Staff Software Engineer

Join Okta as a Staff Software Engineer - Full Stack in our Bengaluru, India office and contribute to a world where identity is personal and secure. We are building a global service that handles millions of daily logins, ensuring a safe, secure, and seamless experience for our customers.

As a Staff Software Engineer, you will own the technical lifecycle of your team's products, from frontend to infrastructure. You will design clean APIs, efficient data flows, and scalable service architectures, ensuring robustness, security, and performance. Your responsibilities will include creating and documenting technical designs that account for scale, reliability, and regional constraints, as well as maintaining strict performance and security standards for your team's services.

You will also play a key role in elevating the technical expertise of your team through code reviews, design feedback, and hands-on guidance. This is a hybrid role, requiring 2 days onsite per week at our Bengaluru, Karnataka, India office. In-person onboarding and initial travel to the Bengaluru office are required during the first week of employment.

Key Qualifications:

Technical Execution (Full Stack):

• 8+ years of hands-on experience in JavaScript/Node.js and React/Next.js.
• In-depth understanding of end-to-end systems, including web traffic flow from browser to backend.

Backend:

• Practical experience with databases and distributed caching (e.g., Redis) for state management and performance optimization.
• Experience using quantitative analysis to justify design and technology choices for performance and scale.

Frontend:

• Proficiency with component libraries such as Material UI, Radix UI, and shadcn/ui.
• Experience with CSS styling libraries like Tailwind.
• Strong experience with frontend build tools, module bundlers, and package managers.
• Deep understanding of core web vitals, page speed, and performance optimization techniques.

Delivery & Quality:

• Expertise in building accessible (WCAG), high-performance UI components and managing complex frontend build systems.
• Familiarity with the operational aspects of engineering, including SEO fundamentals, security best practices, and monitoring.
• Excellent communication skills to articulate technical trade-offs and visualize system flows.

Nice To Haves:

• Experience in the Identity or Authentication space.
• Exposure to cloud-native environments like Kubernetes and AWS.

At Okta, you can look forward to amazing benefits, opportunities for social impact, and professional development in a dynamic and supportive work environment. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to diversity and inclusion.