Senior Software Engineer, Platform Network

Responsibilities

• Implement internal and edge networking infrastructure and design solutions for global scale, multi-cloud, and multi-region environments.
• Carry cross-team initiatives end to end, including code reviews, design reviews, operational robustness, and security hygiene.
• Design and develop services, tools, and automation that expose network functionality to Okta engineering and operations teams.
• Research and implement solutions for routing, failover, and scaling.
• Participate in the team’s on-call rotation.

Requirements

• 3+ years of software development experience in cloud-native services such as APIs.
• Knowledge of TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP, and TLS.
• DevOps experience with cloud-agnostic, cloud-native technologies.
• Experience managing infrastructure with Terraform.
• Experience contributing to Go-based services.
• Passion for building global distributed systems that are highly reliable, maintainable, scalable, and secure.
• Ability to deliver work incrementally, gather feedback, and iterate.
• Ownership, accountability, and attention to detail.

Nice to Have

• A product mindset toward infrastructure, including self-service, well-documented internal networking tools.
• Experience with AWS, Azure, and major content delivery networks.
• Experience implementing and scaling service mesh architectures for service-to-service communication, observability, and security.
• Knowledge of Istio, Envoy Proxy, and the Kubernetes Gateway API.
• Experience designing and maintaining multi-cloud networking topologies and hybrid connectivity at scale, including Direct Connect and Cloud Interconnect.

Compensation and Benefits

• Annual base salary range in Canada: $136,000–$187,000 CAD.
• Equity, where applicable, bonus, health, dental, and vision insurance.
• RRSP with a match, healthcare spending, telemedicine, and paid leave, including PTO and parental leave.