Software Backend Architect

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.

• Access Essentials - Core Product drives Okta's core mission by designing and delivering robust authentication and authorization solutions across all Okta-protected resources.
• Our goal is to empower organizations with frictionless, highly secure access experiences.
• By engineering scalable cloud services and advanced client software, we enable seamless device logins and enforce strong authentication standards across enterprise applications.
• As a key group within Okta R&D Engineering, we push the boundaries of identity security.
• As an Architect in this group, you will play a pivotal role in shaping next-generation identity and security architectures.
• You will solve complex, high-impact technical challenges, define long-term product strategy, and elevate our engineering standards while navigating a fast-moving cybersecurity landscape.
• This role is to build, design solutions, and maintain our platform for scale.
• The ideal candidate is someone who has experience building software systems to manage and deploy reliable and performant infrastructure and product code at scale on a cloud infrastructure.

• Strong hands-on experience designing & developing enterprise software using Java with Springboot
• Deep understanding of object-oriented programming principles, design patterns, server-side technologies and distributed system concepts(caching, asynchronous processing, multi-threading)
• Strong experience working with relational databases, ideally MySQL, PostgreSQL or GraphDB
• Skilled in debugging and troubleshooting complex java codebase
• Passionate about writing clean, maintainable and scalable code with a deep focus on security
• Solid experience with cloud infrastructure platforms particularly AWS and GCP
• Proven experience with Agile methodologies (Scrum/Kanban), CI/CD pipelines, and automation tools
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills and proven ability to work with cross-functional(Product/Design/Quality) stakeholders across multiple geo-locations
• Prior experience as an Architect/Technical Lead leading large scale architectural initiatives

• Strong understanding of IAM protocols(FIDO, WebAuthn, SSO, SAML, OAuth, SCIM, OpenID Connect) and identity management best practices
• Knowledge of cybersecurity principles, secure coding practices, and certifications like CISSP or Security+.
• Some experience with javascript frameworks and basic UI development
• Prior experience building teams from ground-up

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience
• 18+ years of software development experience, with at least 12+ years of experience designing and building enterprise grade software using Java at scale