Senior Software Engineer, Okta

• 5+ years in software engineering, shipping enterprise cloud software
• Hands-on depth in coding at scale using: Java, Python, or TypeScript, plus API (REST, gRPC) and UI automation (Playwright, Selenium, or equivalent)
• Experience with CI/CD (CircleCI or equivalent), containers (Docker, Kubernetes), and a major cloud platform
• Operates well beyond basic AI tool usage - understands how to apply AI meaningfully across the full software development lifecycle, can evaluate and adopt new AI tooling with good judgment, and is able to establish practices and bring a team along
• Proven experience defining scalable backend architectures and integrating complex APIs with modern web technologies - including the ability to make and defend architectural decisions with lasting org-wide impact
• Solid understanding of web authentication and authorization fundamentals - how auth flows work, and best practices for securing sensitive user data
• Architectural expertise: Proven experience defining scalable backend architectures and integrating complex APIs with modern web technologies, including making decisions with lasting, org-wide impact
• Backend proficiency: Deep expertise in building reliable, secure, enterprise-grade software in Java or another type-safe language
• Frontend flexibility: High proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript with true fullstack range, including the ability to ship robust frontends

Desirable

• As a Senior Fullstack Engineer on the OIG (Federal) team, your mission is to adapt the OIG product to the needs of the government customers
• In this role, you will actively design, build, and maintain both robust backend services and intuitive frontend interfaces
• This role requires deep expertise in distributed systems and a commitment to AI-native engineering as our standard
• You will rethink backend design, validation, and delivery through AI-augmented workflows, ensuring our platform provides secure, interoperable, and scalable access—enforcing the principle of least privilege for every aspect of the product
• Architect, deploy, and maintain cloud and on-premises infrastructure across high-compliance security baselines
• Support operations transitioning into disconnected, air-gapped, and top-secret defense environments
• Maintain strict security controls, audit readiness, and continuous monitoring for classified networks
• Collaborate with other engineering teams to ensure software deployments meet stringent governmental security standards
• Proactively identify and prioritize tech debt; drive improvements in areas beyond feature work - CI/CD, observability, documentation, reliability, and support processes
• Partner with Product and Design to understand and own the desired customer outcome, not just the technical deliverable
• Actively invest in the growth of peer engineers, taking responsibility for raising the technical bar of the team as a whole