Staff Software Engineer (Backend) (Customer Identity)

Get to know Okta

Okta is The World’s Identity Company. We free everyone to safely use any technology—anywhere, on any device or app. Our Workforce and Customer Identity Clouds enable secure yet flexible access, authentication, and automation that transforms how people move through the digital world, putting Identity at the heart of business security and growth. 

At Okta, we celebrate a variety of perspectives and experiences. We are not looking for someone who checks every single box - we’re looking for lifelong learners and people who can make us better with their unique experiences. 

Join our team! We’re building a world where Identity belongs to you.

Okta’s Customer Identity Cloud (CIC) is easy to implement, adaptable authentication and authorization platform. Basically, we make everyone’s login box awesome. If you are a problem solver who wants to make this login experience even better, then look no further - Okta CIC IAM Authentication domain is where you want to be. Our domain’s mission is to provide a simple, secure, standards-compliant, and delightful authentication experience for both end users and developers. We work with NodeJS, React, Postgres/MongoDB databases, and our services run on both AWS and Azure. Our technology radar continues to try, adopt and re-visit various technologies and are proponents of using the right tools for the job.

As a member of the IAM Authentication team at Okta (CIC) you will:

• Be a part of a fast paced, agile team comprising engineers, a product manager, and designer.
• Design and develop features, APIs and fixes to handle our current and future scale.
• Design and develop features involving highly customizable login experiences for both web and native ecosystems.
• Help our customers have an awesome experience with our products.
• Collaborate with the support team as the last level of escalation for tickets.
• Participate in our on-call rotations for troubleshooting production issues.
• Lead team discussions, mentor other engineers to become senior and improve the team’s productivity.

You are a good fit for this role if you:

• U.S. person Status (e.g. a U.S. Citizen, National, Lawful Permanent Resident, Refugee, or Asylee)*

• Have excellent communication and collaboration skills.

• Have 8+ years of software development experience.

• Have 1+ years of experience in the identity and access management (IAM) domain.

• Have …