Staff Software Engineer, Streaming Foundations

Okta is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join the Streaming Foundations team, which builds services and operates data pipeline infrastructure to support event streaming, messaging, and analytics use cases.

In this high-impact role, you will help set the technical direction for the team, design and lead the implementation of complex systems, research and champion new technologies, and lead cross-functional initiatives.

Responsibilities:

• Help set the technical direction for the team and influence the engineering roadmap for the Platform's streaming capabilities
• Design and lead the implementation of complex and critical systems for data-intensive use cases
• Research and champion new technologies and architectural patterns to solve strategic challenges and scale the platform
• Lead and influence cross-functional initiatives, ensuring technical alignment and successful execution across multiple teams
• Improve the operational posture of systems by designing for observability, reliability, and scalability, and by mentoring others in operational best practices
• Coach and mentor senior engineers and act as a technical leader across the engineering organisation
• Collaborate with different stakeholders like product teams whenever needed

Requirements:

• 7+ years of software development experience in a fast-paced, agile environment
• Experience working with Golang or Java is preferred
• Hands-on experience designing, developing, and tuning highly-scalable, event-driven systems
• Solid understanding of database fundamentals and experience with event streaming technologies such as Kafka
• A passion and interest to work on systems that are highly reliable, maintainable, scalable, and secure

Nice to have:

• Experience with front-end technologies such as TypeScript and React
• Familiarity with cloud providers (AWS, Azure) and container technologies such as Kubernetes, Docker
• Familiarity with or interest in the Identity and Access Management (IAM) business domain

We offer:

• Annual base salary range: $160,000-$220,000 CAD
• Equity (where applicable)
• Bonus
• Benefits, including health, dental, and vision insurance, RRSP with a match, healthcare spending, telemedicine, and paid leave (including PTO and parental leave)