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.

Position Description

Okta is an enterprise grade identity management platform, built from the ground up in the cloud and delivered with an unwavering focus on customer success. With Okta, organizations can manage access across any application, person or device. Whether the people are employees, partners or customers or the applications are in the cloud, on premises or on a mobile device, Okta helps organizations become more secure, make people more productive, and maintain compliance.

The Okta platform provides directory services, single sign-on, strong authentication, provisioning, workflow, and built in reporting. It runs in the cloud on a secure, reliable, extensively audited platform and integrates deeply with on premises applications, directories, and identity management systems.

We are looking for an experienced Principal Software Engineer to work on our Onboarding and Lifecycle Management (LCM) Platform team with focus on enhancing and managing services for importing, syncing and provisioning identities and access policies i.e., users, groups, roles, entitlements, etc. These features allow customers the flexibility to link and enhance their business processes with Okta’s identity management product. We are looking for a seasoned Principal Engineer to join our team and help us build the future of identity and access management. Ideal candidate should be

Hands-on expert developer in Java who is deeply technical with a passion for building high-quality, secure, and performant applications and frameworks.

Demonstrable experience leading technical projects involving more than 20 engineers across multiple workstreams

Excited by the opportunity to work on cutting-edge security and identity management challenges and are a thought leader who can drive technical strategy and mentor other engineers.

A collaborative individual with excellent communication skills, capable of working with cross-functional teams to deliver on a shared vision.

Not just be a builder; but a force multiplier who can create frameworks and solutions that enable other teams to be more productive.

This role is to build, design solutions, and maintain our platform for scale. The ideal candidate is someone who has experience building software systems to manage and deploy reliable and performant infrastructure and product code at scale on a cloud infrastructure.

Job Duties And 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.
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