Staff Software Engineer, DevOps (FedRAMP)

Okta•San Francisco, CA

3d•$194,000 - $267,000•Hybrid

About The Position

This is an opportunity to do career-defining work at Okta, a company focused on securing AI by building trusted, neutral infrastructure. The Okta Privileged Access Management (PAM) team is seeking a Staff level DevOps Engineer to join a fast, collaborative, and adaptable team. This team operates with a weekly release cycle and a high degree of individual ownership, empowering engineers to work with cutting-edge technologies and share in Okta's success. The role involves contributing to Okta's FedRAMP initiative and developing secure, enterprise-grade PAM products using modern technologies and AI pair-programmers.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent; master's preferred
7+ years of extensive programming experience in modern programming languages like Go, Java, or C++ especially in backend services. Go is preferred.
4+ years experience working with PostgreSQL or equivalent relational database systems. Experience with designing and querying databases with optimization in mind is a plus
Immense passion for doing the right thing to help Okta's technology stay ahead of its anticipated business growth
Solid technical grasp of architecting, implementing, tuning, and debugging some of the largest cloud deployments in the enterprise world
A good understanding of computer science fundamentals such as data structures and algorithms
Experience with fundamental Cloud building blocks like IaC, Observability, Secrets Management, CI / CD pipelines, secure coding practices, and compliance
Deep understanding of REST APIs and proven experience building and integrating them
Experience with AWS, Redis, Elasticsearch / OpenSearch, Kinesis, Kafka, and Docker
Knowledge of network security, authentication, and authorization
Strong commitment to, and experience with, software engineering best practices
Familiarity with Agile software development process
Ability to access federal environments and/or have access to protected federal data.
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.

Nice To Haves

Master's degree preferred
Experience with designing and querying databases with optimization in mind is a plus

Responsibilities

Leverage cutting-edge AI pair-programmers and LLMs (such as Copilot and Claude) to accelerate the development of secure, enterprise-grade Privileged Access Management (PAM) products
Act as a core contributor to Okta’s FedRAMP initiative
Work with engineering teams to design, develop and deliver cloud-based infrastructure projects on a modern tech stack (Kubernetes/EKS, RDS, DynamoDB, Kinesis, MKS, Redis, OpenSearch, Docker, Terraform on AWS)
Drive evaluation, development, and rollout of microservices
Operate, support, and upgrade shared services and frameworks. Scale these as their usage invariably grows along with Okta's business
Evaluate and scale existing systems to meet specialized requirements and support Okta’s future business needs
Lead design and code reviews to ensure systems are scalable, redundant, and multi-tenant. 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