Staff Software Engineer, Backend

Secure Every Identity, from AI to Human

Identity is the key to unlocking the potential of AI. Okta secures AI by building the trusted, neutral infrastructure that enables organizations to safely embrace this new era. This work requires a relentless drive to solve complex challenges with real-world stakes. We are looking for builders and owners who operate with speed and urgency and execute with excellence.

This is an opportunity to do career-defining work. We're all in on this mission. If you are too, let's talk.

The PAM Team

Ever wonder how large organizations make sure the right people can access their most critical systems? That's the problem the Okta Privileged Access Management (PAM) team solves.

Our solution controls who can reach sensitive servers, databases and cloud resources and grants access only when it's needed. It is the security layer between people (and non-human-identities) and the systems they need to do their jobs.

The Staff Backend Software Engineer Role

We're looking for a Staff Backend Software Engineer who wants to work on hard problems: distributed systems and building software where getting it right really matters. You'll ship code that protects real infrastructure for real organizations. You’ll build foundations that multiple feature teams depend on. When you make something faster, more reliable, or easier to use, it multiplies across the entire product.

This is a role for someone who likes thinking about how systems fit together. You'll need strong opinions about what makes a good abstraction, and the flexibility to evolve those abstractions as the product grows.

What you’ll be doing

• Be deeply involved in evolving the core architecture of PAM
• Work in our product development teams to build scalable, composable components of our platform
• Be responsible for designing and implementing scalable architecture patterns
• Design and build APIs with OpenAPI Specification that customers rely on for access to production infrastructure
• Work on backend systems written in Go
• Participate in the rotational on-call activities with SRE and product development teams

What you’ll bring to the role

• 8+ years of experience as a SWE
• Are an experienced software engineer with a background in Golang (other languages are also acceptable)
• Experience working with relational databases like PostgreSQL or similar RDBMS technologies
• Ability to design database models and backend APIs
• Experience working with cloud services like Caching, Queues, NoSQL Databases etc.
• Experience working with cloud providers such as AWS, GCP or Azure
• Thrive in a collaborative environment built on end-to-end ownership
• Love thinking about distributed systems, and the reliability, availability, and performance implications of the decisions made in their design
• Enjoy deep-diving into production metrics, and familiarity with monitoring tools like Splunk, DataDog etc.
• Think in terms of systems, services, and APIs.

Required education and experience:

• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience, with a demonstrated track record of technical leadership and increasing scope.
• Experience working with production systems.
• Bachelors in CS, or equivalent

Must be able to work onsite from our Toronto office.

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Below is the annual salary range for candidates located in Canada. Your actual salary will depend on factors such as your skills, qualifications, and experience. In addition, Okta offers equity (where applicable), bonus, and benefits, including health, dental, and vision insurance, RRSP with a match, healthcare spending, telemedicine, and paid leave (including PTO and parental leave) in accordance with our applicable plans and policies. To learn more about our Total Rewards program, please visit: https://rewards.okta.com/can.

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