Software Architect, Lifecycle Management

About the Position

Software Architect, Lifecycle Management

Bengaluru, India

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

• Work with senior engineering team in major development projects, design and implementation
• Lead the architectural design and implementation of new features and services, with a focus on scalability, performance, and security.
• Collaborate with product managers, architects, and other engineering teams to define the technical strategy and lead the prototyping of software components.
• Directly oversee and coordinate complex technical initiatives involving 20+ engineers, ensuring alignment across disparate sub-teams
• Drive a culture of engineering excellence and continuous improvement, with a focus on robust testing, monitoring, and operational excellence.
• Stay up-to-date with the latest industry trends and technologies in identity, security, and distributed systems.
• Partner with our Product Development, QA, and Site Reliability Engineering teams for scoping the development and deployment work.

Requirements

• 15+ years of Software Development in Java, preferably significant experience with Hibernate and Spring Boot
• A deep understanding of design patterns, scalability patterns, security engineering, and object-oriented principles.
• 4+ years experience automating and deploying large scale production services in AWS, GCP or similar
• Deep understanding of infrastructure level technologies: caching, stream processing, resilient architectures.
• Experience working with relational databases, ideally MySQL, PostgreSQL or GraphDB
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work across functions, distributed teams.
• Lead and mentor junior engineers

Nice to Have

• Experience with server-side technologies including caching, asynchronous processing, and multi-threading.
• Experience with security best practices and threat modeling
• Knowledge of Identity and Access Management protocols and technologies: OAuth, OpenID Connect, SAML, SCIM

We Offer

• Competitive salary
• Hybrid work model
• Comprehensive benefits package

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.

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