Software Engineer - Device Identity

Device Identity and Access Organization

The Device Identity and Access organization is at the forefront of Okta’s Zero Trust vision. As a foundational pillar within Okta Research and Development (ORD), our mission is to transform the device itself into a secure, trusted, and effortless identity factor. We are the teams responsible for ensuring users can seamlessly interact with their work from any endpoint, anywhere in the world.

We engineer the end‑to‑end device experience: from our flagship Fast Pass, Okta Device Access (ODA), and Device Assurance. Our teams own the continuous authentication pipeline, device lifecycle management, and the sophisticated cloud services that analyze real‑time trust and assurance signals to make frictionless, passwordless access a reality across Windows, macOS, iOS, Linux, and Android. Our organization is comprised of engineers who thrive at the intersection of deep client‑side platform engineering and massive‑scale distributed systems.

The work we do secures millions of enterprise endpoints globally, prevents modern identity attacks, and fundamentally changes how people work by making world‑class security completely invisible to the end user.

We seek a dynamic and influential Staff Software Engineer to join our Device Identity engineering team. The ideal candidate will leverage their deep Java experience to architect, build, and scale the critical server‑side software and services at the heart of our security and identity platform. This is a high‑visibility, hands‑on opportunity to design solutions for current and emerging industry challenges. You will not only demonstrate an aptitude for software engineering excellence but also act as a player‑coach, mentoring other engineers and elevating the team’s capabilities.

• Drive cross‑functional collaboration with Product, Design, and QA to ensure the seamless delivery of our most critical engineering initiatives.
• Lead the design and implementation of new features and services within our core Java platform, taking ownership from conception to deployment.
• Define and champion engineering best practices, and make critical contributions to technical designs, proposals, and long‑term architectural decisions.
• Mentor and coach other engineers through code reviews, technical guidance, and by setting a high bar for quality and security.
• Develop high‑quality, maintainable software with comprehensive test coverage and drive improvements to our testing and CI/CD strategies.
• Create and maintain high‑quality technical documentation and foster a culture of knowledge sharing within the team and the broader organization.

• 7+ years of software development experience, with a proven track record of designing and building scalable, high‑performance server‑side features using Java and Spring.
• Deep expertise with high‑performance Postgres or MySQL environment (note: text truncated).