Platform Staff Engineer- Universal Directory

OktaSan Francisco, CA
Hybrid

About The Position

Okta is seeking an experienced Staff Software Engineer to join Okta's Universal Directory Platform team within the Product Platform Pillar. The team serves as the intelligent core of the enterprise security fabric, maintaining the source of truth for all identity assets and their associated relationships. This role follows a hybrid model requiring two days per week in our San Francisco office. This position will be involved in the development, design, and maintenance of our highly performant, reliable, and scalable platform, which is critical for managing user lifecycles, groups, and memberships. The successful candidate will possess experience in building and deploying scalable, reliable software and infrastructure within a cloud environment.

Requirements

  • Experienced building software systems to manage and deploy reliable and performant infrastructure and product code at scale on a cloud infrastructure.
  • 7+ years of Software Development in Java, preferably significant experiences with Hibernate and Spring Boot.
  • 5+ years of development experience building services, internal tools and frameworks.
  • 3+ years experience automating and deploying large scale production services in AWS, GCP or similar.
  • Hands-on understanding with the practical application of SQL databases.
  • Experience working with systems of scale ranging from monolithic applications to microservices.
  • Ability to work effectively with distributed teams and people of various backgrounds.

Nice To Haves

  • B.S. Computer Science or equivalent
  • Experience with the Go programming language.
  • Experience of PostgreSQL, Docker and Kubernetes.
  • Experience working with Active Directory or Microsoft Azure.

Responsibilities

  • Understand our identity management group codebase and development process: Jira, Technical Designs, Code Review, Testing, and Deployment.
  • Develop and implement frameworks and toolings for our Universal Directory Service platform.
  • Design and implement high-performance distributed scalable and fault-tolerant software components.
  • Quickly deliver high-quality bug fixes and handle customer-reported issues.
  • Conduct quality code reviews and automated testings.
  • Partner with our Product Development, QA, and Site Reliability Engineering teams for scoping the development and deployment work.

Benefits

  • health, dental and vision insurance
  • 401(k)
  • flexible spending account
  • paid leave (including PTO and parental leave)

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What This Job Offers

Job Type

Full-time

Career Level

Senior

Education Level

Associate degree

Number of Employees

1,001-5,000 employees

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