Careers at Okta

Secure Every Identity, from AI to Human Identity is the key to unlocking the potential of AI. Okta secures AI by building the trusted, neutral infrastructure that enables organizations to safely embrace this new era. This work requires a relentless drive to solve complex challenges with real-world stakes. We are looking for builders and owners who operate with speed and urgency and execute with excellence. This is an opportunity to do career-defining work. We're all in on this mission. If you are too, let's talk. Okta’s Workforce Identity Cloud Security Engineering group is looking for an experienced and passionate Staff Site Reliability Engineer to join a team focused on designing and developing Security solutions to harden our cloud infrastructure. We embrace innovation and pave the way to transform bright ideas into excellent security solutions that help run large-scale, critical infrastructure. We encourage you to prescribe defense-in-depth measures, industry security standards and enforce the principle of least privilege to help take our Security posture to the next level. Our Infrastructure Security team has a niche skill-set that balances Security domain expertise with the ability to design, implement, rollout infrastructure across multiple cloud environments without adding friction to product functionality or performance. We are responsible for the ever-growing need to improve our customer safety and privacy by providing security services that are coupled with the core Okta product. This is a high-impact role in a security-centric, fast-paced organization that is poised for massive growth and success. You will act as a liaison between the Security org and the Engineering org to build technical leverage and influence the security roadmap. You will focus on engineering security aspects of the systems used across our services. Join us and be part of a company that is about to change the cloud computing landscape forever. As a Staff Engineer, you should be able to identify gaps, propose innovative solutions, and contribute to roadmaps while driving alignment across multiple teams within the organization. Additionally, you should serve as a role model, providing technical mentorship to junior team members and fostering a culture of learning and growth What are we looking for? We are looking for a security-first SRE engineer who doesn't just "flag" issues but builds the automation to solve them. You should have a deep-seated intuition for cloud-native security and a proven track record of hardening large-scale GCP and AWS environments. As a Technical SME, you will design and build production infrastructure with a "security-at-scale" mindset. What You Will Work On? Security Evangelism: Lead initiatives to strengthen our security posture for critical infrastructure and promote best practices across the engineering organization. Incident Response & Reliability: Respond to production security incidents, perform root cause analysis, and build automated preventions to ensure high performance and reliability. Automated Hardening: Identify manual security processes and automate them using custom tooling and CI/CD integrations. Architecture & Documentation: Develop technical documentation, runbooks, and procedures for a 24x7 online environment. Platform Evolution: Continuously evolve our monitoring platforms, moving from simple auditing to active, automated prevention. Minimum Required Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities: Experience: 8+ years of experience architecting and running complex cloud networking and infrastructure, with at least 7+ years specialized in DevSecOps or Cloud Security. GCP Expertise : Minimum 3+ years of deep, hands-on experience securing GCP ( GKE, GCE, Shared VPC etc). Infrastructure as Code (IaC): 10+ years of experience using Terraform and Chef to manage complex cloud resources and OS hardening. Automation Mastery: Expert-level proficiency in Go, Python, or Ruby for building custom security tooling and automated remediation. Hardened Containers: Proven track record of securing containerized workloads, including image scanning, K8s RBAC, and runtime security tools (e.g., CrowdStrike Falcon, Falco, or gVisor). Unflappable Troubleshooting: A "see a problem, fix the problem" mindset with the ability to debug complex networking, IAM, or performance issues under pressure. Security Foundations: Strong grasp of Linux internals, OS hardening (CIS benchmarks), and IP protocols (TLS/SSL, DNSSEC, BGP). Education: BS in Computer Science or equivalent professional experience. Key Responsibilities: IAM & Secrets Management: Design and maintain large-scale production IAM policies and secrets management workflows . Infrastructure Hardening: Implement and maintain Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) and ensure all GCE/GKE environments meet strict compliance standards. Operational Excellence: Utilize industry-standard tools like OSQuery, Splunk, Chronicle, Nessus, or Qualys/ Crowdstrike to monitor system health and security telemetry. Strategic Rollouts: Lead the phased transition of security policies from Audit/Detection mode to Blocking/Prevention mode, ensuring zero impact on production uptime. Bonus Points For: Multi-Cloud IAM Governance: Experience designing a unified IAM framework across AWS and GCP, utilizing federated Identities such as Workload, Workforce Identity Federation with understanding of SAML & OIDC auth mechanism and automated "Least Privilege" enforcement. Cloud-Native Reliability Engineering: Deep understanding of multi-cloud reliability patterns, maintaining high availability (HA) during security patching or infrastructure-wide hardening. Hardened Kubernetes Orchestration: Advanced experience securing GKE, EKS, and kOps, specifically implementing Pod Security Standards, Network Policies, and Admission Controllers for a "Zero-Trust" posture. Threat Modeling:Security Reviews & Threat Modeling at both Design & Implementation scope. The Okta Experience Supporting Your Well-Being Driving Social Impact Developing Talent and Fostering Connection + Community We are intentional about connection. Our global community, spanning over 20 offices worldwide, is united by a drive to innovate. Your journey begins with an immersive, in-person onboarding experience designed to accelerate your impact and connect you to our mission and team from day one. Okta is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, marital status, age, physical or mental disability, or status as a protected veteran. We also consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and convictions records, consistent with applicable laws. If reasonable accommodation is needed to complete any part of the job application, interview process, or onboarding please use this Form to request an accommodation. Notice for New York City Applicants & Employees: Okta may use Automated Employment Decision Tools (AEDT), as defined by New York City Local Law 144, that use artificial intelligence, machine learning, or other automated processes to assist in our recruitment and hiring process. In accordance with NYC Local Law 144, if you are an applicant or employee residing in New York City, please click here to view our full NYC AEDT Notice.

