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...
This is an opportunity to do career-defining work. We're all in on this mission. If you are too, let's talk.
As a Staff Engineer on the OIG team, you will be involved into development, design, and maintenance of our product to serve enterprise customers at scale. You will involve the architecture and evolution of our product features — spanning the across different access governance personas — and work collaboratively acro...
Key Responsibilities
Take end-to-end ownership of feature areas — from technical design through implementation, testing, deployment, and post-launch monitoring
Design, build, and ship high-quality, production-ready features across the OIG system, with a focus on correctness, reliability, and performance
Quickly deliver high-quality bug fixes and handle customer-reported issues
Write clean, well-tested, maintainable code and hold yourself and teammates to a high bar for engineering quality
Partner with our Product Development, QA, and Site Reliability Engineering teams for scoping the development and deployment work
Required Skills & Abilities
8+ years of software engineering experience, with a demonstrated ability to independently own and deliver complex features in a production environment
Proven track record of architecting and delivering large-scale, distributed systems in production environments serving enterprise customers
Deep expertise in microservices, event-driven architectures, APIs, and data modeling at scale
Strong proficiency in one or more of: Java, Kotlin, Go, or equivalent JVM/cloud-native languages used in Okta's backend stack
Demonstrated ability to influence without authority — driving technical alignment across multiple teams and stakeholders
Experience designing systems that meet enterprise reliability, scalability, and security requirements (think: multi-tenancy, high availability, audit logging, RBAC/ABAC)
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to make complex technical topics accessible to both engineers and non-engineers
Experience building identity, access management, or governance (IAM/IGA) products or platforms
Familiarity with workflow engines or approval/routing systems (e.g., finite state machines, BPM-style systems)
Experience with enterprise SaaS platforms serving large, complex customer organizations
Hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and modern observability tooling
B.S. 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:
$160,000—$220,000 CAD
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