# Staff Software Engineer

**Company**: Okta
**Location**: Toronto, ON
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: staff
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $160,000-$220,000 CAD
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

**Apply**: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/okta/jobs/7939834?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply
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## Description

We're seeking a Staff Full-Stack Engineer to join the Builder Platform team within Okta Workflows.

As a Staff Engineer, you'll lead initiatives spanning front-end and back-end services, delivering performant, secure, and scalable features.

Responsibilities:

- Design, build, and maintain end-to-end features using modern JavaScript and cloud-native technologies (React, Node.js, TypeScript, PostgreSQL).

- Lead technical design for key initiatives, driving quality, scalability, and maintainability.

- Build reusable and performant UI components for a best-in-class no-code builder experience.

- Own services throughout their lifecycle , including implementation, testing, deployment, observability, and incident response.

- Collaborate with Product, Design, and Architecture to define feature requirements and ensure solutions are user-friendly and technically sound.

- Partner with infrastructure and platform teams to optimise system performance and reliability.

- Mentor and support engineers across the team, fostering a culture of quality, ownership, and continuous improvement.

Requirements:

- 6+ years of experience building modern web applications in a full-stack environment.

- Deep expertise in TypeScript, ReactJS, and Node.js (Express or similar frameworks).

- Experience designing APIs, working with relational databases (PostgreSQL or similar), and building services in a distributed, cloud-based architecture.

- Strong product mindset with experience working with Product and Design teams.

- Ability to collaborate closely with Architects to make smart technical tradeoffs and drive alignment across teams.

- Passion for craftsmanship and high engineering standards (testing, monitoring, documentation, scalability).

- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to lead technical discussions and build consensus across functions.

- Growth mindset and interest in mentoring others and uplevelling the team.

Nice to Haves:

- Experience with PostgreSQL, Docker, and Kubernetes.

- Exposure to low-code/no-code tools, workflow engines, or visual development platforms.

- Interest in AI-assisted developer tooling or automation.

The annual base salary range for this position for candidates located in Canada is between $160,000-$220,000 CAD.

## Skills

### Required
- TypeScript
- ReactJS
- Node.js
- PostgreSQL
- JavaScript
- cloud-native technologies

### Nice to have
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- low-code/no-code tools
- workflow engines
- visual development platforms
- AI-assisted developer tooling
- automation

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