Staff Software Engineer - Ispm

Okta Okta · Enterprise · Tel Aviv, Israel · Spera Eng-722

Okta is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join their Identity Security Posture Management (ISPM) team. This role will focus on building and scaling their platform, which provides security leaders with visibility into their identity landscape to reduce risks and ensure compliance, particularly in the context of securing AI. The engineer will lead design, architecture, and development, improve engineering best practices, and mentor colleagues. While the company is focused on securing AI, the role itself is primarily software engineering for a security platform, not direct AI/ML model development.

What you'd actually do

  1. Lead, design, architect and build high-quality scalable software by introducing best practices around software engineering architecture and processes
  2. Raise the bar on engineering excellence by improving standard methodologies, producing best-in-class code, documentation, testing, and monitoring
  3. Collaborate with product and R&D engineers to translate product requirements into technical solutions.
  4. Identifying and resolving technical issues and performance bottlenecks.
  5. Staying up to date with the latest industry trends and technologies to continuously improve our products.

Skills

Required

  • Python
  • backend development
  • software engineering principles
  • design patterns
  • best practices
  • problem-solving
  • detail-oriented mindset
  • communication
  • collaboration

Nice to have

  • Snowflake
  • data warehousing platforms
  • Amazon Web Services
  • modern cloud stack

What the JD emphasized

  • 8+ years of experience as a software engineer
  • 5+ years of programming experience with Python, specifically focused on backend development
  • proven track record of successfully building and delivering large-scale systems