Get to know Okta

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.

Okta is the leading independent provider of identity for the enterprise. The Okta Identity Cloud enables organizations to securely connect the right people to the right technologies at the right time. With over 7,000 pre-built integrations to applications and infrastructure providers, Okta customers can easily and securely use the best technologies for their business. Over 10,000 organizations, including 20th Century Fox, JetBlue, Nordstrom, Slack, Teach for America and Twilio, trust Okta to help protect the identities of their workforces and customers.

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.

Location: Toronto, Canada

Position Description:

We are looking for recent engineering graduates who are ready to kickstart their careers! You will join one of our Engineer Domains where you will address real-world challenges and create innovative value for our customers.  We are looking for problem solvers who care about making a meaningful impact for our customers and enjoy working as part of a collaborative, distributed team.  As a new grad, you will be supported along the way and will have opportunities for continuous learning and mentorship. 

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Design and implement high-performance, scalable, reusable and maintainable software
• Work with engineering teams to define project scope and understand our planning process
• Participate in test-driven development, design and code reviews
• Contribute iterative improvements to our systems 
• Collaborate across Engineering, Product Management, Security and Design teams to solve technical and non-technical challenges

Minimum Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Graduated within the past 12 months with a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or has completed  an Engineering Bootcamp program within the same time frame. 
• Interest in software development experience, and testing that supports building highly reliable, mission-critical software
• Ability to program in at least one OO programming language (e.g. Java, Golang and/or Python)
• Javascript and React experience 
• Understanding of concepts like Web Services, SOA, REST APIs
• Able to apply knowledge gained in computer science courses to real world problems

Preferred Qualifications:

• Working knowledge of web technologies (such as HTTP, HTML/DOM, JavaScript, CSS, AJAX) will be beneficial.
• Familiarity developing containerized applications and deploying it to Kubernetes on cloud infrastructure vendors like AWS, Azure, GCP.
• Enjoy being part of a highly collaborative, remote-friendly environment.
• You’ve built, broken, and rebuilt software applications. We’re looking for creative thinkers who also know how to create real-world products. 

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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