About the Job
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...
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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.
Key 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.
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
Required Skills & Abilities
Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.
5+ years of extensive programming experience in modern programming languages like Go, Java, or C++ especially in backend services. Go is preferred.
Proven track record of architecting, deploying, and optimizing scalable cloud infrastructure with deep hands-on expertise in Kubernetes and AWS container environments.
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
Demonstrably followed best software engineering principles
Familiarity with Agile software development process
Education: Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
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Below is the annual salary range for candidates located in Canada. Your actual salary will depend on factors such as your skills, qualifications, and experience. In addition, Okta offers equity (where applicable), bonus, and benefits, including health, dental, and vision insurance, RRSP with a match, healthcare spending, telemedicine, 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/can.
The annual base salary range for this position for candidates located in Canada is between:
$136,000—$187,000 CAD
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