Staff Software Engineer, Lifecycle Management

Okta; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Amazing benefits

Flexible working environment

Job summary

A leading identity platform provider is looking for a Staff Software Engineer in Bengaluru to enhance their Onboarding and Lifecycle Management services. This role demands 8+ years of Java development experience, expertise in cloud infrastructures like AWS or GCP, and the ability to lead and mentor junior engineers. Responsibilities include designing scalable systems, troubleshooting issues, and collaborating with cross-functional teams. The position offers a dynamic work culture and great benefits.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software development experience, particularly in Java.
• Expertise in building scalable infrastructure on cloud platforms.
• Strong experience in automating large-scale production services.

Responsibilities

• Work with senior engineers on major development projects.
• Implement the LCM infrastructure and troubleshoot customer issues.
• Conduct design and code reviews, and provide mentorship to juniors.

Skills

Java development

SCIM

Spring Boot

AWS

GCP

RESTful APIs

SOAP APIs

Mentoring

Education

B.S. in Computer Science

Job description

About 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.

Position Overview

The Okta platform provides directory services, single sign‑on, strong authentication, provisioning, workflow, and built‑in reporting. It runs in the cloud on a secure, reliable, extensively audited platform and integrates deeply with on‑premises applications, directories, and identity management systems. We are looking for an experienced Staff Software Engineer to work on our Onboarding and Lifecycle Management (LCM) Platform team with a focus on enhancing and managing services for importing, syncing, and provisioning identities and access policies (e.g., users, groups, roles, entitlements). This role will design, build, and maintain our platform for scale, leveraging cloud infrastructure to deploy reliable, high‑performance systems.

Job Duties and Responsibilities

• Work with the senior engineering team on major development projects, design and implementation
• Be a key contributor in the implementation of the LCM infrastructure
• Troubleshoot customer issues and debug using logs (Splunk, Syslogs, etc.)
• Design and implement features with functional and unit tests, along with monitoring and alerts
• Conduct design and code reviews, analysis, and performance tuning
• Prototype quickly to validate scale and performance
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to junior engineers
• Interface with Architects, QA, Product Owners, Engineering Services, Tech Ops
• Partner with Product Development, QA, and Site Reliability Engineering teams for scoping development and deployment work

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Extensive experience building software systems to manage and deploy reliable and performant infrastructure and product code at scale on cloud infrastructure
• 8+ years of software development in Java, with significant experience in SCIM and Spring Boot
• 5+ years of experience building services, internal tools, and frameworks
• 2+ years of experience automating and deploying large‑scale production services in AWS, GCP, or similar
• 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 multithreading
• Experience in test‑driven development (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. in Computer Science or related field

Benefits and Culture

• 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 employees to work productively in a setting that best and uniquely suits their needs. Each organization is unique in the degree of flexibility and mobility in which they work so that all employees are enabled to be their most creative and successful versions of themselves, regardless of where they live.

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

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