Get to know Okta Okta is The World s Identity Company We free everyone to safely use any technology anywhere on any device or app Our versatile and neutral products Okta Platform and Auth0 Platform provide secure access authentication and automation placing identity at the core of business security and growth At Okta we celebrate a variety of perspectives and experiences We are not looking for someone who checks every single box - we re looking for lifelong learners and people who can make us better with their unique experiences Join our team We re building a world where Identity belongs to you Staff Software Engineer Core Infrastructure Okta is the identity standard The Okta Identity Cloud is an independent and neutral platform that securely connects the right people to the right technologies at the right time We help organizations do two things - secure and manage their extended enterprise and transform their customers experiences With over 15 800 customers globally 7000 app integrations and well over 200 million registered users we are only getting started Okta s Core Engineering team is responsible for building and evolving shared infrastructure and services that lay the foundation for what other engineering teams build on We re in charge of common shared services like search cache configuration management frameworks for async job management and email pipeline to name a few We re cloud native where redundancy multi-tenancy scale resource optimization and resiliency are first class citizens With Okta s mantra of Always On there s never a dull moment Our biggest asset is our team of passionate engineers and technically minded managers You ll be joining a team of highly skilled and talented team players who re proud of what they own and deliver Our elite team is fast creative and flexible with a weekly release cycle and individual ownership we expect great things from our engineers and reward them with stimulating new projects new technologies and the chance to have significant equity in a company that is about to change the cloud computing landscape forever Job duties and responsibilities Work with engineering teams to design develop and deliver cloud based infrastructure projects on a contemporary tech stack Redis Elasticsearch Docker Terraform on AWS Drive evaluation development and roll out of new common microservices Operate support and upgrade shared services and frameworks Scale these as their usage invariably grows along with Okta s business Help with design and code reviews Ensure high programming standard by writing unit and functional tests Assist with monitoring troubleshooting of services and frameworks the team owns Collaborate with architects QA product owners security and operations engineers Help with mentoring new engineering hires and interns Minimum required knowledge skills and abilities Immense passion about doing the right thing to help Okta s technology stay ahead of its anticipated business growth Solid technology chops in architecting implementing tuning and debugging some of the largest cloud deployments in the enterprise world Bachelor s degree in computer science or equivalent 7 yrs of expansive programming experience in an object-oriented programming language like Java especially in backend services A valuable understanding of multithreading garbage collection memory management 4 yrs experience of working with MySQL or equivalent relational database systems Knowledge of NoSQL databases is a plus Demonstrated experience of working with ReST and good understanding of its fundamentals Knowledge of Spring Spring Boot Hibernate and Tomcat Knowledge of AWS Redis Elasticsearch and Docker Familiarity with network security authentication and authorization as a nice-to-have Demonstrably followed best software engineering principles Experience with enterprise SaaS as a good-to-have Familiarity with Agile software development process LI-Hybrid What you can look forward to as a Full-Time Okta employee Amazing Benefits Making Social Impact Developing Talent and Fostering Connection Community at Okta Okta cultivates a dynamic work environment providing the best tools technology and benefits to empower our employees to work productively in a setting that best and uniquely suits their needs Each organization is unique in the degree of flexibility and mobility in which they work so that all employees are enabled to be their most creative and successful versions of themselves regardless of where they live Find your place at Okta today https www okta com company careers Some roles may require travel to one of our office locations for in-person onboarding Okta is an Equal Opportunity Employer All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin ancestry marital status age physical or mental disability or status as a protected veteran We also consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and convictions records consistent with applicable laws If reasonable accommodation is needed to complete any part of the job application interview process or onboarding please use this Form to request an accommodation Okta is committed to complying with applicable data privacy and security laws and regulations For more information please see our Privacy Policy at https www okta com privacy-policy Okta The foundation for secure connections between people and technology Okta is the leading independent provider of identity for the enterprise The Okta Identity Cloud enables organizations to securely connect the right people to the right technologies at the right time With over 7 000 pre-built integrations to applications and infrastructure providers Okta customers can easily and securely use the best technologies for their business More than 19 300 organizations including JetBlue Nordstrom Slack T-Mobile Takeda Teach for America and Twilio trust Okta to help protect the identities of their workforces and customers