Staff Software Engineer
Okta · Posted Oct 12
Cloud-based identity and access management solutions for workforce and customer security
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About the role
Okta provides the Okta Identity Cloud, a neutral identity platform that securely connects people to technologies, serving thousands of global customers with 7,000+ app integrations and over 200 million registered users. The Developer Productivity Engineering team focuses on development environments, AI enablement for engineering, scalability, and stability. This role works on automating developer workflows, performance tuning of build and dev environments, AI tooling enablement, code health standards, and CI/CD collaboration across engineering teams.
What you will do
- Design & Automation: Build and ship automated solutions that allow developers to deliver features rapidly without compromising quality, stability, or security standards.
- Environment Performance & Tuning: Analyze local development workflows, build tools to track operational metrics, and profile/tune development environments (including codebase modifications).
- AI & Tooling Enablement: Leverage AI technologies across the development stack and automate environment configuration to accelerate developer velocity.
- Code Health & Best Practices: Define guidelines for modern code organization, build systems, and maintainable software architecture.
- Developer Support & Collaboration: Partner directly with developers, architects, and Release Engineering to streamline CI/CD pipelines, optimize local builds, and resolve complex environment issues.
- Innovation & Continuous Improvement: Stay at the forefront of industry trends in developer efficiency, integrating modern tools and processes into Okta’s engineering ecosystem.
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- Experience: 6+ years of professional software development experience in fast-paced environments with a proven track record of engineering excellence.
- Core Tech Stack: 3+ years of hands-on experience developing, debugging, profiling, and performance tuning in Java, Spring, and Tomcat.
- Build Systems: Deep expertise in configuring, profiling, and optimizing build tools such as Maven (preferred), Gradle, or Bazel for high performance.
- Containerization & Cloud: Direct experience with container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes, ECS) and familiarity with major public cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
- CI/CD & Source Control: Strong familiarity with Git, modern continuous integration/continuous delivery pipelines, and developer tooling.
- Collaboration & Adaptability: Strong collaborative mindset with the ability to navigate cross-functional engineering teams, communicate clear standards, and rapidly master new technologies.
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
Benefits and support
- Compensation and benefits are detailed in the job posting
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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