Senior Software Backend Engineer, Okta

• 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

• 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 Backend 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