# Staff Software Engineer, Backend

**Company:** [Okta](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/okta)
**Location:** Toronto, Canada
**Role:** Backend Engineering
**Salary:** CA$160k – CA$220k/yr
**Experience:** 7+ years
**Skills:** Java, Spring, Postgres, MySQL, REST APIs, Caching, Asynchronous Processing, Multithreading, CI/CD, Automated Testing, Tpm, Webauthn, OAuth, gRPC, Microservices
**Posted:** 2026-08-18

> Leads the architecture and development of scalable Java-based backend services for Okta’s device identity and access platform. The role requires 7+ years of software development experience, strong distributed-systems expertise, and technical leadership across teams.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Partner with Product Management, Engineering Directors, and Principal Architects to translate strategic objectives into scalable technical roadmaps.
- Collaborate with Product, Design, and QA to deliver critical engineering initiatives.
- Lead the design and implementation of features and services within the core Java platform, from conception through deployment.
- Define engineering best practices and contribute to technical designs, proposals, and architectural decisions.
- Mentor Staff and Senior engineers, guide technical design reviews, and raise engineering standards across teams.
- Develop maintainable software with comprehensive test coverage and improve testing and CI/CD strategies.
- Create technical documentation and promote knowledge sharing.
- Use AI coding assistants to accelerate development while maintaining security and code quality standards.
- Identify emerging trends and prototype solutions in device security and AI-native development.

## Requirements
- 7+ years of progressive software development experience.
- Experience designing and building scalable, high-performance server-side features using Java and Spring.
- Expertise with high-performance Postgres or MySQL environments, including schema design and query optimization.
- Experience designing, building, and securing RESTful APIs for large-scale systems.
- Knowledge of caching, asynchronous processing, and multithreading.
- Strong understanding of design patterns, scalability patterns, security engineering, and object-oriented principles.
- Experience in agile environments, CI/CD, and automated testing.
- Excellent communication and technical leadership skills.
- Understanding of endpoint security concepts, including TPM, Secure Enclave, MDM protocols, and endpoint detection.
- Conceptual understanding of how iOS, Android, Windows, and macOS security features report state to the cloud.
- Proficiency with AI coding assistants such as GitHub Copilot.

## Nice-to-haves
- Anomaly detection or risk systems experience.
- Cloud security, identity, or authentication experience.
- Familiarity with FIDO, U2F, WebAuthn, SSO, SAML, OAuth, or federation.
- Cybersecurity principles, secure coding practices, or CISSP/Security+ certification.
- ReactJS experience.
- gRPC API development.
- Microservice architecture.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.

## Compensation and Benefits
- Annual base salary range in Canada: **$160,000–$220,000 CAD**.
- Equity, bonus, health, dental, and vision insurance, RRSP matching, healthcare spending, telemedicine, and paid leave, including PTO and parental leave, may be available in accordance with applicable plans and policies.

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