Secure Every Identity, from AI to Human Identity is the key to unlocking the potential of AI. Okta secures AI by building the trusted, neutral infrastructure that enables organizations to safely embrace this new era. This work requires a relentless drive to solve complex challenges with real-world stakes. We are looking for builders and owners who operate with speed and urgency and execute with excellence. This is an opportunity to do career-defining work. We're all in on this mission. If you are too, let's talk. Position Overview: We are seeking a highly technical Staff Observability Site Reliability Engineer with a specialty in Splunk to own and evolve our Splunk ecosystem. In this role, you will move beyond simple monitoring to delivering a world class, comprehensive, scalable Observability Platform that enables our SRE teams and business partners. You will treat infrastructure as code —utilizing Terraform and strong coding proficiency in Go, Python, or Ruby —to automate the deployment of agents and collectors across complex distributed systems. Key Responsibilities Automated Infrastructure: Design, build, and maintain scalable observability infrastructure using tools like Terraform. Splunk Engineering: Optimize the collection, processing, and storage of log data to ensure high reliability and low latency of our Splunk services Incident Response: Participate in on-call rotations and lead post-incident reviews to drive systemic improvements and "observability-driven development." Automation: Eliminate "toil" by automating the deployment and scaling of observability agents and collectors. Required Skills & Experience (The Essentials) Log Management: Minimum 5+ Experience scaling and managing Splunk Cloud at scale (1000+ SVCs), including Workload Management (WLM) and HEC optimization. Visualization: Expertise in creating intuitive, actionable Splunk dashboards that correlate data across multiple sources. SRE Mindset: Minimum 5+ years of experience in an SRE, DevOps, or Systems Engineering role with a focus on high-availability systems. Programming Proficiency: Strong coding skills in SPL , Go for building internal tools and automating workflows. Distributed Systems: Deep understanding of Linux internals, networking (TCP/IP, DNS, Load Balancing), and container orchestration (Kubernetes/EKS). Problem Solving: A data-driven approach to debugging complex, cross-service performance bottlenecks. Bonus Skills (The "Nice-to-Haves") Telemetry Standards: Hands-on experience with OpenTelemetry (OTel), Vector, or similar frameworks for instrumenting applications. Charge-back app: Experience in implementing Splunk charge-back app for usage reporting Cloud Platforms: Experience managing observability native tools within AWS or GCP. Additional requirements: This position requires the ability to access federal environments and/or have access to protected federal data. As a condition of employment for this position, the successful candidate must be able to submit documentation establishing U.S. Person status (e.g. a U.S. Citizen, National, Lawful Permanent Resident, Refugee, or Asylee. 22 CFR 120.15) upon hire. This person must attend in person onboarding in our San Francisco/Chicago office the first week of employment. #LI-MM #LI-Hybrid P14596_3372199 The annual base salary range for this position for candidates located in the San Francisco Bay area is between: $194,000 — $267,000 USD Below is the annual base salary range for candidates located in California (excluding San Francisco Bay Area), Colorado, Illinois, New York and Washington. Your actual base salary will depend on factors such as your skills, qualifications, experience, and work location. In addition, Okta offers equity (where applicable), bonus, and benefits, including health, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), flexible spending account, and paid leave (including PTO and parental leave) in accordance with our applicable plans and policies. To learn more about our Total Rewards program please visit: https://rewards.okta.com/us . The annual base salary range for this position for candidates located in California (excluding San Francisco Bay Area), Colorado, Illinois, New York, and Washington is between: $174,000 — $238,000 USD The Okta Experience Supporting Your Well-Being Driving Social Impact Developing Talent and Fostering Connection + Community We are intentional about connection. Our global community, spanning over 20 offices worldwide, is united by a drive to innovate. Your journey begins with an immersive, in-person onboarding experience designed to accelerate your impact and connect you to our mission and team from day one. Okta is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, marital status, age, physical or mental disability, or status as a protected veteran. We also consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and convictions records, consistent with applicable laws. If reasonable accommodation is needed to complete any part of the job application, interview process, or onboarding please use this Form to request an accommodation. Notice for New York City Applicants & Employees: Okta may use Automated Employment Decision Tools (AEDT), as defined by New York City Local Law 144, that use artificial intelligence, machine learning, or other automated processes to assist in our recruitment and hiring process. In accordance with NYC Local Law 144, if you are an applicant or employee residing in New York City, please click here to view our full NYC AEDT Notice.

