Get to know OktaOkta 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.

The Okta Customer Identity Cloud (CIC) provides robust access management solutions, such as Fine Grained Authorization (FGA) to power customer-facing applications and websites. FGA is a multi-Region software as a service (SaaS) offering for flexible, fine-grained authorization at any scale. It’s based on relationship-based access control (ReBAC), which is an evolution of role-based access control (RBAC) and attribute-based access control (ABAC) authorization models.

What you’ll be doing

• Conduct research and stay current with the latest advancements in the the fields of databases, graph technologies, large scale data and caching, particularly from journals and industry publications
• Prototype cutting edge advancements and evaluate applicability in the FGA product
• Collaborate with team and key stakeholders to integrate successful POCs into our product roadmap
• Diagnose and resolve issues in authorization systems, ensuring reliability, performance, and security
• Engage in continuous improvement initiatives, including refactoring code to meet new requirements and optimizing system performance
• Create and maintain comprehensive documentation for all developed features and systems
• Mentor and guide junior engineers, providing technical leadership and fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement
• Participate in the team's on-call rotations to make sure we offer our customers the best availability for our services

What you’ll bring to the role

• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience, with a focus on backend development and distributed systems
• Experience with programming and optimization of applications that require extremely low latency and high throughput
• A proven track record of keeping with and applying research advancements in technology to read world products
• Strong understanding of performance optimization, including chasing milliseconds and Big O notation
• Strong teamwork and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively in a diverse and inclusive team environment
• Experience working in an asynchronous remote environment
• Experience modeling high volume key-value datasets for performant queries
• Excellent problem-solving skills and a proactive attitude toward tackling complex technical challenges

And extra credit if you have experience in any of the following!

• DDB
• Spanner
• Cockroach
• Cassandra
• Go programming language
• Cloud platforms, specifically AWS
• Linux Foundation Certifications

 

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Below is the annual salary range for candidates located in Canada. Your actual salary will depend on factors such as your skills, qualifications, and experience. In addition, Okta offers equity (where applicable), bonus, and benefits, including health, dental, and vision insurance, RRSP with a match, healthcare spending, telemedicine, 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/can.

The annual base salary range for this position for candidates located in Canada is between:$135,000—$203,000 CAD

What you can look forward to as an Full-Time 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/.

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