Staff Backend Engineer
Okta
Bengaluru, IndiaPosted 1 month ago
Skill Required
SW Eng - Applications-674Backend DeveloperSystem DesignGitHub ActionsMicroservicesObservabilityCD pipelinesEngineeringCloud SecurityServerlessKubernetesnetworkingTerraformFirewallsecuritybuildingPostgreSQLDockerTCP/IPdesignDevOpsGitC++CI/CDCloudJavaRust
Key highlights
- 7+ years of software engineering experience required
- Staff-Level (P4) role
- Hands-on Go Proficiency required
- Global on-call rotation participation
Role overview
Okta is redefining Privileged Access Management (PAM) for Cloud, SaaS, Databases, Containers, and virtualized environments, focusing on secure, seamless workforce access. We are seeking a Staff Backend Engineer to serve as the core technical anchor for our newly established engineering pod in India. This role involves leading by example through hands-on architecture, high-velocity coding, and end-to-end execution, with a focus on secure database and network device connectors.
Responsibilities
- Consistently design, code, debug, test, monitor, and deploy performant backend services and connector plugins in Go.
- Break down well-defined product goals and ambiguous technical challenges into modular technical designs and execute with minimal oversight.
- Design reliable, scalable components for database scraping and network protocol management (SSH, Telnet, SNMP) using spikes, proof-of-concepts, and telemetry.
- Actively participate in global on-call rotation, troubleshoot complex incidents, perform root-cause analysis, and build remediation automation.
- Identify tech debt, streamline CI/CD pipelines, improve observability/alerting, and establish technical documentation.
- Proactively spot technical risks, dependency gaps, and performance bottlenecks in team projects.
- Conduct thorough, constructive code reviews, establish best practices in Go, and pair with P2/P3 engineers.
- Partner with global Technical Leads to review major design proposals, manage dependencies, and ensure local execution matches global architecture strategy.
Requirements
- 7+ years of software engineering experience, with 3+ years spent building high-scale, cloud-native backend systems.
- Proven Staff-Level (P4) Attributes: Demonstrated ability to independently own large tasks end-to-end, influence technical decisions across a team, and elevate the performance of surrounding engineers.
- Domain & Protocol Expertise: Experience in Privileged Access Management (PAM), Identity & Access Management (IAM), or deep networking infrastructure. Familiarity with credential management, asset discovery, or agentless communication patterns.
- Hands-on Go Proficiency: Strong engineering skills in Go (or deep expertise in C++/Rust/Java with a proven record of mastering Go quickly).
- Distributed Systems & Networking: Hands-on experience with networking protocols (SSH, Telnet, TCP/IP), database security, microservices, and asynchronous event-driven systems.
- Cloud & Operational Toolkit: Familiarity with AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD automation, and modern telemetry/observability tools.
- Multiplier Mindset: High empathy, humility, and clear communication skills with a focus on sharing knowledge, soliciting feedback, and driving a positive engineering culture.
Nice to have
- Direct experience at domain leaders in security/PAM such as CyberArk, Delinea, or similar IAM space companies.
- Experience working with Graph databases (e.g., ArangoDB) or policy engines (e.g., OPA).
- Contributions to open-source infrastructure projects or technical blogging.
Additional details
- Language: Go
- Infra: AWS, Serverless, Kubernetes
- Data: Postgres (RDS), ArangoDB (NoSQL)
- DevOps: GitHub Actions, Docker, Terraform, Helm
- L1-Hybrid
- P24965_3499455
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