Secure Every Identity, from AI to Human Identity is the key to unlocking the potential of AI. Okta secures AI by building the trusted, neutral infrastructure that enables organizations to safely embrace this new era. This work requires a relentless drive to solve complex challenges with real-world stakes. We are looking for builders and owners who operate with speed and urgency and execute with excellence. This is an opportunity to do career-defining work. We're all in on this mission. If you are too, let's talk. Position Overview: We are seeking a highly technical Staff Observability Site Reliability Engineer with a specialty in Splunk to own and evolve our Splunk ecosystem. In this role, you will move beyond simple monitoring to delivering a world class, comprehensive, scalable Observability Platform that enables our SRE teams and business partners. You will treat infrastructure as code —utilizing Terraform and strong coding proficiency in Go, Python, or Ruby —to automate the deployment of agents and collectors across complex distributed systems. Key Responsibilities Automated Infrastructure: Design, build, and maintain scalable observability infrastructure using tools like Terraform. Splunk Engineering: Optimize the collection, processing, and storage of log data to ensure high reliability and low latency of our Splunk services Incident Response: Participate in on-call rotations and lead post-incident reviews to drive systemic improvements and "observability-driven development." Automation: Eliminate "toil" by automating the deployment and scaling of observability agents and collectors. Required Skills & Experience (The Essentials) Log Management: Minimum 5+ Experience scaling and managing Splunk Cloud at scale (1000+ SVCs), including Workload Management (WLM) and HEC optimization. Visualization: Expertise in creating intuitive, actionable Splunk dashboards that correlate data across multiple sources. SRE Mindset: Minimum 5+ years of experience in an SRE, DevOps, or Systems Engineering role with a focus on high-availability systems. Programming Proficiency: Strong coding skills in SPL , Go for building internal tools and automating workflows. Distributed Systems: Deep understanding of Linux internals, networking (TCP/IP, DNS, Load Balancing), and container orchestration (Kubernetes/EKS). Problem Solving: A data-driven approach to debugging complex, cross-service performance bottlenecks. Bonus Skills (The "Nice-to-Haves") Telemetry Standards: Hands-on experience with OpenTelemetry (OTel), Vector, or similar frameworks for instrumenting applications. Charge-back app: Experience in implementing Splunk charge-back app for usage reporting Cloud Platforms: Experience managing observability native tools within AWS or GCP. Additional requirements: This position requires the ability to access federal environments and/or have access to protected federal data. As a condition of employment for this position, the successful candidate must be able to submit documentation establishing U.S. Person status (e.g. a U.S. Citizen, National, Lawful Permanent Resident, Refugee, or Asylee. 22 CFR 120.15) upon hire. This person must attend in person onboarding in our San Francisco/Chicago office the first week of employment. #LI-MM #LI-Hybrid P14596_3372199 The annual base salary range for this position for candidates located in the San Francisco Bay area is between: $194,000 — $267,000 USD Below is the annual base salary range for candidates located in California (excluding San Francisco Bay Area), Colorado, Illinois, New York and Washington. Your actual base salary will depend on factors such as your skills, qualifications, experience, and work location. In addition, Okta offers equity (where applicable), bonus, and benefits, including health, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), flexible spending account, and paid leave (including PTO and parental leave) in accordance with our applicable plans and policies. To learn more about our Total Rewards program please visit: https://rewards.okta.com/us . The annual base salary range for this position for candidates located in California (excluding San Francisco Bay Area), Colorado, Illinois, New York, and Washington is between: $174,000 — $238,000 USD The Okta Experience Supporting Your Well-Being Driving Social Impact Developing Talent and Fostering Connection + Community We are intentional about connection. Our global community, spanning over 20 offices worldwide, is united by a drive to innovate. Your journey begins with an immersive, in-person onboarding experience designed to accelerate your impact and connect you to our mission and team from day one. Okta is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, marital status, age, physical or mental disability, or status as a protected veteran. We also consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and convictions records, consistent with applicable laws. If reasonable accommodation is needed to complete any part of the job application, interview process, or onboarding please use this Form to request an accommodation. Notice for New York City Applicants & Employees: Okta may use Automated Employment Decision Tools (AEDT), as defined by New York City Local Law 144, that use artificial intelligence, machine learning, or other automated processes to assist in our recruitment and hiring process. In accordance with NYC Local Law 144, if you are an applicant or employee residing in New York City, please click here to view our full NYC AEDT Notice.

Secure Every Identity, from AI to Human Identity is the key to unlocking the potential of AI. Okta secures AI by building the trusted, neutral infrastructure that enables organizations to safely embrace this new era. This work requires a relentless drive to solve complex challenges with real-world stakes. We are looking for builders and owners who operate with speed and urgency and execute with excellence. This is an opportunity to do career-defining work. We're all in on this mission. If you are too, let's talk. Position Overview: We are seeking a highly technical Staff Observability Site Reliability Engineer with a specialty in Splunk to own and evolve our Splunk ecosystem. In this role, you will move beyond simple monitoring to delivering a world class, comprehensive, scalable Observability Platform that enables our SRE teams and business partners. You will treat infrastructure as code —utilizing Terraform and strong coding proficiency in Go, Python, or Ruby —to automate the deployment of agents and collectors across complex distributed systems. Key Responsibilities Automated Infrastructure: Design, build, and maintain scalable observability infrastructure using tools like Terraform. Splunk Engineering: Optimize the collection, processing, and storage of log data to ensure high reliability and low latency of our Splunk services Incident Response: Participate in on-call rotations and lead post-incident reviews to drive systemic improvements and "observability-driven development." Automation: Eliminate "toil" by automating the deployment and scaling of observability agents and collectors. Required Skills & Experience (The Essentials) Log Management: Minimum 5+ Experience scaling and managing Splunk Cloud at scale (1000+ SVCs), including Workload Management (WLM) and HEC optimization. Visualization: Expertise in creating intuitive, actionable Splunk dashboards that correlate data across multiple sources. SRE Mindset: Minimum 5+ years of experience in an SRE, DevOps, or Systems Engineering role with a focus on high-availability systems. Programming Proficiency: Strong coding skills in SPL , Go for building internal tools and automating workflows. Distributed Systems: Deep understanding of Linux internals, networking (TCP/IP, DNS, Load Balancing), and container orchestration (Kubernetes/EKS). Problem Solving: A data-driven approach to debugging complex, cross-service performance bottlenecks. Bonus Skills (The "Nice-to-Haves") Telemetry Standards: Hands-on experience with OpenTelemetry (OTel), Vector, or similar frameworks for instrumenting applications. Charge-back app: Experience in implementing Splunk charge-back app for usage reporting Cloud Platforms: Experience managing observability native tools within AWS or GCP. Additional requirements: This position requires the ability to access federal environments and/or have access to protected federal data. As a condition of employment for this position, the successful candidate must be able to submit documentation establishing U.S. Person status (e.g. a U.S. Citizen, National, Lawful Permanent Resident, Refugee, or Asylee. 22 CFR 120.15) upon hire. This person must attend in person onboarding in our San Francisco/Chicago office the first week of employment. #LI-MM #LI-Hybrid P14596_3372199 The annual base salary range for this position for candidates located in the San Francisco Bay area is between: $194,000 — $267,000 USD Below is the annual base salary range for candidates located in California (excluding San Francisco Bay Area), Colorado, Illinois, New York and Washington. Your actual base salary will depend on factors such as your skills, qualifications, experience, and work location. In addition, Okta offers equity (where applicable), bonus, and benefits, including health, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), flexible spending account, and paid leave (including PTO and parental leave) in accordance with our applicable plans and policies. To learn more about our Total Rewards program please visit: https://rewards.okta.com/us . The annual base salary range for this position for candidates located in California (excluding San Francisco Bay Area), Colorado, Illinois, New York, and Washington is between: $174,000 — $238,000 USD The Okta Experience Supporting Your Well-Being Driving Social Impact Developing Talent and Fostering Connection + Community We are intentional about connection. Our global community, spanning over 20 offices worldwide, is united by a drive to innovate. Your journey begins with an immersive, in-person onboarding experience designed to accelerate your impact and connect you to our mission and team from day one. Okta is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, marital status, age, physical or mental disability, or status as a protected veteran. We also consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and convictions records, consistent with applicable laws. If reasonable accommodation is needed to complete any part of the job application, interview process, or onboarding please use this Form to request an accommodation. Notice for New York City Applicants & Employees: Okta may use Automated Employment Decision Tools (AEDT), as defined by New York City Local Law 144, that use artificial intelligence, machine learning, or other automated processes to assist in our recruitment and hiring process. In accordance with NYC Local Law 144, if you are an applicant or employee residing in New York City, please click here to view our full NYC AEDT Notice.

