# Staff Software Engineer

**Company:** [Okta](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/okta)
**Location:** Bengaluru, India
**Role:** Backend Engineering
**Experience:** 7+ years
**Skills:** Java, Spring, Dropwizard, Go, Oauth 2.0, OIDC, Jwt, REST APIs, gRPC, Distributed Systems, Microservices, MySQL, Postgres, Redis, AWS
**Posted:** 2026-08-23

> Leads the design, implementation, and operation of secure, scalable Identity Governance features for enterprise access administration. Requires 7+ years with Java and/or Golang, distributed systems expertise, cloud infrastructure experience, and strong ownership of production software.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Own feature areas end to end, from technical design through implementation, testing, deployment, and post-launch monitoring.
- Design, build, and ship production-ready features across the Identity Governance system, emphasizing correctness, reliability, and performance.
- Deliver bug fixes and resolve customer-reported issues.
- Write clean, well-tested, maintainable code and uphold high engineering-quality standards.
- Partner with Product Development, QA, and Site Reliability Engineering teams on development and deployment planning.

## Requirements
- 7+ years of experience with Java (Spring or Dropwizard) and/or Golang, including deep knowledge of multithreading and asynchronous processing.
- Understanding of OAuth 2.0, OIDC, and JWT tokens for service-to-service communication.
- Fluency in agentic systems and modern AI applications.
- Experience building high-performance RESTful APIs and/or gRPC services.
- In-depth knowledge of distributed systems and microservices architectures.
- Experience with relational databases such as MySQL or PostgreSQL and caching layers such as Redis at scale.
- Hands-on AWS experience, including Fargate, EC2, and Lambda.
- Experience with infrastructure as code using Terraform and managing cloud resources.
- Strong proficiency with Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD automation tools such as Jenkins, ArgoCD, or GitHub Actions.
- B.S. in Computer Science or a related field.

## Nice to Haves
- Experience with Splunk, SignalFX, or Datadog for monitoring and production troubleshooting.
- Familiarity with Kafka or SQS for cross-organization asynchronous events.
- Basic familiarity with React and JavaScript for integrating backend services.
- Understanding of deploying services across isolated infrastructure units.

## Benefits
- In-person onboarding designed to accelerate impact and build connections.
- Opportunities for professional development, community, and social impact.

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