**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 Description
We are looking for an experienced Staff Software Engineer to work on our next-generation Imports Platform team. Imports Platform team is leading a strategic initiative to modernize Okta's identity lifecycle management capabilities by architecting and migrating from a legacy monolithic system to a highly scalable, distributed microservices platform. This critical service orchestrates the importing, syncing, and provisioning of identities and access policies—users, groups, roles, entitlements—from external directory services including Active Directory, Office 365, and LDAP-based systems.
As a Staff Software Engineer on the Imports Platform team, you will be a technical leader who independently owns projects end-to-end, from ideation and architectural design through implementation, deployment, and operational excellence. You will drive technical strategy, make critical architectural decisions, and influence both your immediate team and cross-team initiatives. You'll work on complex distributed systems challenges including massive-scale batch processing, real-time synchronization, and user matching algorithms that serve thousands of enterprise customers.
This role requires strong technical leadership, strategic thinking, and the ability to balance short-term delivery with long-term platform health. You will mentor senior and junior engineers, partner with Product Management on feature strategy, and help shape the future of Okta's Imports platform.
This is a hybrid position requiring a blend of remote and in-office collaboration.
Job Duties and Responsibilities
Provide technical leadership on major development projects, including architectural design and implementation strategy
Independently own and deliver projects end-to-end within the team, including technical prioritization and tradeoffs
Generate design ideas and solutions for ambiguous problems, taking complete ownership from conception through production impact
Design and architect core, high-performance, scalable software components with full ownership of all production aspects (scalability, reliability, monitoring, alerting, resource efficiency, testing, documentation)
Lead technical design discussions and guide the team in making architectural decisions
Drive the migration strategy from monolithic to microservices architecture, including planning, scoping, and execution
Interface extensively with cross-functional teams (Architects, QA, Product, Technical Support, Documentation, UX, and SRE) to deliver comprehensive import and sync solutions
Analyze and refine requirements with Product Management, partnering on product features and helping define the "how"
Conduct code reviews with focus on systems design, reliability, performance, scalability, security, and maintainability
Share knowledge widely, coordinate across teams, and manage risk and dependencies for projects
Work with QA and SRE teams to define comprehensive testing strategies and operational excellence practices
Independently troubleshoot complex production incidents spanning the home team, perform root cause analysis, and drive operational improvement projects
Use data and metrics to drive technical decisions and validate the impact of architectural changes
Mentor and provide technical guidance to senior and junior engineers on the team
Help resolve difficult customer issues and work closely with Field teams and CSMs to identify patterns and drive product improvements
Participate in group strategy discussions and help break down strategic initiatives into actionable technical milestones
Proactively identify and advocate for improvements in team velocity, engineering practices, and operational processes
Drive improvements in observability, monitoring, and production support capabilities
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Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
The ideal candidate is someone who is experienced in building and architecting software systems to manage and deploy reliable and performant infrastructure and product code at massive scale on cloud infrastructure.
7+ years of software development experience building highly-reliable, mission-critical software at scale
Deep expertise with object-oriented languages, particularly Java, with proven ability to architect large-scale systems
Expert-level knowledge of Spring Boot framework, Maven, and modern Java development practices
Deep understanding of infrastructure-level technologies: distributed systems, caching strategies, stream processing, resilient architectures
Solid experience with data stores including relational databases (MySQL), caching layers (Redis), and cloud storage (S3)
Experience with one or more Directory services: Active Directory, LDAP, Office 365, Azure AD
Strong experience with RESTful APIs, gRPC, and microservices architecture patterns
Proven track record of working with systems at massive scale, including batch processing and real-time sync capabilities
Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP) including services like SQS, S3, and multi-region architectures
Strong understanding of distributed job processing, message queues, and event-driven architectures
Demonstrated ability to lead technical projects independently and influence cross-team initiatives
Excellent communication skills with ability to share information widely and coordinate across teams
Strong mentorship capabilities with experience guiding senior and junior engineers
Customer-focused mindset with experience working with Field teams to resolve complex issues
Strategic thinking ability to participate in and contribute to platform strategy
Experience with operational excellence including incident management, root cause analysis, and driving systemic improvements
Nice to Haves
Experience with Protocol Buffers (Protos) and building event-driven systems
Experience with server-side technologies including advanced caching, asynchronous processing, multi-threading, and concurrency patterns
Experience in Test-Driven Development (TDD) and automated testing strategies
Deep knowledge of Identity and Access Management protocols and technologies: OAuth, OpenID Connect, SAML, SCIM, LDAP
Experience with Microsoft Azure management APIs, Microsoft Graph API, Office 365, or ADFS
Experience automating and deploying large-scale production services in AWS, GCP, or similar cloud platforms
Experience with feature flag frameworks and gradual rollout strategies for large-scale migrations
Understanding of user matching, correlation algorithms, and identity resolution at scale
Experience with observability platforms, creating comprehensive monitoring and alerting strategies
Experience migrating monolithic applications to microservices architecture
Knowledge of data modeling for graph databases and relationship management
Experience with incremental sync, delta detection, and change data capture patterns
Background in building resilient systems with retry logic, circuit breakers, and failure handling
Experience with performance optimization and capacity planning for high-throughput systems
Education and Training
B.S. Computer Science or related field
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