Staff Backend Engineer - PAM
Tel Aviv, IsraelFull-TimeStaffBackend
What you’ll be doing
- Design, develop, and optimize backend services that are performant, secure, and resilient
- Own end-to-end delivery of features: from design to deployment to monitoring
- Architect microservices and event-driven workflows in Go and AWS
- Collaborate across teams to transform ideas into production-ready systems
- Continuously improve scalability, reliability, and developer experience
- Mentor engineers and contribute to engineering culture through reviews and discussions
What you’ll bring to the role
- 6+ years of software engineering experience, with 3+ years in cloud-native environments
- Expertise in backend systems, distributed architecture, and microservices
- Hands-on experience with Go (or strong background in a similar language, with eagerness to pick up Go)
- Familiarity with AWS (Lambda, SQS, IAM), Kubernetes, and CI/CD automation
- Strong understanding of security principles and building resilient systems
- High ownership mindset, bias for action, and ability to thrive in complex problem spaces
- Growth-oriented, passionate about feedback, and committed to becoming the best version of yourself
And extra credit if you have experience in any of the following!
- Experience with IAM, access control, or security-first products
- Background with Graph databases or policy engines
- Startup experience building infrastructure at scale
- Open-source contributions or technical writing
Our Tech Stack
- Language: Go
- Infra: AWS, Serverless, Kubernetes
- Data: Postgres (RDS), ArangoDB (NoSQL)
- DevOps: GitHub Actions, Docker, Terraform, Helm
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- #LI-Hybrid
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What you can look forward to as a Full-Time Okta employee!
- Amazing Benefits
- Making Social Impact
- Developing Talent and Fostering Connection + Community at Okta
- Okta cultivates a dynamic work environment, providing the best tools, technology and benefits to empower our employees to work productively in a setting that best and uniquely suits their needs. Each organization is unique in the degree of flexibility and mobility in which they work so that all employees are enabled to be their most creative and successful versions of themselves, regardless of where they live. Find your place at Okta today! https://www.okta.com/company/careers/.Some roles may require travel to one of our office locations for in-person onboarding.
