Staff Software Engineer, DevOps (FedRAMP)

Okta•San Francisco, CA

3d•Hybrid

About The Position

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. The Okta Privileged Access Management (PAM) is an identity-centric approach to a common and critical privileged access use case. Our elegant Zero Trust architecture is purpose-built for the modern cloud and helps customers solve challenging security and operations pain points at scale. We're looking for a Staff level DevOps Engineer to join a team of highly skilled and talented team players who are proud of what they own and deliver. We are a fast, collaborative, and adaptable team. Operating with a weekly release cycle and a high degree of individual ownership, we empower our engineers to take on challenging projects, work with cutting-edge technologies, and directly share in Okta's success through meaningful equity.

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
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.

Nice To Haves

Go is 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