Principal Software Engineer - PAM
Okta · Posted Oct 22
Cloud-based identity and access management solutions for workforce and customer security
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About the role
Okta's Privileged Access Management (PAM) team builds an identity-centric, Zero Trust architecture for privileged access in the modern cloud. The team develops cloud-based PAM products that help customers solve security and operations challenges at scale. This principal fullstack role will design and deliver end-to-end features using modern JavaScript, cloud-native backend technologies, and AI development tools, while leading technical design and mentoring engineers.
What you will do
- 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.
- Proven expertise leveraging AI development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Anthropic Claude) to accelerate the software development lifecycle (SDLC) while maintaining high code quality.
- Work with engineering teams to design, develop and deliver cloud-based privileged access management solutions.
- Design, build, and maintain end-to-end features using modern JavaScript and cloud-native backend technologies.
- Lead technical design for key initiatives, driving quality, scalability, and maintainability.
- Build reusable and performant UI components for a best-in-class no-code builder experience.
- Drive evaluation, development, and rollout of new features and common platform components.
- Evaluate existing systems to evolve them for serving in specialized circumstances to support Okta's future business needs
- Conduct thorough design and code reviews, ensuring that proposed solutions account for scalability, redundancy, and multi-tenancy. Uphold high programming standards by consistently writing comprehensive 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
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- Immense passion for doing the right thing to help Okta's technology stay ahead of its anticipated business growth,
- Extensive experience with cloud based software security product development.
- Solid technology chops in 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
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent; master's preferred.
- 9+ years of extensive programming experience in a modern programming language like Go, Java, or C++ especially in backend services. Go is preferred, but not mandatory.
- Good knowledge of modern frontend javascript frameworks such as React, Angular, Vue etc.
- 8+ years experience working with PostgreSQL or equivalent relational database systems. Experience with designing and querying databases with optimization in mind is a plus.
- Demonstrated experience of working with REST and thorough understanding of its fundamentals
- 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
- Previous experience at Security firms is a huge plus
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
Benefits and support
- Equity
- Flexible work arrangement (office or home)
About Okta
Okta is a leading independent provider of cloud-based identity and access management solutions that securely connect people and technologies to the right applications. The company powers both Workforce Identity and Customer Identity platforms, allowing organizations to securely manage user access and navigate modern challenges like agentic AI security.
- Industry
- Enterprise Software
- Company size
- 7500+ employees
- Founded
- 2009
- Location
- San Francisco, California, USA
- Funding stage
- Public Company
Funding
Public Company · $228M raised
- 2010-02-01Series A$10M
- 2011-08-01Series B$16.5M
- 2012-12-01Series C$25M
- 2013-09-01Series D$27M
- 2014-06-01Series E$75M
- 2015-09-01Series F$75M
- 2018-02-21Post IPO Debt$300M
Leadership
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Co-Founder and Executive Vice Chairman
Chief Marketing Officer
Chief Legal Officer
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