Okta
Staff Software Engineer, Resiliency (Federal)
San Francisco, California · Staff+
Sponsorship not specified$194k-$243kDetected 9 days ago
JavaGoAWSGCPAzureCloud PlatformsDockerKubernetesMachine LearningLLMsLoad TestingTest AutomationLeadershipCommunicationMentoring
About the role
- Secure Every Identity, from AI to Human Identity is the key to unlocking the potential of AI.
- This is an opportunity to do career-defining work.
- We free everyone to safely use any technology - anywhere, on any device or app.
Responsibilities
- Developing Talent and Fostering Connection + Community
- Partner with engineering teams to design, develop, and deliver cloud-based infrastructure projects that solve complex reliability issues and help Okta's service scale.
- Design and implement robust backend frameworks, tools, microservices, and library components for the entire engineering organization to use at scale.
- Champion innovative, scalable, and resilient solutions across the engineering organization, advising other teams on fault-tolerant system design.
- Actively explore and integrate modern AI-driven developer tooling, automated diagnostics, and predictive monitoring capabilities to streamline performance testing, accelerate debugging, and optimize service reliability.
- Conduct rigorous design and code reviews.
- Participate in and lead incident Root Cause Analysis (RCA) processes to continuously improve reliability, identify systemic weaknesses, and build long-term mitigation strategies.
- Collaborate closely with Architects, QA, Product Owners, Engineering Services, and Tech Ops to deliver highly secure and dependable software.
- Outstanding communication and leadership skills with a proven ability to coordinate high-impact technical projects, manage stakeholder alignment, and influence technical direction.
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience as a software developer with deep, expert-level knowledge of Java (Golang experience is a strong plus).
Compensation
- The annual base salary range for this position for candidates located in the
Visa & Work Authorization
- Working on a U.S. visa does NOT qualify as a U.S. person.
This listing is sourced directly from Okta's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.