Senior Software Engineer, Java, Spring, Backend

Okta; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 2,400,000 - 3,600,000; Full time

Job summary

Okta in Bengaluru seeks a Senior Software Engineer for the Advanced Apps team, focusing on connectors to SaaS apps like Workday, Salesforce, GCP, and AWS. You will collaborate with the Lifecycle Management group to automate Joiner/Mover/Leaver processes and ensure scalable identity provisioning across systems.

You will design and build connectors, lead development projects, review code, and mentor junior engineers while aligning with cross-functional teams to refine requirements and validate

Qualifications

• 4+ years of Software Development in Java, preferably significant experiences with SCIM and Spring Boot.
• Experience building connectors and backend services that scale.
• Familiarity with RESTful and SOAP APIs and cloud-native infra.

Responsibilities

• Work with senior engineering team on major development projects, design and implementation.
• Interface with cross-functional teams to understand application protocols and build connectors.
• Analyze/Refine Requirements with Product Management and prototyping for scale and performance.
• Design & implement features with tests, monitoring and alerts; review code and performance.
• Troubleshoot and support customer issues from logs (Splunk, Syslogs).
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to junior engineers.

Skills

Java

SCIM

Spring Boot

RESTful APIs

SOAP APIs

Caching

Stream processing

Resilient architectures

Leadership

Mentorship

Education

B.S. Computer Science or related field

Tools

Splunk

Syslogs

JavaScript frameworks

Job description

• We are looking for an experienced Senior Software Engineer to work on our Advanced Apps team with focus on enhancing and managing connectors to SaaS applications e.g., Workday, Salesforce, GCP, AWS, etc.
• They will work closely with the Lifecycle Management (LCM) team that provides a platform for automating Joiner, Mover, Leaver processes.
• The Connectors allow customers the flexibility to Import and Provision identity and entitlements to their SaaS applications. This role is to build, design solutions, and maintain our connectors to match applications features and for scale.

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Work with senior engineering team in major development projects, design and implementation
• Interface with cross-functional teams (Architects, QA, Product, Technical Support, Documentation, and UX teams) to understand application specific protocols and build connectors
• Analyze/Refine Requirements with Product Management.
• Quick prototyping to validate scale and performance.
• Design & Implement features with functional and unit tests along with monitoring and alerts
• Conduct code reviews, analysis and performance tuning
• Work with QA team to outline and implement comprehensive test coverage for application specific features
• Troubleshooting and support for customer issues and debugging from logs (Splunk, Syslogs, etc.)
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to more junior engineers

Required knowledge, skills, and abilities:

• The ideal candidate is someone who is experienced building software systems to manage and deploy reliable and performant infrastructure and product code at scale on a cloud infrastructure
• 4+ years of Software Development in Java, preferably significant experiences with SCIM and Spring Boot.
• 2+ years of development experience building services, internal tools and frameworks
• Deep understanding of infrastructure level technologies: caching, stream processing, resilient architectures
• Experience with RESTful APIs and SOAP apis.
• Ability to work effectively with distributed teams and people of various backgrounds
• Lead and mentor junior engineers.

Nice to haves:

• Experience with server-side technologies including caching, asynchronous processing, and multi-threading.
• Experience in TDD.
• Experience with UI development or javascript frameworks
• Knowledge of Identity and Access Management protocols and technologies: OAuth, OpenID Connect, SAML, SCIM

Education and Training:

• B.S. Computer Science or related field