Secure Every Identity, from AI to Human Identity is the key to unlocking the potential of AI. Okta secures AI by building the trusted, neutral infrastructure that enables organizations to safely embrace this new era. This work requires a relentless drive to solve complex challenges with real-world stakes. We are looking for builders and owners who operate with speed and urgency and execute with excellence. This is an opportunity to do career-defining work. We're all in on this mission. If you are too, let's talk. Position Overview: We are seeking a highly technical Staff Observability Site Reliability Engineer with a specialty in Splunk to own and evolve our Splunk ecosystem. In this role, you will move beyond simple monitoring to delivering a world class, comprehensive, scalable Observability Platform that enables our SRE teams and business partners. You will treat infrastructure as code —utilizing Terraform and strong coding proficiency in Go, Python, or Ruby —to automate the deployment of agents and collectors across complex distributed systems. Key Responsibilities Automated Infrastructure: Design, build, and maintain scalable observability infrastructure using tools like Terraform. Splunk Engineering: Optimize the collection, processing, and storage of log data to ensure high reliability and low latency of our Splunk services Incident Response: Participate in on-call rotations and lead post-incident reviews to drive systemic improvements and "observability-driven development." Automation: Eliminate "toil" by automating the deployment and scaling of observability agents and collectors. Required Skills & Experience (The Essentials) Log Management: Minimum 5+ Experience scaling and managing Splunk Cloud at scale (1000+ SVCs), including Workload Management (WLM) and HEC optimization. Visualization: Expertise in creating intuitive, actionable Splunk dashboards that correlate data across multiple sources. SRE Mindset: Minimum 5+ years of experience in an SRE, DevOps, or Systems Engineering role with a focus on high-availability systems. Programming Proficiency: Strong coding skills in SPL , Go for building internal tools and automating workflows. Distributed Systems: Deep understanding of Linux internals, networking (TCP/IP, DNS, Load Balancing), and container orchestration (Kubernetes/EKS). Problem Solving: A data-driven approach to debugging complex, cross-service performance bottlenecks. Bonus Skills (The "Nice-to-Haves") Telemetry Standards: Hands-on experience with OpenTelemetry (OTel), Vector, or similar frameworks for instrumenting applications. Charge-back app: Experience in implementing Splunk charge-back app for usage reporting Cloud Platforms: Experience managing observability native tools within AWS or GCP. Additional requirements: This position requires the ability to access federal environments and/or have access to protected federal data. As a condition of employment for this position, the successful candidate must be able to submit documentation establishing U.S. Person status (e.g. a U.S. Citizen, National, Lawful Permanent Resident, Refugee, or Asylee. 22 CFR 120.15) upon hire. This person must attend in person onboarding in our San Francisco/Chicago office the first week of employment. #LI-MM #LI-Hybrid P14596_3372199 The annual base salary range for this position for candidates located in the San Francisco Bay area is between: $194,000 — $267,000 USD Below is the annual base salary range for candidates located in California (excluding San Francisco Bay Area), Colorado, Illinois, New York and Washington. Your actual base salary will depend on factors such as your skills, qualifications, experience, and work location. In addition, Okta offers equity (where applicable), bonus, and benefits, including health, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), flexible spending account, and paid leave (including PTO and parental leave) in accordance with our applicable plans and policies. To learn more about our Total Rewards program please visit: https://rewards.okta.com/us . The annual base salary range for this position for candidates located in California (excluding San Francisco Bay Area), Colorado, Illinois, New York, and Washington is between: $174,000 — $238,000 USD The Okta Experience Supporting Your Well-Being Driving Social Impact Developing Talent and Fostering Connection + Community We are intentional about connection. Our global community, spanning over 20 offices worldwide, is united by a drive to innovate. Your journey begins with an immersive, in-person onboarding experience designed to accelerate your impact and connect you to our mission and team from day one. Okta is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, marital status, age, physical or mental disability, or status as a protected veteran. We also consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and convictions records, consistent with applicable laws. If reasonable accommodation is needed to complete any part of the job application, interview process, or onboarding please use this Form to request an accommodation. Notice for New York City Applicants & Employees: Okta may use Automated Employment Decision Tools (AEDT), as defined by New York City Local Law 144, that use artificial intelligence, machine learning, or other automated processes to assist in our recruitment and hiring process. In accordance with NYC Local Law 144, if you are an applicant or employee residing in New York City, please click here to view our full NYC AEDT Notice.

