# Staff Software Engineer - Backend, Identity Threat Protection

**Company**: Okta
**Location**: Bengaluru
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: staff
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

Okta is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join the Identity Threat Protection (ITP) team. The ITP team uses cutting-edge Okta AI to deliver real-time defence against sophisticated threats. As a Staff Software Engineer, you will be a technical cornerstone of the team, designing, building, launching, and scaling world-class security products.

**Responsibilities**

- Architect and Lead: Design, develop, deliver, and support cloud-native security products from initial concept to final implementation.

- Drive Collaboration: Build partnerships with cross-functional teams, including engineering, product management, and design.

- Uphold Excellence: Commit to high programming standards through rigorous code reviews and comprehensive testing.

- Lead Remote Teams: Work with remote teams and individuals while ensuring product quality, agility, and velocity.

- Mentor and Empower: Act as a player-coach to mentor and educate junior engineers.

**Requirements**

- 8+ years of professional software development experience with a demonstrated history of technical leadership and mentorship.

- Deep expertise in Java, including object-oriented design, multithreading, and high-performance services.

- Experience designing, building, and operating complex, large-scale distributed systems in a cloud environment.

- Strong grasp of architectural patterns for scalability, reliability, and security.

- Excellent problem-solving skills and proactive mindset.

- Strong communication and collaboration skills.

**Nice to Have**

- Experience building anomaly detection systems or risk systems.

- Expertise in cloud security, identity, and authentication protocols.

- Experience with modern frontend frameworks.

**Benefits**

- Supporting your well-being

- Driving social impact

- Developing talent and fostering connection and community

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## Skills

### Required
- Java
- cloud computing
- distributed systems
- security
- problem-solving
- communication

### Nice to have
- anomaly detection
- risk systems
- cloud security
- identity
- authentication protocols
- frontend frameworks

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