Staff Software Engineer, Infrastructure

The leading independent provider of identity for the enterprise, enabling organizations to securely connect the right people to the right technologies.
$87,000 - $131,000
Cloud
Staff Software Engineer
In-Person
5,000+ Employees
6+ years of experience
Enterprise SaaS · Cybersecurity

Description For Staff Software Engineer, Infrastructure

Okta is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join their Cloud Tooling and Pipelines team, playing a crucial role in their engineering operations organization. This position focuses on developing and managing their core Continuous Delivery (CD) platform, including Spinnaker and future Argo Suite implementation. The role involves leading technical architecture and implementation of scalable tooling for critical process automation across AWS ECS and EKS environments.

As a Staff Engineer, you'll be instrumental in shaping the technical direction of Okta's CD platform while mentoring other engineers and influencing the team's technical roadmap. The position requires expertise in cloud infrastructure automation and the ability to solve complex challenges at scale. You'll be working with cutting-edge technologies and frameworks to build robust deployment pipelines and infrastructure tooling.

The role offers an opportunity to work with Okta, the world's leading identity company, which serves over 19,300 organizations including major enterprises like JetBlue, Nordstrom, and T-Mobile. You'll be part of a team that's essential to Okta's mission of enabling secure access to any technology across all devices and applications.

This position requires in-person onboarding at the Toronto office and combines technical leadership with hands-on development. The compensation package includes competitive salary, equity opportunities, comprehensive benefits, and the chance to work on critical infrastructure that powers thousands of organizations' identity and access management systems.

The ideal candidate will bring extensive experience in software development, cloud technologies, and infrastructure automation, along with the leadership skills necessary to drive technical excellence and innovation in a rapidly growing enterprise environment.

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Responsibilities For Staff Software Engineer, Infrastructure

  • Shape the Technical Roadmap of the CD Platform
  • Architect and Design Scalable Deployment Pipelines
  • Design and Implement Critical Infrastructure Tooling
  • Develop High-Quality Microservices
  • Collaborate on Cross-Functional Solutions
  • Introduce and Evangelize Industry Best Practices
  • Embed Security into Development Practices
  • Identify and Drive Self-Service Automation

Requirements For Staff Software Engineer, Infrastructure

Java
Python
Go
Kubernetes
MongoDB
MySQL
  • 6+ years of Software Development in Java, Go, Python or similar backend languages
  • 5+ years of development experience building services, internal tools and frameworks
  • 3+ years experience automating and deploying large scale production services in AWS, GCP or similar
  • Working knowledge of Kubernetes, ECS, Istio, Spinnaker
  • Working knowledge of database technologies (MySQL, MongoDB etc)
  • Knowledge of infrastructure as code tools such as Terraform
  • Proficient using Docker and supporting infrastructure and strong Linux and networking fundamentals
  • B.S. Computer Science (plus) or relevant experience

Benefits For Staff Software Engineer, Infrastructure

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401k
Parental Leave
  • Amazing Benefits Package
  • Healthcare spending
  • Telemedicine
  • RRSP with match
  • Paid leave

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