Staff Backend Engineer
Okta · SW Eng - Applications-674
- Location
- Bengaluru, India
- Metro
- Bengaluru
- Workplace
- Unspecified
- Level
- Staff+
- Type
- Unspecified
- Posted
- 1 month ago
- Source
- Greenhouse
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JavaGoRustC++AWSKubernetesDockerTerraformPostgreSQL
What the posting covers
About the company
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…
Staff Backend Engineer
We’re redefining Privileged Access Management (PAM) from the ground up, purpose-built for Cloud, SaaS, Databases, Containers, and any virtualized environment. Our mission is to simplify and secure workforce access with seamless, secure-by-default workflows…
About the Role
We are seeking a Staff Backend Engineer to serve as the core technical anchor and senior Individual Contributor (IC) for our newly established engineering pod in India. At the P4 level, your primary sphere of influence will be at the team level—taking…
Execution & Technical Impact
End-to-End Ownership: Consistently design, code, debug, test, monitor, and deploy performant backend services and connector plugins in Go. Define the "How": Take well-defined product goals and ambiguous technical challenges, break them down into modular…
Operational Excellence & Engineering Craft
Guardian Support & Incident Ownership: Actively participate in global on-call rotation. Demonstrate system-level understanding to troubleshoot complex incidents, perform root-cause analysis, and build remediation automation. Drive Team Velocity: Identify tech…
Team Multiplier & Strategic Alignment
Technical Mentorship: Elevate the team's craft by conducting thorough, constructive code reviews, establishing best practices in Go, and pairing with P2/P3 engineers. Global Collaboration: Partner with global Technical Leads to review major design proposals,…
What You’ll Bring to the Role
7+ years of software engineering experience, with 3+ years spent building high-scale, cloud-native backend systems. Proven Staff-Level (P4) Attributes: Demonstrated ability to independently own large tasks end-to-end, influence technical decisions across a…
Extra Credit If You Have
Direct experience at domain leaders in security/PAM such as CyberArk, Delinea, or similar IAM space companies. Experience working with Graph databases (e.g., ArangoDB) or policy engines (e.g., OPA). Contributions to open-source infrastructure projects or…
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…
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