Staff Software Engineer, Streaming Foundations

Okta; Toronto; On-site; CAD 160,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Okta is seeking a Software Engineer to join the Streaming Foundations team in Canada. You will help set the technical direction for our platform’s streaming capabilities, and design and lead the most complex data-intensive systems.

You’ll mentor others and collaborate with product teams to ensure reliable, scalable infrastructure. You should have 7+ years of experience, strong knowledge of event-driven architectures, and hands-on work with Kafka, Kubernetes, and cloud technologies.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of software development in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience with Golang or Java preferred.
• Hands-on design, development and tuning of highly scalable, event-driven systems.

Responsibilities

• Set technical direction for streaming capabilities and influence platform roadmap.
• Design and lead implementation of complex data-intensive systems.
• Research new technologies and architectural patterns for scalability.
• Lead cross-functional initiatives and ensure alignment across teams.
• Improve observability, reliability and scale; mentor engineers on best practices.
• Mentor senior engineers and act as a technical leader across the org.
• Collaborate with product teams as needed.

Skills

Distributed systems

Go/Java

Event-driven design

System architecture

Mentoring/leadership

Tools

Kafka

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Azure

TypeScript

React

Job description

Secure Every Identity, from AI to Human

Identity is the key to unlocking the potential of AI. Okta secures AI by building the trusted, neutral infrastructure that enables organizations to safely embrace this new era. This work requires a relentless drive to solve complex challenges with real-world stakes. We are looking for builders and owners who operate with speed and urgency and execute with excellence.

This is an opportunity to do career-defining work. We're all in on this mission. If you are too, let's talk.

The Streaming Foundations team builds services and operates data pipeline infrastructure to support event streaming, messaging, and analytics use cases. We are looking for a Software Engineer who is passionate about distributed systems, platform engineering, and solving data-intensive problems at scale. In this high-impact role, you will get to work with engineers throughout the organization to build foundational infrastructure that allows Auth0 to scale for years to come.

What you'll be doing

• Help set the technical direction for the team and influence the engineering roadmap for the Platform's streaming capabilities
• Design and lead the implementation of our most complex and critical systems for data-intensive use cases.
• Research and champion new technologies and architectural patterns to solve strategic challenges and scale the platform.
• Lead and influence cross-functional initiatives, ensuring technical alignment and successful execution across multiple teams.
• Improve the operational posture of our systems by designing for observability, reliability, and scalability, and by mentoring others in operational best practices.
• Coach and mentor senior engineers and act as a technical leader across the engineering organization.
• Collaborate with different stakeholders like product teams whenever needed.

What you'll bring to our teams

• 7+ years of software development experience in a fast-paced, agile environment
• Experience working with Golang or Java is preferred
• Hands-on experience designing, developing and tuning highly-scalable, event-driven systems
• Solid understanding of database fundamentals and experience with event streaming technologies such as Kafka
• A passion and interest to work on systems that are highly reliable, maintainable, scalable and secure.

Extra points

• Experience with front-end technologies such as TypeScript and React
• Familiarity with cloud providers (AWS, Azure) and container technologies such as Kubernetes, Docker
• Familiarity with or interest in the Identity and Access Management (IAM) business domain

P-1556

Below is the annual salary range for candidates located in Canada. Your actual salary will depend on factors such as your skills, qualifications, and experience. In addition, 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. To learn more about our Total Rewards program, please visit: https://rewards.okta.com/can .

The annual base salary range for this position for candidates located in Canada is between:

$160,000 - $220,000 CAD

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