yrs experience of working with MySQL or equivalent relational database systems. Experience with designing databases and fine tuning queries is a plus. * 3+ yrs experience developing, operating, optimizing and troubleshooting web services on Kubernetes. Experience with AWS EKS is a plus, so is experience with GCP. * Demonstrated experience of working with ReST and thorough understanding of its fundamentals. Knowledge of gRPC is a plus. * Experience with Spring, Spring Boot, Hibernate, Tomcat, AWS, Redis, and Docker * Knowledge of network security, authentication and authorization * Demonstrably followed best software engineering principles * Experience with enterprise SaaS as a good-to-have * Familiarity with Agile software development process

* This position requires the ability to access federal environments and/or have access to protected federal data.""As a condition of employment for this position, the successful candidate must be able to submit documentation establishing U.S. Person status (e.g. a U.S. Citizen, National, Lawful Permanent Resident, Refugee, or Asylee. 22 CFR 120.15) upon hire."

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Below is the annual base salary range for candidates located in San Francisco Bay Area. Your actual base salary will depend on factors such as your skills, qualifications, experience, and work location. In addition, Okta offers equity (where applicable), bonus, and benefits, including health, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), flexible spending account, and paid leave (including PTO and parental leave) in accordance with our applicable plans and policies. To learn more about our Total Rewards program please visit: https://rewards.okta.com/us .

The annual base salary range for this position for candidates located in the San Francisco Bay area is between: $194,000—$267,000 USD

The Okta Experience

* Supporting Your Well-Being * Driving Social Impact * Developing Talent and Fostering Connection + Community

We are intentional about connection. Our global community, spanning over 20 offices worldwide, is united by a drive to innovate. Your journey begins with an immersive, in-person onboarding experience designed to accelerate your impact and connect you to our mission and team from day one.

Okta is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, marital status, age, physical or mental disability, or status as a protected veteran. We also consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and convictions records, consistent with applicable laws.

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Okta complies with all applicable federal, state, and local pay transparency rules. For additional information about the federal requirements, click here .

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The foundation for secure connections between people and technology

Okta is the leading independent provider of identity for the enterprise. The Okta Identity Cloud enables organizations to securely connect the right people to the right technologies at the right time. With over 7,000 pre-built integrations to applications and infrastructure providers, Okta customers can easily and securely use the best technologies for their business. More than 19,300 organizations, including JetBlue, Nordstrom, Slack, T-Mobile, Takeda, Teach for America, and Twilio, trust Okta to help protect the identities of their workforces and customers.

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