Senior Software Engineer, Security Engineering

Secure Every Identity, from AI to Human

Identity is the key to unlocking the potential of AI. Okta secures AI by building the trusted, neutral infrastructure that enables organizations to safely embrace this new era. This work requires a relentless drive to solve complex challenges with real-world stakes. We are looking for builders and owners who operate with speed and urgency and execute with excellence.

This is an opportunity to do career-defining work. We're all in on this mission. If you are too, let's talk.

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 Role 

We seek a knowledgeable and development focused Security Engineer, who will build micro-services to secure Customer Identity Products and Infrastructure.

This role is a key member of the Security team embedded within the Customer Identity product unit and works across multiple functions to solve security challenges to support the growth of our global Customer Identity business. 

We are an engineering-focused team that seeks to stay on the cutting edge of security technology and the threat landscape. 

In this role you will work as part of a globally distributed team of talented engineers who share a passion for security and enjoy solving complex problems at scale. 

This role works closely with and alongside the members of the broader Okta Security team in support of Okta’s company-wide security strategy and Okta’s Secure Identity Commitment.

 

Responsibilities:

Work across a globally distributed product-aligned team of security engineers

Establish a deep understanding of Okta Customer Identity products and infrastructure

Collaborate when necessary with the Okta Security team on security operations

Build, deploy & maintain scalable and reliable infrastructure services as well as security solutions for customer identity products

Build, deploy & maintain automation to improve platform security capabilities at scale including logging, threat detection and compliance benchmarks to increase our security posture 

Help meet our operational security commitments by thinking like an attacker, assessing the risk, and advising on mitigation strategies

Support security investigations in coordination with the Okta Security team, participate in root cause analysis and perform necessary remediations.

Support stakeholders by proposing mitigation strategies for end-of-life software and security vulnerability and patch management

What this position is not: 

Writing security detections

Application security, dedicated code reviews, or compliance focused

Requirements:

You have 3+ years of hands-on development experience writing microservices with Golang.

You have 3+ years of experience in cloud infrastructure security, product security

You have working knowledge and hands on development experience with one or more of the following:

AWS and/or Azure security

Kubernetes

You have strong knowledge in OWASP Top 10 and secure coding best practices

You have strong foundation on secure software development lifecycle best practices

You have strong written and verbal communication skills

You have experience working with a globally distributed and remote team.

Bonus points if:

You have working knowledge and experience with one or more of the following:

Full-stack engineering

Site reliability engineering

Identity and access management

Vulnerability and threat management

Security detection and response

Governance, risk and compliance

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