**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.
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The Staff Full Stack Engineer Opportunity
The Access Management group drives billions of authentications every month. The group builds and supports single sign-on, strong authentication, provisioning, and threat protection technologies. Our Access Management service runs in the cloud on a secure, reliable, extensively audited platform with 99.99% availability.
We are looking for an experienced and highly technical full stack software engineer to join the Federated Authentication Platform team. Operating under the larger Access Management group, this team is responsible for building out the authentication pipeline for the Okta Identity Engine leveraging security standards, this platform provides the core orchestration building blocks to create a world class authentication experience. We are looking for smart, innovative and passionate engineers to join the team.
**What you’ll be doing **
- Design, implement, review and troubleshoot highly scalable backend services and APIs.
- Develop and maintain engaging and responsive user interfaces using modern web frameworks.
- Analyze/Refine Requirements with Product Management, bridging the gap between user needs and technical implementation.
- Work with engineering management to scope and plan engineering efforts across the full stack.
- Collaborate with QA, Product Management, Technical Support, Documentation and UX team
What you’ll bring to the role
- 8+ years of experience building and deploying scalable, reliable, mission-critical software, spanning both frontend and backend development.
- Proficiency with at least one Object-Oriented Backend Language (e.g., Java, C#, Python, Go) and modern JavaScript/TypeScript.
- Experience with a modern frontend framework (e.g., React, Angular, Vue.js).
- Strong understanding of RESTful API design and interaction.
- Experience working with a system of scale
**And extra credit if you have experience in any of the following! **
- Experience with server-side technologies including caching, asynchronous processing, and multi-threading.
- Experience in TDD or BDD methodologies.
- Knowledge of Identity and Access Management protocols and technologies: OAuth, OpenID Connect, SAML, Federation, SSO, etc.
- Experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP).
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Below is the annual salary range for candidates located in Canada. Your actual salary will depend on factors such as your skills, qualifications, and experience. In addition, Okta offers equity (where applicable), bonus, and benefits, including health, dental, and vision insurance, RRSP with a match, healthcare spending, telemedicine, 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/can.
The annual base salary range for this position for candidates located in Canada is between:
$160,000—$220,000 CAD
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