Secure Every Identity, from AI to Human Identity is the key to unlocking the potential of AI. Okta secures AI by building the trusted, neutral infrastructure that enables organizations to safely embrace this new era. This work requires a relentless drive to solve complex challenges with real-world stakes. We are looking for builders and owners who operate with speed and urgency and execute with excellence. This is an opportunity to do career-defining work. We're all in on this mission. If you are too, let's talk. Position Overview: We are seeking a highly technical Staff Observability Site Reliability Engineer with a specialty in Splunk to own and evolve our Splunk ecosystem. In this role, you will move beyond simple monitoring to delivering a world class, comprehensive, scalable Observability Platform that enables our SRE teams and business partners. You will treat infrastructure as code —utilizing Terraform and strong coding proficiency in Go, Python, or Ruby —to automate the deployment of agents and collectors across complex distributed systems. Key Responsibilities Automated Infrastructure: Design, build, and maintain scalable observability infrastructure using tools like Terraform. Splunk Engineering: Optimize the collection, processing, and storage of log data to ensure high reliability and low latency of our Splunk services Incident Response: Participate in on-call rotations and lead post-incident reviews to drive systemic improvements and "observability-driven development." Automation: Eliminate "toil" by automating the deployment and scaling of observability agents and collectors. Required Skills & Experience (The Essentials) Log Management: Minimum 5+ Experience scaling and managing Splunk Cloud at scale (1000+ SVCs), including Workload Management (WLM) and HEC optimization. Visualization: Expertise in creating intuitive, actionable Splunk dashboards that correlate data across multiple sources. SRE Mindset: Minimum 5+ years of experience in an SRE, DevOps, or Systems Engineering role with a focus on high-availability systems. Programming Proficiency: Strong coding skills in SPL , Go for building internal tools and automating workflows. Distributed Systems: Deep understanding of Linux internals, networking (TCP/IP, DNS, Load Balancing), and container orchestration (Kubernetes/EKS). Problem Solving: A data-driven approach to debugging complex, cross-service performance bottlenecks. Bonus Skills (The "Nice-to-Haves") Telemetry Standards: Hands-on experience with OpenTelemetry (OTel), Vector, or similar frameworks for instrumenting applications. Charge-back app: Experience in implementing Splunk charge-back app for usage reporting Cloud Platforms: Experience managing observability native tools within AWS or GCP. Additional requirements: This position requires the ability to access federal environments and/or have access to protected federal data. As a condition of employment for this position, the successful candidate must be able to submit documentation establishing U.S. Person status (e.g. a U.S. Citizen, National, Lawful Permanent Resident, Refugee, or Asylee. 22 CFR 120.15) upon hire. This person must attend in person onboarding in our San Francisco/Chicago office the first week of employment. #LI-MM #LI-Hybrid P14596_3372199 The annual base salary range for this position for candidates located in the San Francisco Bay area is between: $194,000 — $267,000 USD Below is the annual base salary range for candidates located in California (excluding San Francisco Bay Area), Colorado, Illinois, New York and Washington. Your actual base salary will depend on factors such as your skills, qualifications, experience, and work location. In addition, Okta offers equity (where applicable), bonus, and benefits, including health, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), flexible spending account, and paid leave (including PTO and parental leave) in accordance with our applicable plans and policies. To learn more about our Total Rewards program please visit: https://rewards.okta.com/us . The annual base salary range for this position for candidates located in California (excluding San Francisco Bay Area), Colorado, Illinois, New York, and Washington is between: $174,000 — $238,000 USD The Okta Experience Supporting Your Well-Being Driving Social Impact Developing Talent and Fostering Connection + Community We are intentional about connection. Our global community, spanning over 20 offices worldwide, is united by a drive to innovate. Your journey begins with an immersive, in-person onboarding experience designed to accelerate your impact and connect you to our mission and team from day one. Okta is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, marital status, age, physical or mental disability, or status as a protected veteran. We also consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and convictions records, consistent with applicable laws. If reasonable accommodation is needed to complete any part of the job application, interview process, or onboarding please use this Form to request an accommodation. Notice for New York City Applicants & Employees: Okta may use Automated Employment Decision Tools (AEDT), as defined by New York City Local Law 144, that use artificial intelligence, machine learning, or other automated processes to assist in our recruitment and hiring process. In accordance with NYC Local Law 144, if you are an applicant or employee residing in New York City, please click here to view our full NYC AEDT Notice.

