Staff Backend Engineer, Core Infra — Hybrid + Equity

Empleora; California; Híbrido; USD 194.000 - 267.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Equity

Bonus

Health insurance

Dental & Vision

401(k)

Descripción de la vacante

Okta's Core Engineering team is seeking a staff level backend engineer to help design, build and scale cloud-based infrastructure. You will work on a modern stack including Redis, Docker, Terraform on AWS, and collaborate across architects, QA, product owners and security teams.

The role emphasizes ownership, rapid delivery, and mentorship in a fast-paced environment. The ideal candidate has 8+ years of Java backend experience, deep knowledge of multithreading and memory management, and a strong

Formación

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent; master's preferred.
• 8+ years of expansive programming experience in an object-oriented language like Java, backend services.
• 3+ years experience with MySQL or equivalent relational DB systems.
• 3+ years experience with Kubernetes, AWS EKS and GCP experience a plus.
• Demonstrated experience with REST; knowledge of gRPC a plus.
• Experience with Spring, Spring Boot, Hibernate, Tomcat, AWS, Redis, Docker.
• Knowledge of network security, authentication and authorization.
• Familiarity with Agile software development process.

Responsabilidades

• Design, develop and deliver cloud-based infrastructure projects on a modern tech stack.
• Drive evaluation, development and rollout of new features and frameworks.
• Operate, support, and upgrade shared services and frameworks; scale with usage.
• Conduct design and code reviews; write unit and functional tests.
• Monitor, troubleshoot and fix services and frameworks.
• Evaluate system performance and resolve bottlenecks.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior developers.
• Collaborate with architects, QA, product owners, security and operations engineers.

Conocimientos

Java backend

Multithreading

MySQL

Kubernetes

AWS

REST/GRPC

Spring Framework

Security/authentication

Educación

Bachelor's degree in CS

Master's degree preferred

Herramientas

Spring

Spring Boot

Hibernate

Tomcat

Redis

Docker

AWS

GCP

Descripción del empleo

Okta's Core Engineering team is seeking a staff level backend engineer to help design, build and scale cloud-based infrastructure. You will work on a modern stack including Redis, Docker, Terraform on AWS, and collaborate across architects, QA, product owners and security teams.

The role emphasizes ownership, rapid delivery, and mentorship in a fast-paced environment. The ideal candidate has 8+ years of Java backend experience, deep knowledge of multithreading and memory management, and a strong