Staff Software Engineer

Secure Every Identity, from AI to Human Identity is the key to unlocking the potential of AI. Okta secures AI by building the trusted, neutral infrastructure that enables organizations to safely embrace this new era. This work requires a relentless drive to solve complex challenges with real-world stakes. We are looking for builders and owners who operate with speed and urgency and execute with excellence. This is an opportunity to do career-defining work. We're all in on this mission. If you are too, let's talk. Position Description We are looking for an experienced Staff Software Engineer to work on our next-generation Imports Platform team. Imports Platform team is leading a strategic initiative to modernize Okta's identity lifecycle management capabilities by architecting and migrating from a legacy monolithic system to a highly scalable, distributed microservices platform. This critical service orchestrates the importing, syncing, and provisioning of identities and access policies—users, groups, roles, entitlements—from external directory services including Active Directory, Office 365, and LDAP-based systems. As a Staff Software Engineer on the Imports Platform team, you will be a technical leader who independently owns projects end-to-end, from ideation and architectural design through implementation, deployment, and operational excellence. You will drive technical strategy, make critical architectural decisions, and influence both your immediate team and cross-team initiatives. You'll work on complex distributed systems challenges including massive-scale batch processing, real-time synchronization, and user matching algorithms that serve thousands of enterprise customers. This role requires strong technical leadership, strategic thinking, and the ability to balance short-term delivery with long-term platform health. You will mentor senior and junior engineers, partner with Product Management on feature strategy, and help shape the future of Okta's Imports platform. This is a hybrid position requiring a blend of remote and in-office collaboration. Job Duties and Responsibilities - Provide technical leadership on major development projects, including architectural design and implementation strategy - Independently own and deliver projects end-to-end within the team, including technical prioritization and tradeoffs - Generate design ideas and solutions for ambiguous problems, taking complete ownership from conception through production impact - Design and architect core, high-performance, scalable software components with full ownership of all production aspects (scalability, reliability, monitoring, alerting, resource efficiency, testing, documentation) - Lead technical design discussions and guide the team in making architectural decisions - Drive the migration strategy from monolithic to microservices architecture, including planning, scoping, and execution - Interface extensively with cross-functional teams (Architects, QA, Product, Technical Support, Documentation, UX, and SRE) to deliver comprehensive import and sync solutions - Analyze and refine requirements with Product Management, partnering on product features and helping define the "how" - Conduct code reviews with focus on systems design, reliability, performance, scalability, security, and maintainability - Share knowledge widely, coordinate across teams, and manage risk and dependencies for projects - Work with QA and SRE teams to define comprehensive testing strategies and operational excellence practices - Independently troubleshoot complex production incidents spanning the home team, perform root cause analysis, and drive operational improvement projects - Use data and metrics to drive technical decisions and validate the impact of architectural changes - Mentor and provide technical guidance to senior and junior engineers on the team - Help resolve difficult customer issues and work closely with Field teams and CSMs to identify pa ... (truncated, view full listing at source)