Staff Backend Engineer, Golang

Job Summary

We are seeking a Staff Backend Engineer to join our Privileged Access Management (PAM) team at Okta. As a Backend Software Engineer, you will work on solving complex challenges related to distributed systems and building software where getting it right really matters. You will ship code that protects real infrastructure for real organisations and build foundations that multiple feature teams depend on.

Responsibilities

• Evolve the core architecture of PAM
• Build scalable, composable components of our platform
• Design and implement scalable architecture patterns
• Design and build APIs with OpenAPI Specification that customers rely on for access to production infrastructure
• Work on backend systems written in Go
• Participate in rotational on-call activities with SRE and product development teams

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience as a Software Engineer
• Experienced software engineer with a background in Golang (other languages are also acceptable)
• Experience working with relational databases like PostgreSQL or similar RDBMS technologies
• Ability to design database models and backend APIs
• Experience working with cloud services like Caching, Queues, NoSQL Databases etc.
• Experienced working with any cloud provider such as AWS, GCP or Azure
• Thrive in a collaborative environment built on end-to-end ownership
• Love thinking about distributed systems, and the reliability, availability, and performance implications of the decisions made in their design
• Enjoy deep-diving into production metrics, and familiarity with monitoring tools like Splunk, DataDog etc.
• Think in terms of systems, services, and APIs

Benefits

• Annual base salary range: $160,000 - $220,000 CAD
• Equity (where applicable)
• Bonus
• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• RRSP with a match
• Healthcare spending
• Telemedicine
• Paid leave (including PTO and parental leave)