Staff Software Engineer, Non-human Identity

Okta

San Francisco, United States
Base: $194,000 - $267,000 usd; bonus/equity: not s...
On-site
High-performance core
Non-human identity platform
Low-latency, high-throughput secrets engine
Okta is building the trusted, neutral infrastructure that enables organizations to safely embrace the new era of AI by securing every identity, from AI to human

Job Summary

  • Okta is building the trusted, neutral infrastructure that enables organizations to safely embrace the new era of AI by securing every identity, from AI to human.
  • The Privileged Access Management (PAM) team is seeking a Staff Engineer to architect and build the high-performance core of their non-human identity platform, focusing on privileged access in the modern enterprise.
  • This role involves contributing to core architecture, solving for massive scale, shaping technical strategy, mentoring junior engineers, and participating in on-call rotations.

Matching Summary

Okta is building the trusted, neutral infrastructure that enables organizations to safely embrace the new era of AI by securing every identity, from AI to human.

Salary

Base: $194,000 - $267,000 USD; Bonus/Equity: Not specified; Benefits: Not specified

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • high-performance core
  • non-human identity platform
  • low-latency, high-throughput secrets engine
  • highly concurrent, performance-critical code
  • secure systems (authn/authz, encryption, TLS)
  • distributed storage systems
  • cloud-native infrastructure

Nice-to-have

  • career-defining work
  • builders and owners
  • speed and urgency
  • leading Cybersecurity company
  • Infrastructure-as-Code company
  • contributions to open-source projects

Key Requirements

  • 8+ years professional software engineering experience
  • Backend or systems-level development focus
  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science
  • Multi-platform Go development expertise
  • Designing or operating distributed systems
  • Secure systems experience
  • Distributed storage systems expertise
  • Secrets management, service mesh, or machine identity platform experience
  • Ergonomic API design (gRPC/openAPI)
  • Deep knowledge of cloud-native infrastructure

Work Rights

Not specified

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