Senior Software Engineer - Identity Threat Protection

Okta for Developers; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 130,000 - 194,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

RRSP with a match

Telemedicine

Paid leave including PTO and parental leave

Job summary

A leading identity management company in Toronto is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join its Identity Threat Protection team. This role involves designing and developing cloud-native security products while collaborating closely with cross-functional teams. Candidates should have over 3 years of experience with Java web applications and strong communication skills. The position offers a hybrid work model, competitive salary, and benefits including health insurance and retirement plans.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience building Java-based web applications.
• Good understanding of design patterns, scalability patterns, security engineering, and object-oriented principles.
• Experience working in fast-paced software development teams leveraging continuous integration and deployment practices.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work across functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Own and manage the design, development, delivery, and supportability of cloud-native security products.
• Solid collaboration and interpersonal communication skills with various roles.
• Commit to high programming standards by reviewing code and writing tests.
• Experience working with remote teams while ensuring quality.
• Participate in rotations to unblock customers and support them.

Skills

Java-based web applications

Design patterns

Scalability patterns

Security engineering

Object-oriented principles

Strong communication skills

Job description

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 flexible and neutral products, Okta Platform and Auth0 Platform, provide secure access, authentication, and automation, placing identity at the core 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.

About The Okta Identity Threat Protection

Identity Threat Protection (ITP) with Okta AI goes beyond traditional login security to provide real-time protection against evolving threats. By seamlessly integrating with your existing security infrastructure, ITP analyzes user behavior and system data to identify and mitigate risks proactively.

We’re a team of full-stack engineers, data scientists, and ML engineers redefining cloud authentication. We aim to build a next-gen security platform that continuously evaluates threats and constructs a comprehensive risk graph. ITP is at the forefront of trust and security by prioritizing risk in authentication and authorization decisions.

The Senior Software Engineer Opportunity

Okta is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join its ITP engineering team. This is an opportunity to solve critical security problems. The ideal candidate has experience building, launching, and supporting security products at scale.

You will share our passion and great pride in elegant solutions and will join an engineering team that strongly believes in designing for scale, rigorous code reviews, automated testing, and an iterative process to build high-quality enterprise software. You will demonstrate great aptitude for software engineering excellence and aren’t afraid to be a player-coach.

Our team is fast, innovative, and flexible, with agile release cycles and individual ownership. Here is an opportunity to work on stimulating security projects and emerging technologies, as well as a chance to work on complex security and ML challenges.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Own and manage the design, development, delivery, and supportability of cloud-native security products – from concept design to final implementation.
• Cross-group solid collaboration and interpersonal communication skills working with a variety of roles, including engineering, product management, design, support, and documentation.
• Commit to high programming standards by reviewing code and writing unit and functional tests.
• Experience working with remote teams and individuals while ensuring quality, agility, and velocity.
• Participate in rotations to expeditiously unblock customers and make them successful.

What You’ll Bring To The Role

• 3+ years of experience building Java-based web applications.
• Good understanding of design patterns, scalability patterns, security engineering, and object-oriented principles.
• Experience working in fast-paced software development teams leveraging continuous integration and deployment practices.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work across functional teams.

And extra credit if you have experience in any of the following

• Experience building anomaly detection systems or risk systems is a huge plus.
• Experience in cloud security, identity, and/or authentication protocols.
• Experience with one or more UI technologies such as Angular, ReactJS, Backbone, and Vue.

Hybrid

Salary and Benefits

The annual base salary range for this position for candidates located in Canada is between $130,000—$194,000 CAD. Okta offers equity (where applicable), bonus, and benefits, including health, dental, and vision insurance, RRSP with a match, healthcare spending, telemedicine, and paid leave (including PTO and parental leave) in accordance with our applicable plans and policies.

What you can look forward to as a Full-Time Okta employee

• Amazing Benefits
• Making Social Impact
• Developing Talent and Fostering Connection + Community at Okta

Okta cultivates a dynamic work environment, providing the best tools, technology and benefits to empower our employees to work productively in a setting that best and uniquely suits their needs.

Some roles may require travel to one of our office locations for in-person onboarding.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Okta is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, marital status, age, physical or mental disability, or status as a protected veteran. We also consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and convictions records, consistent with applicable laws. If reasonable accommodation is needed to complete any part of the job application, interview process, or onboarding please use this Form to request an accommodation.

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