Staff Software Engineer, Java- Backend
Get to know Okta
Okta is The World’s Identity Company. We free everyone to safely use any technology, anywhere, on any device or app. Our flexible and neutral products, Okta Platform and Auth0 Platform, provide secure access, authentication, and automation, placing identity at the core of business security and growth.
At Okta, we celebrate a variety of perspectives and experiences. We are not looking for someone who checks every single box - we’re looking for lifelong learners and people who can make us better with their unique experiences.
Join our team! We’re building a world where Identity belongs to you.
Staff Software Engineer
Okta is the leading independent provider of enterprise identity. The Okta Identity Cloud enables organizations to securely connect the right people to the right technologies at the right time. With over 6,500 pre-built integrations to applications and infrastructure providers, Okta customers can easily and securely use the best technologies for their business. Over 7,950 organizations, including 20th Century Fox, JetBlue, Nordstrom, Slack, Teach for America and Twilio, trust Okta to help protect the identities of their workforces and customers
The vision is to make Okta the de facto provider of the cloud identity and access management, and help customers migrate to cloud based identity and access management solution.
Identity Governance and Administration (IGA) team is one of the fastest moving teams in Okta. Our mission is to build a unified Identity Governance solution so that our customers can improve their security posture while mitigating modern security risks and increasing efficiency. We are now looking for more talented people joining us to redefine what a modern Governance solution should look like.
Responsibilities
As an engineer in IGA team, you will
- Discuss, challenge and iterate the product design together with the product team
- Build highly resilient and scalable Okta Identity Governance solution
- Design and build REST API to be used by 7000+ Okta customers and partners
- Work with management and architects to scope and plan engineering efforts and dependencies
- Write Unit Test, Functional Test and Integration Test
- Participate in scrum activities, including daily standup, planning, review, retro, etc
Required Skills
- 4 years+ of software development experience, with at least 1 years experience building highly resilient and scalable enterprise software
- Experience with high performance Postgres or MySQL environments
- Experience with REST API design
- Experience with Java
- Experience with server-side technologies including caching, asynchronous processing, and multi-threading
Nice to Haves
- Exposure to gRPC API development
- Exposure to micro service architecture
- Experience with Spring and Hibernate
- Exposure to ML/AI technologies
Education and Training
- Bachelors in Computer Science, or relevant industry experience
Additional requirements:
- 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 California, Colorado, New York and Washington. 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.
What you can look forward to as a Full-Time Okta employee!
- Amazing Benefits
- Making Social Impact
- Developing Talent and Fostering Connection + Community at Okta
Okta cultivates a dynamic work environment, providing the best tools, technology and benefits to empower our employees to work productively in a setting that best and uniquely suits their needs. Each organization is unique in the degree of flexibility and mobility in which they work so that all employees are enabled to be their most creative and successful versions of themselves, regardless of where they live. Find your place at Okta today! https://www.okta.com/company/careers/.
Some roles may require travel to one of our office locations for in-person onboarding.
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.
If reasonable accommodation is needed to complete any part of the job application, interview process, or onboarding please use this Form to request an accommodation.
Okta is committed to complying with applicable data privacy and security laws and regulations. For more information, please see our Privacy Policy at https://www.okta.com/privacy-policy/.
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Okta is a leading identity and access management company headquartered in San Francisco, California that is committed to allowing people to access applications on any device at any time, while still enforcing strong security policies.
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