# Staff Backend Engineer, Identity Threat Protection

**Company**: Okta
**Location**: San Francisco, California
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: staff
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $194,000-$267,000 USD
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

**Apply**: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/okta/jobs/8053199?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply
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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 Engineer, you will be a technical lead, designing, building, launching, and scaling world-class security products.

Responsibilities:

- Architect and lead the design, development, delivery, and supportability of cloud-native security products.

- Drive collaboration with cross-functional teams, including engineering, product management, design, support, and documentation.

- Uphold excellence in software engineering through rigorous code reviews and comprehensive testing.

- Lead remote teams and individuals while ensuring product quality, agility, and velocity.

- Mentor and empower junior engineers.

Requirements:

- 7+ years of experience building Java-based web applications.

- Deep understanding of design patterns, scalability patterns, security engineering, and object-oriented principles.

- Experience thriving in fast-paced software development teams that leverage continuous integration and deployment practices.

- Strong communication skills and the ability to work across functions.

- A powerful security background and a proven track record of championing best practices.

Preferred skills:

- Experience building anomaly detection systems or risk systems.

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

- Hands-on experience with cutting-edge UI technologies such as Angular, ReactJS, Backbone, and Vue.

Benefits:

- Health, dental, and vision insurance.

- 401(k).

- Flexible spending account.

- Paid leave (including PTO and parental leave).

Salary range: $194,000-$267,000 USD

## Skills

### Required
- Java
- design patterns
- scalability patterns
- security engineering
- object-oriented principles

### Nice to have
- anomaly detection systems
- risk systems
- cloud security
- identity
- authentication protocols
- Angular
- ReactJS
- Backbone
- Vue

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