Staff Software Engineer (Identity Threat Protection)

Get to know Okta

Okta is The World’s Identity Company. We free everyone to safely use any technology, anywhere, on any device or app. Our flexible and neutral products, Okta Platform and Auth0 Platform, provide secure access, authentication, and automation, placing identity at the core of business security and growth.

At Okta, we celebrate a variety of perspectives and experiences. We are not looking for someone who checks every single box - we’re looking for lifelong learners and people who can make us better with their unique experiences.

Join our team! We’re building a world where Identity belongs to you.

About the Okta Identity Threat Protection Team

Identity Threat Protection (ITP) with Okta AI, goes beyond traditional login security to provide real-time protection against evolving threats. By seamlessly integrating with your existing security infrastructure, ITP analyzes user behavior and system data to identify and mitigate risks proactively.

We’re a team of full-stack engineers, data scientists, and ML engineers redefining cloud authentication. We aim to build a next-gen security platform that continuously evaluates threats and constructs a comprehensive risk graph. ITP is at the forefront of trust and security by prioritizing risk in authentication and authorization decisions.

The Staff Software Engineer Opportunity 

Okta is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to lead the technical direction and implementation of large-scale, cutting-edge features for our ITP platform. You will own the design and development of services that deliver critical security insights, from Bot Detection to Breached Credential Protection, and craft the world-class UX that makes this complex data understandable and actionable for our customers. This is an opportunity to solve critical security problems. The ideal candidate has experience designing, building, launching, and supporting security products at scale.

As a technical leader on the team, you will tackle our most ambiguous and complex challenges, mentoring other engineers and influencing the product roadmap. You will share our passion for elegant solutions and will join a team that believes in designing for scale, rigorous code reviews, and automated testing to build high-quality enterprise software.

Our team is fast, innovative, and flexible, with agile release cycles and individual ownership. Here is an opportunity to work on stimulating security projects and emerging technologies, as well as a chance to work on complex security and ML challenges.

What you’ll be doing 

• Lead and independently manage the design, development, delivery, and supportability of cloud-native security products - from concept design to final implementation.
• Cross-group solid collaboration and interpersonal communication skills working with a variety of roles, including engineering, product management, design, support, and documentation
• Commit to high programming standards by reviewing code and writing unit and functional tests.
• Experience working with remote teams and individuals while ensuring quality, agility, and velocity
• Mentor, groom, and educate junior engineers
• Participate in rotations to expeditiously unblock customers and make them successful.

What you’ll bring to the role

• 6+ years of software development experience building highly-reliable, mission-critical software in an object-oriented language (Java preferred).
• 4+ years of software development experience, with a demonstrated background in both front-end UI stacks (React.js preferred) 
• A proven track record of technical leadership, including experience driving the architecture for microservices at enterprise scale.
• An excellent grasp of software engineering principles and design patterns.
• Expertise in creating or extending complex rule-based systems.
• Experience working with a variety of data stores, including RDBMS and NoSQL databases.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with product management, design, and other engineering teams.

And extra credit if you have experience in any of the following! 

• Experience building anomaly detection systems or risk systems is a huge plus.
• Experience in cloud security, identity, and/or authentication protocols
• Experience decoupling a monolithic application into a microservice architecture.

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Below is the annual base salary range for candidates located in California. Your actual base salary will depend on factors such as your skills, qualifications, experience, and work location. In addition, Okta offers equity (where applicable), bonus, and benefits, including health, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), flexible spending account, 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: .

The annual base salary range for this position for candidates located in the San Francisco Bay area is between: $188,000—$282,000 USD

What you can look forward to as a Full-Time Okta employee!

• Amazing Benefits
• Making Social Impact
• Developing Talent and Fostering Connection + Community at Okta

Okta cultivates a dynamic work environment, providing the best tools, technology and benefits to empower our employees to work productively in a setting that best and uniquely suits their needs. Each organization is unique in the degree of flexibility and mobility in which they work so that all employees are enabled to be their most creative and successful versions of themselves, regardless of where they live. Find your place at Okta today! .

Some roles may require travel to one of our office locations for in-person onboarding.

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