Senior Software Engineer; Okta Identity Governance

Position: Senior Software Engineer (Okta Identity Governance)
Okta Identity Governance (OIG) organization is looking for a Senior Engineer to join our team — OIG is Okta’s Identity Governance and Administration solution that is directly responsible for one of the most critical and visible workflows in enterprise identity: how employees request, approve, and gain access to the resources they need
As a Senior Engineer on the OIG team, you will be involved into development, design, and maintenance of our product to serve enterprise customers at scale
You will involve the architecture and evolution of our product features — spanning the across different access governance personas — and work collaboratively across engineering, product, and design to deliver features that are secure, scalable, and delightful to use
This is a rare opportunity to join a team where your technical decisions will directly shape how thousands of enterprises manage access governance at scale, where the technical challenges are genuinely hard, and where the work you ship will be seen and felt by real users every day
Take end-to-end ownership of feature areas — from technical design through implementation, testing, deployment, and post-launch monitoring
Design, build, and ship high-quality, production-ready features across the OIG system, with a focus on correctness, reliability, and performance
Quickly deliver high-quality bug fixes and handle customer-reported issues
Write clean, well-tested, maintainable code and hold yourself and teammates to a high bar for engineering quality
Partner with our Product Development, QA, and Site Reliability Engineering teams for scoping the development and deployment work
Benefits   Work from home opportunities
Health + Wellness
Financial Benefits
Pay + Incentives
Time Off
Everyday Living
Resources
This is a role for someone who thinks in systems, leads with craft, and is energized by the challenge of building enterprise-grade software that millions of users depend on
Strong proficiency in one or more of:
Java, Kotlin, Go, or equivalent JVM/cloud-native languages used in Okta’s backend stack
Demonstrated ability to influence without authority — driving technical alignment across multiple teams and stakeholders
5+ years of software engineering experience, with a demonstrated ability to independently own and deliver complex features in a production environment
Experience designing systems that meet enterprise reliability, scalability, and security requirements (think: multi-tenancy, high availability, audit logging, RBAC/ABAC)
Deep expertise in microservices, event-driven architectures, APIs, and data modeling at scale
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to make complex technical topics accessible to both engineers and non-engineers
Proven track record of architecting and delivering large-scale, distributed systems in production environments serving enterprise customers
B.S. Computer Science or equivalent
Familiarity with workflow engines or approval/routing systems (e.g., finite state machines, BPM-style systems)
Experience building identity, access management, or governance (IAM/IGA) products or platforms

Experience with enterprise SaaS platforms serving large, complex customer organizations
Hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and modern observability tooling