Senior Platform Engineer - Secure Cloud Infra & PAM

Okta; Toronto; On-site; CAD 136,000 - 187,000; Full time

Job summary

Okta is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer in Canada to join the Privileged Access Management team. You will build secure, enterprise-grade PAM infrastructure on Kubernetes with AWS, leveraging AI tools to accelerate development and deliver scalable microservices.

You will design, review code, mentor juniors, and collaborate with architects, QA, product owners, security, and operations to achieve high programming standards and reliable, multi-tenant systems for large enterprises.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.
• 5+ years of programming experience in Go, Java, or C++.
• Extensive cloud infrastructure experience with Kubernetes and AWS.
• Strong knowledge of REST APIs and integration patterns.
• Experience with IaC, CI/CD pipelines, security best practices.

Responsibilities

• Leverage AI pair-programmers to accelerate PAM product development.
• Design, develop and deliver cloud-based infrastructure on a modern tech stack (Kubernetes/EKS, AWS).
• Drive evaluation, development, and rollout of microservices.
• Operate, support, and upgrade shared services and frameworks as usage grows.
• Lead design reviews to ensure scalable, multi-tenant systems and write tests.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior developers.
• Collaborate with architects, QA, product owners, security and operations engineers.

Skills

Go

Java

C++

REST APIs

Cloud infrastructure

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Tools

Kubernetes

AWS

Redis

Elasticsearch/OpenSearch

Kinesis

Kafka

Docker

Job description

Okta is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer in Canada to join the Privileged Access Management team. You will build secure, enterprise-grade PAM infrastructure on Kubernetes with AWS, leveraging AI tools to accelerate development and deliver scalable microservices.

You will design, review code, mentor juniors, and collaborate with architects, QA, product owners, security, and operations to achieve high programming standards and reliable, multi-tenant systems for large enterprises.