Secure Every Identity, from AI to Human Identity is the key to unlocking the potential of AI. Okta secures AI by building the trusted, neutral infrastructure that enables organizations to safely embrace this new era. This work requires a relentless drive to solve complex challenges with real-world stakes. We are looking for builders and owners who operate with speed and urgency and execute with excellence. This is an opportunity to do career-defining work. We're all in on this mission. If you are too, let's talk. 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 flexible and neutral products, Okta Platform and Auth0 Platform, provide secure access, authentication, and automation, placing identity at the core 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. About Okta’s Enterprise Access Team 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. The Enterprise Access team drives billions of authentications every month. The team builds and supports single sign-on, strong authentication, provisioning, and threat protection technologies. Our Enterprise Access service runs in the cloud on a secure, reliable, extensively audited platform with 99.99% availability. About the role We’re looking for a Staff Software Engineer for the Federated Authentication team. Operating under the larger Enterprise Access pillar, the Federated Authentication team is responsible for building out the login, user onboarding and recovery end user experience for the Okta Identity Engine leveraging security standards, this platform provides the core orchestration building blocks to create a world class login experience. What you’ll be doing Drive the technical execution and architecture and help define the long-term strategy for the federated authentication platform, ensuring it meets enterprise-grade standards for security, scalability, and performance. Lead the design and implementation of core platform features and foundational framework components, making decisions that enable extensibility for other engineering teams. Collaborate with Product Management, Design, and other Principal Engineers to shape the product roadmap and translate complex business requirements into a sustainable technical strategy. Spearhead the resolution of the most complex technical challenges, including performance bottlenecks, security vulnerabilities, and architectural limitations. Champion technical excellence and innovation, identifying and advocating for new technologies and approaches that advance Okta's identity platform. Write clean, modular, well-tested, and maintainable code, adhering to best practices and coding standards. Proactively identify and address technical debt, performance bottlenecks, and areas for improvement. Minimum Requirements : 8+ years of software development experience, with at least 5 years focused on designing and building complex, enterprise-grade web applications. Demonstrated experience as a technical leader, with a proven track record of architecting and delivering large-scale, high-impact software projects. Proficient in at least one Object-Oriented language (i.e. Java, C#). Exceptional problem-solving skills and the ability to navigate ambiguity and make high-judgment technical decisions. Proven ability to mentor senior engineers and influence technical direction across multiple teams. Technical Qualifications: Familiarity with Object-Oriented Languages (i.e. Java , C#) Familiarity with distributed systems and backend architecture such as caching layers, event-driven architectures, and distributed data stores. Knowledge of IAM protocols (e.g., OAuth, OIDC, SAML) and identity management concepts is a strong plus. Knowledge of cybersecurity principles and secure coding practice is a strong plus Education and Training: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience 8+ years of software development experience, with at least 5 years of experience designing and building enterprise grade software #P25825_3557852 #LI_Hybrid The Okta Experience Supporting Your Well-Being Driving Social Impact Developing Talent and Fostering Connection + Community We are intentional about connection. Our global community, spanning over 20 offices worldwide, is united by a drive to innovate. Your journey begins with an immersive, in-person onboarding experience designed to accelerate your impact and connect you to our mission and team from day one. Okta is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, marital status, age, physical or mental disability, or status as a protected veteran. We also consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and convictions records, consistent with applicable laws. If reasonable accommodation is needed to complete any part of the job application, interview process, or onboarding please use this Form to request an accommodation. Notice for New York City Applicants & Employees: Okta may use Automated Employment Decision Tools (AEDT), as defined by New York City Local Law 144, that use artificial intelligence, machine learning, or other automated processes to assist in our recruitment and hiring process. In accordance with NYC Local Law 144, if you are an applicant or employee residing in New York City, please click here to view our full NYC AEDT Notice.

Secure Every Identity, from AI to Human Identity is the key to unlocking the potential of AI. Okta secures AI by building the trusted, neutral infrastructure that enables organizations to safely embrace this new era. This work requires a relentless drive to solve complex challenges with real-world stakes. We are looking for builders and owners who operate with speed and urgency and execute with excellence. This is an opportunity to do career-defining work. We're all in on this mission. If you are too, let's talk. Staff Software Engineer (Full Stack - Backend) Staff Software Engineer The Product Auth0 is a developer-friendly identity platform designed by developers, for developers, simplifying authentication and authorization for more than 100 million daily logins worldwide. Within this global platform, our team drives two of Auth0’s most critical, high-impact surfaces: The Manage Dashboard: The definitive front door for developers and enterprise administrators worldwide. It is the control center where our customers configure critical identity policies, manage complex organizations, and monitor active threat intelligence. The Auth0 Marketplace: Our rapidly expanding extensibility ecosystem. The Marketplace allows customers to seamlessly discover and install third-party integrations - such as security monitoring, consent management, and database connectors - to dynamically customize their identity pipeline. The Role As a Staff Engineer on this team, you will not just write code; you will own the technical strategy, architect highly resilient frameworks, design developer-friendly APIs, and mentor a high-performing team of engineers. Your architectural ownership will span the entire stack - from the React-based frontend down through our Node.js/Go services, robust operational pipelines, and PostgreSQL databases. What You Will Do: Product Ownership: Lead the technical lifecycle of your team’s products, ensuring they are robust, secure, and performant from the frontend to the infrastructure layer. Full-Stack Execution: Bridge the gap between UI and Backend by designing clean APIs, efficient data flows, and scalable service architectures. Architecture & Design: Create and document technical designs for team initiatives, ensuring they account for scale, reliability, and regional constraints. Operational Health: Ensure your team’s services meet strict performance and security standards (SLAs/SLOs), including observability, rate-limiting, and SEO. Mentorship: Elevate the technical bar of your team through code reviews, design feedback, and hands-on guidance. Key Qualifications: Technical Execution (Full Stack): 8 to 12 years of hands-on experience in JavaScript/Node.js/Go and React/Next.js. Experience in designing, building, and operating distributed systems in a cloud environment (e.g., AWS, Azure). Backend - Service Design: Strong proficiency in designing and building scalable services using Node.js (mandatory) or Go. Cloud Infrastructure & Kubernetes : Deep, hands-on experience deploying, scaling, and operating backend services on AWS, with strong proficiency in Kubernetes for container orchestration. Data, Caching & Pipelines: Strong experience with relational databases ( PostgreSQL ), distributed caching ( Redis ), and data/deployment pipelines . Performance & Scale: Experience using quantitative analysis (latency, traffic volume) to justify your design and technology choices. Strong production systems experience, including monitoring, debugging, and incident response. Frontend - Hands-on experience with modern React & MobX/Redux Build tools: Strong experience with frontend build tools, module bundlers, package managers Web Performance: Understanding of core web vitals, page speed and performance optimization. End-to-End Systems Knowledge: A clear understanding of how web traffic moves from the browser through CDNs, Load Balancers, and API Gateways to the backend. Delivery & Quality: Backend Excellence: Designing highly reliable backend architectures and implementing robust, automated delivery pipelines. Operational Mindset: Familiarity with the "Product-Ops" side of engineering - including security best practices , telemetry, alerting, and monitoring. Clear Communication: Ability to articulate technical trade-offs and visualize system flows for both technical and non-technical stakeholders. Nice To Haves: Experience in the Identity and Access Management (IAM) domain. Knowledge of security engineering principles and application security best practices. #LI-Hybrid # P19001 The Okta Experience Supporting Your Well-Being Driving Social Impact Developing Talent and Fostering Connection + Community We are intentional about connection. Our global community, spanning over 20 offices worldwide, is united by a drive to innovate. Your journey begins with an immersive, in-person onboarding experience designed to accelerate your impact and connect you to our mission and team from day one. Okta is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, marital status, age, physical or mental disability, or status as a protected veteran. We also consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and convictions records, consistent with applicable laws. If reasonable accommodation is needed to complete any part of the job application, interview process, or onboarding please use this Form to request an accommodation. Notice for New York City Applicants & Employees: Okta may use Automated Employment Decision Tools (AEDT), as defined by New York City Local Law 144, that use artificial intelligence, machine learning, or other automated processes to assist in our recruitment and hiring process. In accordance with NYC Local Law 144, if you are an applicant or employee residing in New York City, please click here to view our full NYC AEDT Notice.

