Staff Backend Engineer, Non Human Identities

Okta

San Francisco, California, United States
Base: $194,000 - $267,300 usd; bonus/equity: equit...
On-site
8+ years backend or systems development experience
Deep expertise in multi-platform go development
Experience designing distributed systems
The role focuses on architecting the high-performance core of Okta's non-human identity platform to secure AI and enterprise access

Job Summary

  • The role focuses on architecting the high-performance core of Okta's non-human identity platform to secure AI and enterprise access.
  • Engineers will write highly concurrent code capable of handling millions of machine-to-machine authentication requests while mentoring junior staff.
  • Candidates must possess deep expertise in Go, distributed systems, and security protocols like TLS and PKI to ensure platform reliability.

Matching Summary

The role focuses on architecting the high-performance core of Okta's non-human identity platform to secure AI and enterprise access.

Salary

Base: $194,000 - $267,300 USD; Bonus/Equity: Equity and bonus offered; Benefits: Health, dental, vision, 401(k), PTO, parental leave

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • 8+ years backend or systems development experience
  • Deep expertise in multi-platform Go development
  • Experience designing distributed systems
  • Knowledge of secure systems authn/authz encryption
  • Expertise in distributed storage replication backup
  • Direct experience with secrets management platforms

Nice-to-have

  • Experience at leading Cybersecurity companies
  • Contributions to open-source identity projects
  • Experience with service mesh architecture
  • Ergonomic API design skills gRPC openAPI
  • Cloud-native infrastructure knowledge

Key Requirements

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science
  • 8+ years professional software engineering experience
  • Equivalent practical experience to degree requirement

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