Okta

Senior Software Engineer

Okta • $136K — $187K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in software engineering with ownership of complex features
  • Proven ability to architect and deliver large-scale, distributed systems
  • Deep expertise in microservices, event-driven architectures, APIs, and data modeling
  • Strong proficiency in Java, Kotlin, Go, or equivalent JVM/cloud-native languages
  • Ability to influence technical alignment across multiple teams and stakeholders
  • Experience in designing reliable, scalable, and secure enterprise systems
  • Excellent communication skills for both technical and non-technical audiences

Responsibilities

  • Take end-to-end ownership of feature areas from design through deployment
  • Design, build, and deliver high-quality production-ready features
  • Quickly resolve customer-reported issues and deliver bug fixes
  • Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code
  • Collaborate with Product Development, QA, and Site Reliability Engineering teams on scoping

Benefits

  • Health, dental, and vision insurance
  • RRSP with a match
  • Healthcare spending account
  • Telemedicine services
  • Paid leave including PTO and parental leave
  • Unique onboarding experience to connect with the team and mission
Full Job Description
Opportunity

As a Senior Engineer on the OIG team, you will be involved into development, design, and maintenance of our product to serve enterprise customers at scale. You will involve the architecture and evolution of our product features - spanning the across different access governance personas - and work collaboratively across engineering, product, and design to deliver features that are secure, scalable, and delightful to use.

This is a role for someone who thinks in systems, leads with craft, and is energized by the challenge of building enterprise-grade software that millions of users depend on.

This is a rare opportunity to join a team where your technical decisions will directly shape how thousands of enterprises manage access governance at scale, where the technical challenges are genuinely hard, and where the work you ship will be seen and felt by real users every day.

Job Duties And Responsibilities
  • Take end-to-end ownership of feature areas - from technical design through implementation, testing, deployment, and post-launch monitoring
  • Design, build, and ship high-quality, production-ready features across the OIG system, with a focus on correctness, reliability, and performance
  • Quickly deliver high-quality bug fixes and handle customer-reported issues
  • Write clean, well-tested, maintainable code and hold yourself and teammates to a high bar for engineering quality
  • Partner with our Product Development, QA, and Site Reliability Engineering teams for scoping the development and deployment work


Required Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities
  • 5+ years of software engineering experience, with a demonstrated ability to independently own and deliver complex features in a production environment
  • Proven track record of architecting and delivering large-scale, distributed systems in production environments serving enterprise customers
  • Deep expertise in microservices, event-driven architectures, APIs, and data modeling at scale
  • Strong proficiency in one or more of: Java, Kotlin, Go, or equivalent JVM/cloud-native languages used in Okta's backend stack
  • Demonstrated ability to influence without authority - driving technical alignment across multiple teams and stakeholders
  • Experience designing systems that meet enterprise reliability, scalability, and security requirements (think: multi-tenancy, high availability, audit logging, RBAC/ABAC)
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to make complex technical topics accessible to both engineers and non-engineers


Preferred if you have experience in any of the following!
  • Experience building identity, access management, or governance (IAM/IGA) products or platforms
  • Familiarity with workflow engines or approval/routing systems (e.g., finite state machines, BPM-style systems)
  • Experience with enterprise SaaS platforms serving large, complex customer organizations
  • Hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and modern observability tooling


Education
  • B.S. Computer Science or equivalent


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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.

The annual base salary range for this position for candidates located in Canada is between:

$136,000-$187,000 CAD

The Okta Experience
  • Supporting Your Well-Being
  • Driving Social Impact
  • Developing Talent and Fostering Connection + Community

We are intentional about connection. Our global community, spanning over 20 offices worldwide, is united by a drive to innovate. Your journey begins with an immersive, in-person onboarding experience designed to accelerate your impact and connect you to our mission and team from day one.

About Okta

Okta is a leading provider of identity and access management solutions for enterprises. The company's cloud-based platform enables organizations to securely connect people and technology, providing secure access to applications and data from any device, anywhere, at any time. Okta's solutions are used by thousands of organizations worldwide, including many Fortune 500 companies. The company was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. Okta is committed to providing innovative solutions that help organizations stay secure and productive in today's digital world.
Learn more about Okta
Size
5,342 employees
Market Cap
$10.5 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$266.3 million
Founded
2009
5 Year Trend
+51.9%
Revenue
$835.4 million
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