Senior Software Engineer- Okta Identity Governance

About the Position

Secure Every Identity, from AI to Human

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 with speed and urgency and execute with excellence.

This is an opportunity to do career-defining work. We're all in on this mission. If you are too, let's talk.

Responsibilities

As a Senior Software Engineer on the Okta Identity Governance (OIG) team, you will be involved in development, design, and maintenance of our product to serve enterprise customers at scale. You will be responsible for the architecture and evolution of our product features - spanning the across different access governance personas - and work collaboratively across engineering, product, and design to deliver features that are secure, scalable, and delightful to use.

Key responsibilities include:

• 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

Requirements

• 5+ years of software engineering experience, with a demonstrated ability to independently own and deliver complex features in a production environment
• Experience in microservices, event-driven architectures, APIs, and data modeling at scale
• Solid experience with one or more of: Java, Kotlin, Go, or equivalent JVM/cloud-native languages used in Okta's backend stack
• Practical experience building and operating distributed systems in a cloud environment
• Ability to produce clear technical designs and documentation, communicate trade-offs effectively, and build consensus with teammates
• Strong debugging and problem-solving skills, with the ability to navigate and reason about complex, multi-service systems
• A track record of delivering features with high quality - including meaningful unit, integration, and end-to-end test coverage
• Good communication skills and a collaborative working style - comfortable working across engineering, product, and design

Nice to Have

• Experience building identity, access management, or governance (IAM/IGA) products or platforms
• Familiarity with workflow engines or approval/routing systems
• Experience working in multi-tenant SaaS environments serving enterprise customers
• Practical experience building and operating distributed systems in a cloud environment (AWS, GCP, or Azure)

We Offer

• Competitive salary range: $136,000-$187,000 CAD
• Equity (where applicable)
• Bonus
• Comprehensive benefits, including health, dental, and vision insurance
• RRSP with a match
• Healthcare spending
• Telemedicine
• Paid leave (including PTO and parental leave)

About the Company

Okta is the leading independent provider of identity for the enterprise. The Okta Identity Cloud enables organizations to securely connect the right people to the right technologies at the right time. With over 7,000 pre-built integrations to applications and infrastructure providers, Okta customers can easily and securely use the best technologies for their business. More than 19,300 organizations, including JetBlue, Nordstrom, Slack, T-Mobile, Takeda, Teach for America, and Twilio, trust Okta to help protect the identities of their workforces and customers.

Okta is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, marital status, age, physical or mental disability, or status as a protected veteran. We also consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and convictions records, consistent with applicable laws.

Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Work Location Type: Hybrid