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
Design and Develop Core Platform Components: Lead the design and development of scalable and reliable microservices and tools that form the backbone of Okta's Continuous Delivery (CD) platform (including components for Spinnaker, Terraform, and custom tooling).
Build Infrastructure as Code Automation: Develop sophisticated software solutions and APIs that empower engineering teams to provision and manage infrastructure, execute production changes, and deploy code with high reliability and efficiency.
Architect and Implement Deployment Workflows: Contribute to the architectural design and hands-on implementation of robust CD pipelines and Terraform-based IaC workflows, ensuring scalability, reliability, and security for application deployments.
Develop High-Quality Automation Software: Write clean, efficient, and well-tested code (primarily in Java, Python, or Go ) for microservices with a strong focus on automation, operational excellence, and self-service capabilities.
Collaborate for Operational Efficiency: Partner closely with DevOps, SREs, and Product teams to proactively identify operational bottlenecks and manual processes. Then lead software development efforts to deliver scalable, reliable automation solutions.
Champion Software Engineering Best Practices: Advocate for and implement industry best practices in software design, development, testing, and deployment to ensure the highest quality and maintainability of our tooling.
What they're looking for
- Integrate Security by Design: Apply and promote security best practices throughout the software development lifecycle for our tooling and infrastructure automation to ensure a secure, compliant operational environment.
- Enable Self-Service Capabilities: Proactively identify opportunities to build self-service automation for infrastructure provisioning, application deployments, and other operational tasks, reducing manual effort and improving developer velocity and onboarding.
- Provide Technical Guidance and Mentorship: Serve as a technical mentor and role model for other engineers on the team, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and technical excellence in software engineering.
- + years of professional experience in Software Development , with a strong: focus on backend systems and distributed applications.