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Okta is The World’s Identity Company. We free everyone to safely use any technology—anywhere, on any device or app. Our Workforce and Customer Identity Clouds enable secure yet flexible access, authentication, and automation that transforms how people move through the digital world, putting Identity at the heart of business security and growth. At Okta, we celebrate a variety of perspectives and experiences. We are not looking for someone who checks every single box - we’re looking for lifelong learners and people who can make us better with their unique experiences. Join our team! We’re building a world where Identity belongs to you.

Fullstack Senior Software Engineer - Devices Platform

 

About Okta Devices Platform

Passwordless is the future of identity and authentication. That’s why we, at Okta, have made it our goal to redefine how users authenticate to services. Our mission is to provide frictionless and secure access to all the resources by relying on best in class security singals.

We are the Okta Devices Platform and we are responsible for architecting and building web services as well as client software to implement our mission. 

Here are some of the products that we help launch this year 

• Enhance application protections with Device Assurance
• How we went passwordless at Okta
• Okta to improve user experience through Partner Integrations
• Phishing Resistant Enrollments in FastPass

 

About Okta

Okta is an enterprise grade identity management service, built from the ground up in the cloud and delivered with an unwavering focus on customer success. With Okta you can manage access across any application, person, or device. Whether the people are employees, partners, or customers, or the applications are in the cloud, on premises, or on a mobile device, Okta helps you become more secure, make people more productive, and maintain compliance.

The Okta service provides directory services, single sign-on, strong authentication, provisioning, workflow, and built in reporting. It runs in the cloud on a secure, reliable, extensively audited platform and integrates deeply with on premises applications, directories, and identity management systems.

 

Position Description

Okta is seeking a Fullstack Senior Software Engineer to join its Devices Platform Engineering group. This is an opportunity to build a Zero Friction Passwordless Identity layer at a massive scale. Ideal candidates have a passion for conceiving and building secure, scalable, and available Identity platform services. 

 

Job Duties and Responsibilities

• Own the problems end-to-end - from concept design to final implementation, supportability
• Collaborate with QA, Product Management, Technical Support, Documentation, and TechOps team 
• Ensure high programming standards by writing unit and functional tests
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to junior engineers
• Review software design and peer’s code

 

Required Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities

• 3+ years experience building Java based web applications
• Experience with one or more of: Spring, REST, RDBMS, Redis, Tomcat
• Experience with one or more UI technologies such as Angular, ReactJS, Backbone, Vue. 
• Good understanding of design-patterns, scalability patterns, security engineering and object-oriented principles.
• Experience working in Agile software development teams leveraging continuous integration and deployment practices.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work across functions and time zones

Desirable Knowledge, Skills

Understanding of Identity and Access Management protocols and technologies (FIDO, U2F, WebAuthn, SSO, SAML, OAuth, Federation, etc.)

• Experience with Spring and Hibernate  
• Experience working with Mobile Apps

 

#LI-Remote

Below is the annual On Target Compensation (OTE) range for candidates located in California, Colorado, New York and Washington. Your actual OTE, which is inclusive of base salary and incentive compensation, will depend on factors such as your skills, qualifications, experience, and work location. In addition, Okta offers equity (where applicable) and benefits, including health, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), flexible spending account, 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/us. 

The annual OTE range for this position for candidates located in California, Colorado, New York, and Washington is between:$119,000—$167,000 USD

What you can look forward to as an Okta employee!

• Amazing Benefits
• Making Social Impact
• Fostering Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging at Okta 

Okta cultivates a dynamic work environment, providing the best tools, technology and benefits to empower our employees to work productively in a setting that best and uniquely suits their needs. Each organization is unique in the degree of flexibility and mobility in which they work so that all employees are enabled to be their most creative and successful versions of themselves, regardless of where they live. Find your place at Okta today! https://www.okta.com/company/careers/.

Okta is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, marital status, age, physical or mental disability, or status as a protected veteran. We also consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and convictions records, consistent with applicable laws. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, please use this Form to request an accommodation.

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