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About the Role
Okta is building the trusted, neutral infrastructure to enable organizations to safely embrace AI. This role offers an opportunity to do career-defining work on Passkeys and passwordless authentication, shaping the future of secure access for millions of users.
Responsibilities
- Partner closely with product, design, and other cross-functional stakeholders to own problem spaces and ensure we are building the right solutions for our customers.
- Independently own and deliver major features from conception and design through to deployment and monitoring, tackling ambiguous problems along the way.
- Act as a technical leader within the team, driving design discussions, influencing the roadmap, and making strategic trade-offs that improve team velocity and product health.
- Mentor other engineers through code reviews, knowledge sharing, and by setting an example of engineering craft and operational excellence.
- Champion a data-driven culture by leveraging telemetry and observability tools to troubleshoot complex production incidents and guide technical decisions.
Requirements
- 8+ years of professional software development experience, with a demonstrated history of technical leadership and mentorship.
- Deep expertise in Java, including a strong understanding of object-oriented design, multithreading, and building high-performance services.
- Proven experience designing, building, and operating complex, large-scale distributed systems in a cloud environment (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure).
- A strong grasp of architectural patterns for scalability, reliability, and security, with the ability to lead technical design discussions and make informed trade-offs.
- Excellent problem-solving skills, with the ability to independently debug and remediate issues in complex, unfamiliar codebases and systems.
- A proactive and ownership-driven mindset, with the ability to manage your own priorities and spot areas for future work.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills, with a history of working effectively with cross-functional teams to deliver impactful products.
- Deep knowledge of phishing-resistant authentication methods, including Passkeys, FIDO2, or WebAuthn.
- Experience in identity and access management (IAM), including protocols like OAuth, OIDC, and SAML.
Skills
- Java
- Object-oriented design
- Multithreading
- High-performance services
- Distributed systems
- Cloud environments (AWS, GCP, Azure)
- Scalability
- Reliability
- Security
- Problem-solving
- Debugging
- Communication
- Collaboration
- Phishing-resistant authentication
- Passkeys
- FIDO2
- WebAuthn
- Identity and Access Management (IAM)
- OAuth
- OIDC
- SAML
- React
- Angular
- Vue.js
Location
- Hybrid
Work Type
- Hybrid
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Staff
Salary/Compensations
- $160,000—$220,000 CAD
Benefits
- Equity (where applicable)
- Bonus
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- RRSP with a match
- Healthcare spending
- Telemedicine
- Paid leave (including PTO and parental leave)
About the Company
- Okta is building the trusted, neutral infrastructure that enables organizations to safely embrace AI.
- 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.
Equal Opportunity
- 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.
- Notice for New York City Applicants & Employees: Okta may use Automated Employment Decision Tools (AEDT), as defined by New York City Local Law 144, that use artificial intelligence, machine learning, or other automated processes to assist in our recruitment and hiring process. In accordance with NYC Local Law 144, if you are an applicant or employee residing in New York City, please click here to view our full NYC AEDT Notice.