Staff Software Engineer

Bengaluru - Staff Software Engineer (Backend)

Join Okta as a Staff Software Engineer in the Identity Security Pillar. You will architect scalable backend services and distributed systems to defend modern enterprise environments against sophisticated attacks.

• Lead, design, and build high-quality, scalable software enforcing best practices in engineering and architecture
Raise standards for code quality, documentation, testing, and monitoring
• Collaborate with product teams to translate requirements into technical solutions
  
Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks while staying current on industry trendsMentor colleagues and promote knowledge-sharing across global distributed teams

• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience in high-growth environments
3+ years designing backend services using PythonDeep expertise in scalable architecture, data persistence patterns, and system principles
• Familiarity with relational databases, NoSQL stores, AWS cloud platforms, and container orchestration
  
Ideal background: IAM, OAuth, OIDC, SAML, or threat detection technologies