Staff Software Engineer-Infrastructure; PAM

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent; master’s preferred.
7+ years of extensive programming experience in a modern programming language like Go, Java, or C++ especially in backend services. Go is preferred.
4+ years experience working with PostgreSQL or equivalent relational database systems. Experience with designing and querying databases with optimization in mind is a plus.
Experience with Cloud fundamental building blocks like IaC, Observability, Secrets Management, CI / CD pipelines, secure coding practices, and compliance.
Demonstrated experience of working with REST and thorough understanding of its fundamentals.
Experience with AWS, Redis, Elasticsearch / OpenSearch, Kinesis, Kafka, and Docker.
Knowledge of network security, authentication, and authorization.
Demonstrably followed best software engineering principles.
Familiarity with Agile software development process.

Work with engineering teams to design, develop and deliver cloud-based infrastructure projects on a modern tech stack (Kubernetes, RDS, DynamoDB, Kinesis, MKS, Redis, OpenSearch, Docker, Terraform on AWS).
Drive evaluation, development, and rollout of new common microservices.
Operate, support, and upgrade shared services and frameworks. Scale these as their usage invariably grows along with Okta’s business.
Evaluate existing systems to evolve them for serving in specialized circumstances to support Okta’s future business needs.
Conduct design and code reviews. Ascertain that proposed designs consider scale, redundancy, and multi-tenancy. Ensure high programming standards by writing unit and functional tests.
Monitor, troubleshoot, and fix services and frameworks the team owns.
Evaluate system performance and resolve bottlenecks.
Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior developers.
Collaborate with architects, QA, product owners, security and operations engineers.

No preferred qualifications provided.