Senior Software Engineer (Core Frontier)

Secure Every Identity, from AI to Human

Okta secures AI by building the trusted, neutral infrastructure that enables organisations to safely embrace this new era. As a Senior Software Engineer on the Core Frontier team, you will operate at the vital intersection of deep product innovation and the global customer experience.

The Role

You will be a founding engineer of this new team in Bengaluru, setting the technical bar and engineering culture for Okta's growing presence in the region. You will work on building and designing innovative features that extend the capabilities of Auth0's platform to help customers innovate securely and delightfully.

Responsibilities

• Be a founding engineer of this new team in Bengaluru, setting the technical bar and engineering culture for Okta's growing presence in the region and working in collaboration with global teams in Europe and North America.
• Build and design innovative features that extend the capabilities of Auth0's platform to help customers innovate around the world securely and delightfully.
• Contribute to the strategic technical quality, security, reliability, and scalability of systems, and advocate for engineering best practices.
• Thrive in a highly collaborative and cross-functional environment, working with talented engineers and partners across Product, Security, Design, Architecture, and QA to deliver features that delight customers and ensure a unified technical vision.
• Deepen or gain expertise in identity, security, and modern cloud technologies (AWS, Azure) while working on distributed systems at scale.
• Mentor and be mentored by other engineers and contribute to a culture of technical excellence and continuous improvement.
• Participate in an on-call rotation to ensure critical services remain healthy and reliable.

Requirements

• 5+ years of professional software development experience, or equivalent.
• Proficiency in designing and building services with Node.js (JavaScript or TypeScript).
• Experience creating and maintaining public and secure APIs, as well as front ends.
• Experience designing, building, and operating distributed systems in a cloud environment (e.g., AWS, Azure).
• A strong commitment to quality, with experience in various testing strategies (e.g., unit, integration, end-to-end).
• A product-oriented mindset, with the ability to understand customer needs and work collaboratively to find effective solutions.

Nice to Have

• Experience in the Identity and Access Management (IAM) domain.
• Knowledge of security engineering principles and application security best practices.

Benefits

• Amazing Benefits
• Making Social Impact
• Developing Talent and Fostering Connection + Community at Okta