Senior Architect- Identity Management

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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 flexible and neutral products, Okta Platform and Auth0 Platform, provide secure access, authentication, and automation, placing identity at the core 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. 

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Senior Software Architect, Identity Management (IdM) Pillar

Company Description

Okta is the leading independent identity provider. The Okta Identity Cloud enables organizations to securely connect the right people to the right technologies at the right time. With more than 7,000 pre-built integrations to applications and infrastructure providers, Okta customers can easily and securely use the best technologies for their business. More than 15,000 organizations, including JetBlue, Nordstrom, Siemens, Slack, T-Mobile, and Takeda, trust Okta to help protect the identities of their workforces and customers.

Team & Product

The Identity Management (IdM) Pillar is at the heart of Okta's vision to enable any company to use any technology, seamlessly and securely. Our motto is to provide "The right level of access, from a user’s first day to their last."

We build the products that eliminate identity silos, strengthen our customers' security posture, and streamline compliance, all from a unified platform. Our services, including Okta Identity Governance, Universal Directory, and Lifecycle Management, empower IT and security teams to automate the entire joiner-mover-leaver process, centralize user management, and build robust access governance models that provide a single source of truth for all identity and access use cases.

Position Description

We are looking for an experienced and highly technical Senior Software Architect to join the Identity Management (IdM) team. In this role, you will lead the technical vision for the future of identity management, tackling the complex challenges of a cloud-native world while also leaning into our customers' on-premise needs.

You will share our passion and pride in elegant, scalable solutions and will join an engineering team that strongly believes in designing for scale, rigorous code reviews, automated testing, and an iterative process to build high-quality, next-generation enterprise software. If you are passionate about the critical role of identity in securing the enterprise, this is the team for you.

Job Duties and Responsibilities

• Drive the long-term architecture of our Identity Management platform.

• Translate product and market requirements into designs that align with the mid- and long-term goals for our product and technology evolution.

• Design, implement, review, and troubleshoot highly scalable, mission-critical software.

• Foster, enable, and promote a culture of innovation.

• Analyze and refine requirements in close collaboration with Product Management.

• Work with engineering management to scope and plan engineering efforts, especially those spanning multiple teams.

• Champion test-driven development, and uphold high standards for design and code reviews.

• Collaborate with QA, SREs/Technical Operations, Product Management, Technical Support, Documentation, and UX teams.

• Mentor junior engineers to foster their growth and development.

• Drive key technical initiatives across Okta Product Development.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• 15+ years of backend software development experience building highly reliable, mission-critical software.

• Deep experience with server-side technologies, including caching, asynchronous processing, and multi-threading.

• Proven experience working in Security, Governance, or Authentication & Authorization domains.

• Experience designing and implementing REST APIs.

• A solid