Staff Software Engineer

About the Position

Staff Software Engineer

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

As a member of the Native Apps team you will:

• Be a part of a fast-paced, agile team comprising engineers, a product manager, and a designer.
• Design and develop features, APIs, and fixes to handle our current and future scale.
• Be a technical steward who views our codebase as their own product.
• Proactively figure out what is needed to make a project successful.
• Help our customers have an awesome experience with our products.
• Collaborate with the support team for customer questions.
• Participate in our on-call rotations for troubleshooting production issues.
• Lead team discussions, mentor other engineers to become senior, and improve team’s productivity.

Requirements

You are a good fit for this role if you:

• Have 8+ years of software development experience.
• Have excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Have experience creating public or internal APIs using NodeJS/Javascript/Typescript.
• Have experience working with both relational databases (PostgreSQL) and NoSQL document databases (MongoDB) in a production environment.
• Have experience with mobile CI/CD pipelines (Github Actions).
• Are responsible for the technical integrity, architectural evolution, and long-term scalability of our core product.
• Are autonomous and have a continuous improvement mindset.
• Pay attention to details and keep user experience a top priority.
• Enjoy being part of a highly collaborative, remote-friendly environment.

Nice to Have

Bonus points if you:

• Have experience building API for Mobile Apps and SDKs.
• Have 1+ years of experience in identity and access management (IAM) domain.
• Have experience with GoLang, Terraform.
• Have experience with FrontEnd ReactJS/VueJS.
• Have a deep understanding of NodeJS event loop.
• Have experience with infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g., Fastlane, Gradle, Snyk, or Terraform).

We Offer

• Flexible work environment: work from the office or from home.
• Flexible benefits and collaborative work environments/experiences.
• Immersive, in-person onboarding experience.
• Supportive and innovative global community.

About the Company

The Okta Experience

• Supporting Your Well-Being
• Driving Social Impact
• Developing Talent and Fostering Connection + Community

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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