Staff Platform Engineer - AI Identity & Security

Okta Inc.

Toronto

On-site

CAD 160,000 - 220,000

Full time

4 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Equity (where applicable)

Bonus

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

RRSP match

Healthcare spending

Telemedicine

Paid leave

Job summary

Okta is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to lead the OIN platform efforts in Canada. You will own complex, end-to-end problems from scoping to production, partnering with product, architecture, and design to shape the right solutions while lifting the technical bar for the team.

You will design APIs, data models, and security postures for scalable integrations, drive decisions across multi-team dependencies, and modernize a long-lived system with care for customers and partners.

Qualifications

Strong backend development experience with Java or similar strongly-typed language.
Deep knowledge of distributed systems and cloud environments.
Experience with OAuth/OIDC, SAML, SCIM and API design.

Responsibilities

Lead discovery and technical scoping for new requirements with product and design.
Design, evolve, and operate large-scale APIs and integration frameworks.
Drive security, compliance, and backward compatibility across teams.
Mentor engineers and raise the technical bar across the org.
Own production health and observability, including incident response.