Principal Software Engineer, Okta

AI (Web & Data)

CA$140-192.5k

+ Bonus. Salary shown for Canada. For select US locations: $152,000—$209,000 USD

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

GCP

Kafka

Airflow

Contentful

dbt

Senior and Expert level

Chicago

Toronto

Management platform securing resources from cloud to ground

Open for applications

Management platform securing resources from cloud to ground

1001+ employees

B2BSecurityInternal toolsSaaSIdentity

Open for applications

CA$140-192.5k

+ Bonus. Salary shown for Canada. For select US locations: $152,000—$209,000 USD

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

GCP

Kafka

Airflow

Contentful

dbt

Senior and Expert level

Chicago

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

Experience: 8–10 years in software engineering, specializing in SaaS platform architecture and distributed systems design
Leadership & Advocacy: Excellence in technical diplomacy and stakeholder influence. Proven ability to translate complex AI/Data roadmaps into business value while mentoring senior teams and advocating for architectural best practices
Data Orchestration: Strong hands-on experience with Apache Airflow (or similar), Kafka, and dbt to support real-time AI applications
AI & Web Convergence: Proven expertise integrating LLMs into production web environments with a focus on agentic workflows and autonomous UI generation
Architectural Vision: Deep understanding of headless CMS, composable, and event-driven patterns that allow for programmatic content and UI generation
Modern Delivery: Experience with cloud-native technologies (AWS/GCP, Docker, Kubernetes) and a deep expertise in data privacy frameworks and AI ethics

What the job involves

We are seeking an accomplished Principal Engineer to lead the technical architecture and evolution of our hybrid digital ecosystem
In this pivotal role, you will drive the strategic integration of multi-modal AI into our core infrastructure while architecting an omnichannel platform capable of supporting complex customer journeys
You will balance the adoption of proven third-party AI solutions (OpenAI, Anthropic) with the development of proprietary optimizations where they deliver a competitive advantage
As a technical leader, you will champion a vendor-agnostic, ethically grounded, and Privacy by Design approach to AI implementation
Infrastructure Modernization: Lead the roadmap for migrating legacy data pipelines to AI-native architectures. You will design modern data orchestration solutions utilizing Apache Airflow, dbt, and Kafka to replace outdated batch processing with real-time, event-driven flows
AI-Native Web Transformation: Define the web infrastructure required for a high-agility ecosystem. Architect the evolution of our Headless CMS environments (AEM, Contentful) and modern frontend frameworks to enable automated page assembly and AI-driven UI components
Agentic Pipeline Development: Design and build autonomous pipelines that bridge the gap between design systems, automated component development, and publishing workflows
ML & Data Engineering Leadership: Establish standards for RAG, vector databases, and LLM orchestration. Provide architectural guidance for the seamless integration of AI capabilities across headless and omnichannel systems while ensuring consistency, performance, and security
Engineering Productivity: Champion the use of AI-assisted coding and engineering productivity tools such as Claude Code and Cursor to accelerate development cycles and optimize architectural decision-making

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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