# Staff Software Engineer at Okta

- Company: Okta
- What the company does: The Okta and Auth0 Platforms enable secure access, authentication, and automation — putting identity at the heart of business security and growth. Backed by Greylock, Khosla and Sequoia.
- Company website: https://www.okta.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: San Francisco, California
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-09-30
- Apply by: 2026-11-16
- Apply: https://www.okta.com/company/careers/opportunity/8243997?gh_jid=8243997&utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/okta-staff-software-engineer-2/

## About the role

This is an opportunity to do career-defining work. We're all in on this mission. If you are too, let's talk. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- 8+ years of software engineering experience, with a demonstrated ability to independently own and deliver complex features in a production environment
- Proven track record of architecting and delivering large-scale, distributed systems in production environments serving enterprise customers
- Deep expertise in microservices, event-driven architectures, APIs, and data modeling at scale
- Strong proficiency in one or more of: Java, Kotlin, Go , or equivalent JVM/cloud-native languages used in Okta's backend stack
- Demonstrated ability to influence without authority — driving technical alignment across multiple teams and stakeholders
- Experience designing systems that meet enterprise reliability, scalability, and security requirements (think: multi-tenancy, high availability, audit logging, RBAC/ABAC)

Tags: SW Eng - Applications-674

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