The opportunity
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.
What you'll do
Drive Architectural Excellence: Architect, design, build and spearhead the development of highly scalable software systems. Set the gold standard for software engineering architecture, patterns, and processes across multiple teams.
Strategic Technical Leadership: Partner directly with Product Management, Engineering Directors, and Principal Architects to define the technical vision, scope complex cross-functional initiatives, and map out long-term execution strategies.
End-to-End Ownership: Take ultimate responsibility for the lifecycle of mission-critical code—from high-level system design and implementation to automated testing strategies, global delivery, and observability.
Tackle Systemic Complexity: Lead the design and implementation of entirely new product lines while proactively identifying, strategizing, and working down deep architectural technical debt.
Champion Engineering Culture: Lead architecture reviews, code reviews, and retrospectives. Establish the frameworks for continuous CI/CD improvements and operational excellence.
Cross-Functional Influence: Act as a central technical pivot point, collaborating seamlessly with QA, Technical Support, Documentation, and UX to ensure cohesive product delivery.
What they're looking for
- Force Multiplier: Mentor senior, staff, and mid-level engineers. Cultivate a culture of continuous learning, knowledge-sharing, and technical ambition across the engineering organization.
- Technical Track Record: 13+ years spent architecting, delivering, and operating enterprise grade large-scale distributed systems engineered for global performance.
- Modern Web Ecosystems: Deep technical fluency across JavaScript and TypeScript, with proven success building state-heavy React frontends alongside highly concurrent Node.js and Express backend environments.
- Cloud-Native Mastery: Extensive experience designing and running highly available, fault-tolerant infrastructure across using Kubernetes, Docker on AWS, GCP platforms.
