Lead Okta Integration Network platform engineering with Java, distributed systems, and identity protocols across complex production infrastructure.
As a Staff Software Engineer, you will independently own ambiguous problems from technical scoping through production operation. You will shape APIs, data models, security posture, and integration frameworks supporting Okta customers and external partners. The work includes technical leadership, mentorship, and AI-native engineering practices.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead discovery, architecture, phased planning, and estimates for new requirements
- Evolve APIs, data models, security posture, and integration frameworks
- Modernize long-lived production systems without disrupting dependent customers
- Drive technical decisions across ambiguous multi-team dependencies
- Own production health, observability, remediation, and root-cause follow-through
Requirements:
- Eight or more years of qualified software development experience
- Technical leadership and mentorship experience
- Deep Java or comparable strongly typed backend language proficiency
- Large-scale distributed systems experience in AWS, GCP, or Azure
- Identity protocol depth across OAuth 2.0, OIDC, SAML, or SCIM
Bring platform leadership, secure integration design, and production engineering judgment to Okta's expanding OIN infrastructure.