Staff Software Engineer - FGA Systems (Customer Identity)
OktaAbout the role
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.
The Team
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
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable and secure authorization solutions
- Partner with product managers, UX designers, and fellow engineers to deliver high-quality software that meets customer requirements
- Solve complex authorization challenges at scale and pave a new path forward in the identity space
- Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code. Perform code reviews and ensure adherence to coding best practices
- 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 as well as cost
- 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
- Expertise in Go programming language
- Experience with cloud platforms, specifically AWS and Kubernetes
- Knowledge of identity and access management principles
- 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
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to troubleshoot and debug complex issues
And extra credit if you have experience in any of the following!
- Experience with OpenFGA
- Experience with Auth0
- Experience with FedRAMP
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Below is the annual base salary range for candidates located in California, Colorado, New York and Washington. Your actual base salary will depend on factors such as your skills, qualifications, experience, and work location. In addition, Okta offers equity (where applicable), bonus, 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.
What you can look forward to as an Full-Time Okta employee!