✦ Luna Orbit — Data & Analytics

Staff Software Engineer, Data Platform

at Okta

📍 San Francisco, California Hybrid Posted March 09, 2026
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Position Details

Type Full-Time
Experience senior
Exp. Years 8+ years
Education Not specified
Category Data & Analytics

About this role

This role involves designing and building the core data infrastructure for Okta, focusing on scalable, high-performance data services and ML platforms.

Key Responsibilities

  • Design and implement data-intensive systems
  • Build scalable data platform components
  • Collaborate with engineering teams
  • Optimize performance of data systems
  • Mentor junior engineers

Technical Overview

The technical environment includes modern streaming and data analytics tools such as Kinesis, Flink, ElasticSearch, and Snowflake, supporting real-time analytics and ML workloads.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is a senior data engineer with over 8 years of experience in building scalable, high-performance data platforms. They have expertise in streaming analytics, distributed systems, and modern data tools like Kinesis, Flink, ElasticSearch, and Snowflake.

Must-Have Skills

8+ years of experiencedesigning and building data platform componentsbuilding scalablehigh-performance systemsexperience with KinesisFlinkElasticSearchSnowflake

Nice-to-Have Skills

ML platform experiencedata engineeringdistributed systemscloud technologies

Tools & Platforms

KinesisFlinkElasticSearchSnowflake

Required Skills

Data PlatformStreaming analyticsKinesisFlinkElasticSearchSnowflakeDistributed data systemsData analyticsML platformStreaming infrastructure

Hard Skills

KinesisAmazon KinesisFlinkApache FlinkElasticSearchElasticsearchSnowflakeData streamingDistributed data systemsData analyticsML platformStreaming infrastructure

Soft Skills

collaborationmentoringdesign reviewperformance tuningdebuggingownership

Industry & Role

Industry SaaS
Job Function Developing and maintaining scalable data infrastructure for analytics and ML

Keywords for Your Resume

Data PlatformStreaming analyticsData analyticsML platformKinesisApache FlinkElasticSearchSnowflakeDistributed data systemsScalable systemsData engineeringData infrastructureHigh-performance systemsData servicesData productsFlinkStreaming infrastructureHigh-performance

Deal Breakers

Less than 8 years of experience, Lack of experience with Kinesis, Flink, ElasticSearch, or Snowflake, No background in scalable data systems

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