Secure Every Identity, from AI to Human Identity is the key to unlocking the potential of AI. Okta secures AI by building the trusted, neutral infrastructure that enables organizations to safely embrace this new era. This work requires a relentless drive to solve complex challenges with real-world stakes. We are looking for builders and owners who operate with speed and urgency and execute with excellence. This is an opportunity to do career-defining work. We're all in on this mission. If you are too, let's talk. The Identity Security Posture Management (ISPM) Team At ISPM (formerly Spera Security), we are revolutionizing identity security for modern organizations. Our platform provides security leaders with end-to-end contextual visibility into their identity landscape—reducing risk, enhancing operational efficiency, and ensuring continuous compliance. We’re a fast-moving, high-impact team looking for an exceptional Staff Software Engineer to help shape the future of identity security and platform architecture. Hybrid work - 3 days a week from the office. What You’ll Be Doing As a Staff Software Engineer, you will serve as a technical authority and play a pivotal role in scaling our core platform. Your focus will span architecture, security research, and engineering excellence: Lead & Architect: Design, build, and scale high-performance software while driving architectural best practices across the R&D organization. Security & AI Innovation: Drive deep-dive research into cloud, SaaS ecosystems, and AI agents to build proactive detection models, mitigation strategies, and threat intelligence. Engineering Excellence: Elevate code quality, testing standards, system monitoring, and documentation across teams. Cross-Functional Ownership: Partner closely with Product and R&D to translate complex security requirements into scalable technical solutions. Scale & Optimize: Identify and resolve systemic performance bottlenecks and architectural challenges. Mentorship & Leadership: Act as a technical mentor, driving engineering standards and fostering a strong knowledge-sharing culture. What You’ll Bring to the Role 7+ years of software engineering experience, ideally in fast-paced, high-growth environments. Cybersecurity Domain Expertise: Hands-on experience in security product development, security research, or threat/incident response. 4+ years of hands-on experience with Python , focusing on backend architecture and scalable systems. Proven System Ownership: A track record of designing, building, and operating large-scale, complex distributed systems. Strong CS Fundamentals: Deep understanding of software design patterns, system architecture, and technical leadership. Communication & Influence: Excellent problem-solving skills with the ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly across teams. Extra Credit Experience with Snowflake or other modern data warehousing platforms. Hands-on experience with AWS and modern cloud-native architectures. #LI-Hybrid #P21523_3485696 The Okta Experience Supporting Your Well-Being Driving Social Impact Developing Talent and Fostering Connection + Community We are intentional about connection. Our global community, spanning over 20 offices worldwide, is united by a drive to innovate. Your journey begins with an immersive, in-person onboarding experience designed to accelerate your impact and connect you to our mission and team from day one. Okta is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, marital status, age, physical or mental disability, or status as a protected veteran. We also consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and convictions records, consistent with applicable laws. If reasonable accommodation is needed to complete any part of the job application, interview process, or onboarding please use this Form to request an accommodation. Notice for New York City Applicants & Employees: Okta may use Automated Employment Decision Tools (AEDT), as defined by New York City Local Law 144, that use artificial intelligence, machine learning, or other automated processes to assist in our recruitment and hiring process. In accordance with NYC Local Law 144, if you are an applicant or employee residing in New York City, please click here to view our full NYC AEDT Notice.

