Staff Backend Engineer, Non Human Identities

Okta

Toronto, Canada
Base: $160,000 - $220,000 cad; bonus/equity: equit...
On-site
8+ years backend systems development
Deep expertise in go language concurrency
Experience with distributed storage systems
The role involves architecting a low-latency, high-throughput secrets engine capable of handling millions of machine-to-machine requests

Job Summary

  • The role involves architecting a low-latency, high-throughput secrets engine capable of handling millions of machine-to-machine requests.
  • Candidates will mentor junior engineers and play a key role in defining the long-term technical roadmap for scalability.
  • Okta offers equity, bonus, health benefits, RRSP matching, and paid leave as part of their total rewards program.

Matching Summary

The role involves architecting a low-latency, high-throughput secrets engine capable of handling millions of machine-to-machine requests.

Salary

Base: $160,000 - $220,000 CAD; Bonus/Equity: Equity (where applicable) and bonus included; Benefits: Health, dental, vision, RRSP match, telemedicine, and paid leave

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • 8+ years backend systems development
  • Deep expertise in Go language concurrency
  • Experience with distributed storage systems
  • Knowledge of secure systems and PKI
  • Designing high-throughput authentication platforms

Nice-to-have

  • Experience at leading cybersecurity companies
  • Contributions to open-source identity projects
  • Ergonomic API design skills
  • Cloud-native infrastructure knowledge

Key Requirements

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science
  • 8+ years professional software engineering experience
  • Hands-on experience with Postgres and data replication

Work Rights

Not specified

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