Staff Backend Engineer, Identity Governance Platform

The Briefed; Bellevue (WA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Okta is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for the Identity Governance (OIG) team. You will own architecture and drive the design of microservices and event-driven systems that manage access governance, entitlement workflows, and compliance auditing for enterprise customers.

You will collaborate with Product, QA, and SRE to deliver secure, scalable software used by millions of users, focusing on high availability, performance, and reliability in a backend role.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience in enterprise environments.
• Experience building large-scale distributed systems and microservices.
• Backend proficiency in Java, Kotlin, or Go.
• Expertise in event-driven architectures, APIs, high-concurrency processing, and data modeling.
• Experience with enterprise security requirements (RBAC/ABAC, audit logging).

Responsibilities

• Own architecture and feature areas end-to-end in Okta's OIG platform.
• Design and ship microservices and event-driven systems for governance and auditing.
• Collaborate with Product, QA, and SRE for production readiness and reliability.
• Diagnose and resolve production issues and performance bottlenecks.

Skills

Distributed systems

Java / Kotlin / Go

Event-driven architecture

API design

RBAC/ABAC

Multi-tenant security

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

Okta is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for the Identity Governance (OIG) team. You will own architecture and drive the design of microservices and event-driven systems that manage access governance, entitlement workflows, and compliance auditing for enterprise customers.

You will collaborate with Product, QA, and SRE to deliver secure, scalable software used by millions of users, focusing on high availability, performance, and reliability in a backend role.