Secure Every Identity, from AI to Human Identity is the key to unlocking the potential of AI. Okta secures AI by building the trusted, neutral infrastructure that enables organizations to safely embrace this new era. This work requires a relentless drive to solve complex challenges with real-world stakes. We are looking for builders and owners who operate with speed and urgency and execute with excellence. This is an opportunity to do career-defining work. We're all in on this mission. If you are too, let's talk. 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 celebratea 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. We are seeking an independent Staff Software Engineer who effectively balances technical excellence with a disciplined approach to the software development lifecycle. What you'll be doing Design, build, and evolve intelligent customer experience solutions that integrate Salesforce CRM with AWS services and modern generative AI capabilities. Architect and develop AI-powered experiences using Amazon Bedrock, LangChain, and modern LLM integration patterns to create context-aware, scalable, and customer-facing solutions. Build robust backend services and integrations to support customer workflows, including LLM orchestration, prompt workflows, RAG pipelines, and other generative AI features. Lead the design and delivery of complex customer experience initiatives from technical discovery through production deployment, ensuring scalability, reliability, and maintainability. Develop and refine prompt engineering strategies, grounding approaches, and AI interaction patterns that improve the quality, relevance, and safety of customer-facing AI experiences. Design and implement resilient APIs, event-driven integrations, and backend services that connect Salesforce, AWS platforms, internal systems, and external applications. Drive engineering excellence through strong CI/CD practices, using GitHub, Gearset, and deployment automation to support reliable and efficient releases. Champion observability, operational excellence, and production support practices to ensure enterprise-grade reliability, performance, and supportability of customer-facing systems and AI services. Mentor junior and mid-level engineers through technical guidance, code reviews, design reviews, and hands-on collaboration, raising the bar on engineering quality across the team. Lead technical decision-making across architecture, integration design, AI/ML tooling, scalability, security, and long-term platform evolution. Partner closely with product managers, designers, architects, security, data, and infrastructure teams to ensure solutions are aligned, secure, reliable, and enterprise-ready. Collaborate effectively in a Scrum-based Agile environment, using Jira and Confluence to drive execution, document decisions, and maintain delivery transparency. Evaluate emerging AI/ML technologies, frameworks, and engineering patterns, and apply them pragmatically to improve customer experience and operational efficiency. What you'll bring to the role 8+ years of professional software engineering experience, with at least 3+ years in customer-facing platforms, enterprise integrations, or CRM-driven systems. Strong expertise in backend and application development using Python or Java, JavaScrip or TypeScript, with the ability to build production-grade, scalable software systems. Strong experience designing and building cloud-native solutions on AWS , including services such as Lambda, S3, RDS, API Gateway, and CloudWatch, with a focus on scalability, resilience, and security. Proven experience integrating LLMs and generative AI capabilities into production-ready applications, ideally using Amazon Bedrock, LangChain, or similar frameworks. Experience building AI-powered backend services such as prompt orchestration layers, RAG workflows, retrieval pipelines, or other intelligent application patterns. Strong software engineering fundamentals, including distributed systems design, API development, testing strategies, code quality, and maintainable architecture. Experience building and supporting CI/CD pipelines, source control workflows, and automated deployments using tools such as GitHub and Gearset. Ability to lead architecture discussions, influence technical strategy, and make sound engineering decisions across multiple systems and stakeholders. Demonstrated experience mentoring engineers and helping teams improve engineering practices, technical quality, and delivery maturity. Strong working knowledge of Agile/Scrum delivery models, and experience partnering across product, engineering, and business teams in sprint-based execution. Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain complex technical ideas clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences. Nice to have Deep hands-on experience with Salesforce architecture and development, including Apex, Lightning, Flow, APIs, and data models, with a strong understanding of enterprise CRM workflows. Experience with advanced prompt engineering, evaluation strategies, and optimization techniques for customer-facing AI applications. Familiarity with vector databases, embeddings, and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) architectures. Experience with LangGraph, LangSmith, agentic workflows, or related frameworks for orchestrating more advanced AI application behavior. Background in enterprise security, compliance, and data governance , especially as it relates to AI adoption and customer data protection. Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes . Exposure to advanced AWS services such as SageMaker, AppConfig, or event-driven architectures. Track record of leading cross-functional technical initiatives or delivering large-scale platform improvements. What we value Technical leadership and the ability to guide architecture, influence decisions, and elevate engineering practices across the team. Strong engineering discipline, with a focus on clean design, maintainable code, observability, testing, and production excellence. AI curiosity and pragmatism, balancing innovation with responsible, scalable implementation of emerging technologies. Ownership mindset, taking responsibility from idea to implementation to operational success. Mentorship and collaboration, with a genuine interest in helping others grow and working effectively across teams and functions. Customer focus, with the ability to connect technical solutions to better customer and business outcomes. Why join us Lead innovation at the intersection of enterprise customer platforms and cutting-edge AI technology. Build intelligent, customer-facing solutions that have direct business impact and improve the overall customer experience. Shape technical direction for AI-enabled capabilities across Salesforce, AWS, and modern integration platforms. Work with a team that values engineering excellence, collaboration, and thoughtful adoption of emerging technologies. Mentor engineers, influence architectural decisions, and play a key role in the evolution of our customer experience platform. #LI-Remote P24733_3364841 Below is the annual salary range for candidates located in Poland. Your actual salary will depend on factors such as your skills, qualifications, and experience. In addition, Okta offers equity (where applicable), bonus, and comprehensive healthcare coverage and financial benefits including paid time off and parental leave in accordance with our applicable plans and policies. To learn more about our Total Rewards program, please visit: https://rewards.okta.com/pol. The annual base salary range for this position for candidates located in Poland is between: 300 000 zł — 440 000 zł PLN The Okta Experience Supporting Your Well-Being Driving Social Impact Developing Talent and Fostering Connection + Community We are intentional about connection. Our global community, spanning over 20 offices worldwide, is united by a drive to innovate. Your journey begins with an immersive, in-person onboarding experience designed to accelerate your impact and connect you to our mission and team from day one. Okta is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, marital status, age, physical or mental disability, or status as a protected veteran. We also consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and convictions records, consistent with applicable laws. If reasonable accommodation is needed to complete any part of the job application, interview process, or onboarding please use this Form to request an accommodation. Notice for New York City Applicants & Employees: Okta may use Automated Employment Decision Tools (AEDT), as defined by New York City Local Law 144, that use artificial intelligence, machine learning, or other automated processes to assist in our recruitment and hiring process. In accordance with NYC Local Law 144, if you are an applicant or employee residing in New York City, please click here to view our full NYC AEDT Notice.