Staff Software Engineer, Okta
IAM, Customer Identity Cloud
Management platform securing resources from cloud to ground
Open for applications
Management platform securing resources from cloud to ground
1001+ employees
Open for applications
1001+ employees
Company mission
To improve the connections between people and tools to make companies more productive and secure.
Role
Who you are
- If you like delighting customers with powerful and intuitive products and enjoy solving both customer and technical challenges we can’t wait to talk to you
- You have previous experience using Node.js (JavaScript or Typescript) and creating and maintaining public APIs
- You have worked on both full-stack apps and backend services in the past, and feel confident driving best practices on both of them. A good part of our work is on the frontend
- You like working on systems that are highly-reliable, maintainable and scalable
- You have experience and an eye for good engineering practices and testing, and love to share them
- You work autonomously but know when to seek help from your team members
- You are a good mentor and communicator, and bring the rest of your team along for the journey
- You have experience with Docker and cloud environments (AWS and Azure preferred)
- Good SQL knowledge and experience - we have some large datasets and need to make sure our schemas and queries are performant
- Understanding and experience of DevOps culture. We have infrastructure teams that build interfaces for product teams but we love working with engineers who can reason about the workings under the covers - and roll their sleeves up to write some Terraform, if need be
- And extra credit if you have experience in any of the following!
- IAM/OAuth2 experience
- Knowledge of security engineering and application security
What the job involves
- Okta’s Customer Identity Cloud (CIC), powered by Auth0 technology, is an easy-to-implement authentication and authorization platform designed by developers for developers
- We work in NodeJS (JavaScript and TypeScript) and use PostgreSQL for our data needs. Our services run on AWS and Azure and we lean heavily on containers for both our development and production needs
- Collaborate with engineers both inside and outside the team to design and deliver powerful new functionality that allows our SaaS customers to empower their customers to configure and manage the users, login and permissions themselves
- Support the team as a technical expert, ensuring the solutions built are robust, scalable and reliable
- Tackle the most complex pieces of work and create proof of concepts when breaking new ground
- Drive technical improvements to our codebase and architecture
- Mentor and coach less experienced engineers on sound engineering practices
- Review customer interview feedback with Product
- Lead by example
Our take
Okta started off as an identity company where organisations, large and small, could tap into the company to have a single sign-on interface to access all cloud applications now centralised. Okta has since expanded to provide identity management at the device as well as the server level.
The new approach towards network security is increasingly based on identification and authentication, and Okta is on track to become the go-to vendor in the space. They aim to do so by developing products that enable people to access applications and other tools more smoothly and securely than ever before.
Okta has taken strides towards expansion through significant employee growth and shuffling executive leadership. The company has also made lateral moves such as tackling governance concerns, opening up new paths for revenue.
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Company Specialist
Insights
Some candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
19% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Sep 2015
$75m
SERIES F
Jun 2014
$75m
SERIES E
Total funding: $229.3m
Company benefits
- Work from home opportunities
- Health + Wellness
- Financial Benefits
- Pay + Incentives
- Time Off
- Everyday Living
- Resources
Company values
- Love our customers
- Never stop innovating
- Act with integrity
- Be transparent
- Empower our people
Company HQ
The East Cut, San Francisco, CA
Articles
Leadership
Todd McKinnon
(CEO)VP of Development at Salesforce.com and has nearly a decade of experience in various engineering and leadership roles at PeopleSoft.
Frederic Kerrest
(Vice Chairman)Worked in Sales and Business Development at Salesforce.com, and previously co-founded high-tech consulting firm Meridian Global Solutions.
People progressing
Joined as Senior Manager, Recruiting EMEA and promoted to Director, Recruiting EMEA after 3 years. Promoted again to Senior Director, Recruiting EMEA after another 3 years.
Diversity & Inclusion at Okta
- Workforce: We believe in recruiting diverse talent to create balanced teams
- Workplace: We support and empower employees to be authentic and grow through open conversations and education
- Marketplace: We go to market and sell to diverse audiences
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