Staff Software Engineer, Platform & Infrastructure
Okta · Posted Oct 7
Cloud-based identity and access management solutions for workforce and customer security
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About the role
Okta's Platform & Infrastructure team is the central nervous system for all of Okta Engineering, building and owning the internal developer platform — CI/CD pipelines, build-and-test orchestration, and the multi-cloud infrastructure behind them. The team runs tens of thousands of automated tests per commit and aims to shrink massive distributed compute jobs from hours or days down to minutes. This Staff Software Engineer role is a hands-on technical leadership position responsible for architecting, coding, and scaling the CI/CD platform in Go and Python across Kubernetes, AWS, GCP, and Azure, while mentoring engineers and setting technical direction.
What you will do
- Architect & Build: Design, code, and operate the next generation of our CI/CD platform, primarily using Go (Golang) and Python.
- Master Kubernetes: Leverage your deep Kubernetes (K8s) expertise to orchestrate our complex and ephemeral build, test, and deployment workflows at massive scale.
- Own the Multi-Cloud: Build services and automation that abstract and manage workloads extensively across AWS, GCP, and Azure, optimizing for cost, speed, and reliability.
- Build a Platform, Not Just Tools: Create robust, self-service, and elegant internal products for our engineers. You'll treat our internal developers as your first-class customers.
- Drive Innovation: You will not just use our build and CI systems, you will be responsible for building and scaling them.
- Mentor & Lead: Collaborate with peers, mentor other engineers, and set the technical direction for major platform initiatives.
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- 5+ years of experience in Software Engineering
- Coding Skills: You are a strong software engineer first, with proven experience building and maintaining complex systems in Go (Golang) and/or Python.
- Kubernetes is a Must: You have deep, practical experience building, running, and troubleshooting workloads on Kubernetes. You understand pods, operators, scheduling, and networking inside and out.
- CI/CD as a Platform: You have architected, built, and/or significantly scaled CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab, Tekton, ArgoCD) as a platform for other engineers, not just as an end-user.
- Cloud Expertise: You have demonstrable experience working in major cloud providers (AWS, GCP, Azure) and understand the nuances of their core services.
- The Platform Ecosystem: You're fluent in the tools of the trade: Docker, container registries (like Artifactory), and modern build systems (like Gradle or Bazel).
- Platform Mindset: You are customer-obsessed (your customers are other engineers) and have a proven ability to lead complex, cross-functional projects to completion.
- Education: B.S. in Computer Science, equivalent technical experience, or just a proven track record of shipping incredible systems.
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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