# Staff Software Engineer, Identity Administration

**Company:** [Okta](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/okta)
**Location:** Bengaluru, India
**Role:** Backend Engineering
**Experience:** 7+ years
**Skills:** Java, Spring, Dropwizard, Go, Oauth 2.0, Openid Connect, Json Web Tokens, REST APIs, gRPC, Distributed Systems, Microservices, MySQL, Postgres, Redis, AWS
**Posted:** 2026-08-24

> The Staff Software Engineer will design, build, and operate secure, scalable Identity Governance features for enterprise access administration. The role requires deep Java or Golang experience, distributed-systems expertise, cloud and container proficiency, and a strong understanding of modern identity protocols.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Take end-to-end ownership of feature areas 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 address 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, with strong 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 experience with AWS, 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.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field.

## Nice to Have
- Experience with Splunk, SignalFx, or Datadog for monitoring and production troubleshooting.
- Familiarity with Kafka or SQS for cross-organizational asynchronous events.
- Basic familiarity with React and JavaScript for backend-service integration.
- Understanding of deploying services across isolated infrastructure units.

## Benefits
- In-person onboarding experience.
- Well-being support, social impact programs, and talent development and community initiatives.

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