Senior Software Engineer, Okta

Okta Aerial

CA$136-187k

In addition, Okta offers equity (where applicable) and bonus

React

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

JavaScript

Java

Kafka

Redis

Postgres

Terraform

Splunk

Jenkins

MySQL

Spring

REST API

Golang

Datadog

Senior and Expert level

Toronto

Management platform securing resources from cloud to ground

Be an early applicant

Management platform securing resources from cloud to ground

1001+ employees

B2BSecurityInternal toolsSaaSIdentity

Be an early applicant

CA$136-187k

In addition, Okta offers equity (where applicable) and bonus

React

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

JavaScript

Java

Kafka

Redis

Postgres

Terraform

Splunk

Jenkins

MySQL

Spring

REST API

Golang

Datadog

Senior and Expert level

Toronto

1001+ employees

B2BSecurityInternal toolsSaaSIdentity

Company mission

To improve the connections between people and tools to make companies more productive and secure.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

The ideal candidate is a product-minded engineer who is equally comfortable writing high-performance code in Java or Go as they are automating and deploying scalable infrastructure in AWS
5+ years of experience with Java (Spring/Dropwizard) and/or Golang, with a deep understanding of multi-threading and asynchronous processing
Understanding of OAuth 2.0, OIDC, and JWT tokens, specifically for service-to-service communication
Experience building high-performance RESTful APIs and/or gRPC services
Solid experience with relational databases (MySQL/PostgreSQL) and caching layers (Redis) at scale
Hands-on experience with AWS (Fargate, EC2, Lambda) and Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform). You should be comfortable managing your own cloud resources
Strong proficiency with containerization (Docker/Kubernetes) and CI/CD automation tools (Jenkins, ArgoCD, or GitHub Actions)
B.S. Computer Science or related field

Desirable

Experience with Splunk, SignalFX, or Datadog for monitoring and troubleshooting production issues
Familiarity with Kafka or SQS for handling cross-org asynchronous events
Basic familiarity with React/JavaScript to help integrate backend services
Understanding of how to build and deploy services across isolated infrastructure units

What the job involves

Okta Aerial is the foundational management layer that provides centralized visibility and governance across a customer’s entire multi-org ecosystem
It serves as a single pane of glass for account-level services, enabling zero-standing privileges and seamless orchestration across Okta’s globally distributed cell architecture
We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join the Aerial team to build and scale the "Account Layer" of Okta
You will own the development of critical backend services and the underlying cloud infrastructure that supports cross-org functionality
Own the end-to-end development of features within the Aerial ecosystem, focusing on the multi-org "Account Layer" and cross-cell visibility
Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code. Conduct thorough code reviews for peers to ensure high standards of security and performance
Contribute to technical designs and proposals for Aerial services, ensuring they align with established architectural patterns for multi-tenant systems
Participate in the full software development life cycle—from initial scoping and technical design to deployment, monitoring, and handling customer-reported issues
Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks in distributed services
Understand our universal directory codebase and development process: Jira, Technical Designs, Code Review, Testing, and Deployment
Work with senior engineering team in major development projects, design and implementation
Participate in on-call rotations and collaborate with SRE to ensure the reliability and uptime of Aerial-specific infrastructure
Interface with cross-functional teams (Architects, QA, Product, Technical Support, Documentation, and UX teams) to develop connectors to on-prem and cloud apps
Partner with our Product Development, QA, and Site Reliability Engineering teams for scoping the development and deployment work

Our take

Okta started off as an identity company where organisations, large and small, could tap into the company to have a single sign-on interface to access all cloud applications now centralised. Okta has since expanded to provide identity management at the device as well as the server level.

The new approach towards network security is increasingly based on identification and authentication, and Okta is on track to become the go-to vendor in the space. It aims to do so by developing products that enable people to access applications and other tools more smoothly and securely than ever before.

Okta has taken strides towards expansion through significant employee growth and shuffling executive leadership. The company has also made lateral moves such as tackling governance concerns, opening up new paths for revenue.

Freddie

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

Top investors

19% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (3.7)

Trustpilot (1.4)

Company

Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)

Sep 2015

$75m

SERIES F

Jun 2014

$75m

SERIES E

Total funding: $229.3m

Company benefits

Work from home opportunities
Health + Wellness
Financial Benefits
Pay + Incentives
Time Off
Everyday Living
Resources

Company HQ

The East Cut, San Francisco, CA

Leadership

Todd McKinnon

(Co-Founder & CEO)

VP of Development at Salesforce.com and has nearly a decade of experience in various engineering and leadership roles at PeopleSoft.

Frederic Kerrest

(Co-Founder & Vice Chairman)

Worked in Sales and Business Development at Salesforce.com, and previously co-founded high-tech consulting firm Meridian Global Solutions.

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