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Staff Software Engineer, Non-Human Identity

at Okta

📍 San Francisco, California Hybrid Posted March 09, 2026
Type Not Specified
Experience senior
Exp. Years 8+ years
Education Not specified
Category Software Engineering

This role involves architecting and building a high-performance, secure non-human identity platform at Okta, focusing on scalability, concurrency, and security.

  • Designing core architecture
  • Implementing low-latency secrets engine
  • Handling massive scale authentication requests
  • Shaping technical strategy
  • Mentoring junior engineers

The technical environment includes Go programming, distributed storage, secure systems, cloud-native infrastructure, and API design, with a focus on high concurrency and performance.

The ideal candidate is a senior software engineer with 8+ years of experience in backend systems, specializing in Go and distributed systems. They possess deep expertise in secure, high-performance applications and are capable of influencing architecture and mentoring junior engineers.

8+ years of professional software engineering experiencedeep expertise in multi-platform Go developmentbuilding high-performanceconcurrent applicationsdesigning or operating distributed systemsexperience with secure systems (authn/authzencryptionTLStoken handlingPKICAs)
secrets managementservice meshmachine identity platformreliability engineering
PostgreSQLgRPCopenAPIcloud-native infrastructure
GoGolangdistributed systemsconcurrent programminghigh-performance softwareTLSPKIauthn/authzencryptionAPI designgRPCopenAPIPostgreSQLsecrets managementcloud-native infrastructure
GoGolangdistributed systemsconcurrent programminghigh-performance softwareTLSPKIencryptionauthn/authzcloud-native infrastructureAPI designgRPCopenAPIPostgreSQLdistributed storagereplicationbackuprestore
collaborationmentoringproblem-solvingdesign influenceteamwork
Industry SaaS, Identity & Access Management
Job Function Architect and develop a high-performance non-human identity platform
Staff Software EngineerGoGolangdistributed systemsconcurrent programminghigh-performance softwareTLSPKIauthn/authzencryptionAPI designgRPCopenAPIPostgreSQLsecrets managementcloud-native infrastructurecloud-native

Less than 8 years of experience, Lack of expertise in Go or distributed systems, No experience with secure systems (authn/authz, TLS, PKI)

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