Staff Software Engineer, Core Infrastructure - TS/SCI

Washington, DCFull-TimeStaffSoftware Engineering

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Okta is the leading independent identity partner, securely connecting the right people to the right technologies at the right time. With over 20,000 customers and a billion registered users, we provide the foundation for secure enterprise management and seamless user experiences. As a trusted U.S. Federal vendor, we maintain FedRAMP High and DoD IL4 compliance, and are on track to achieve DoD IL6 to support the government’s most critical and classified missions.

Our team builds the foundational shared infrastructure that powers the Okta Identity Cloud. We own mission-critical services—including distributed caching, configuration management, and asynchronous data pipelines—where multi-tenancy, massive scale, and "Always On" resiliency are the standard. We are a group of passionate engineers dedicated to resource optimization and architectural excellence.

Must be able to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance (Secret or Top Secret) to the extent required by U.S. Government contracts.
The selected candidate may be subject to drug testing to the extent required by U.S. Government contracts.

Cloud & Air-Gapped Infrastructure: Design and deliver AWS-based projects using Terraform, Docker, and Redis, adapting them for secure federal air-gapped environments.
Scalable Service Ownership: Operate and scale shared services and frameworks to support rapid business growth.
Engineering Standards: Drive high-quality code through rigorous design reviews, code reviews, and automated unit/functional testing.
System Reliability: Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize services to resolve performance bottlenecks and ensure high availability.
Technical Leadership: Mentor junior engineers and collaborate with cross-functional teams (QA, Security, Product) to deliver secure, enterprise-grade solutions.

Security Clearance: Active U.S. TS/SCI clearance.
Compliance Expertise: Proven experience navigating Federal and DoD compliance frameworks, specifically FedRAMP and Impact Level 6 (IL6).
Domain Authority: Deep expertise in architecting, deploying, and optimizing software within federal air-gapped environments.
Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field (Master’s degree preferred).

Backend Development: 5+ years of professional experience in an object-oriented language (specifically Java). You should possess a mastery of backend service architecture, multithreading, garbage collection, and memory management.
Orchestration & Cloud: 3+ years of experience developing and troubleshooting web services on Kubernetes. Hands-on experience with AWS EKS is highly preferred.
Database Management: 3+ years of experience with MySQL or equivalent relational databases, including sophisticated database design and query performance tuning.
API Design: Demonstrated success working with RESTful fundamentals; additional knowledge of gRPC is a significant plus.
Modern Tech Stack: Proficiency with the Spring ecosystem (Spring Boot, Hibernate), Tomcat, Redis, and Docker.
Security & Engineering: Strong foundational knowledge of network security (authentication/authorization) and a commitment to rigorous software engineering best practices.

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Below is the annual base salary range for candidates located in San Francisco Bay Area. Your actual base salary will depend on factors such as your skills, qualifications, experience, and work location. In addition, Okta offers equity (where applicable), bonus, and benefits, including health, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), flexible spending account, and paid leave (including PTO and parental leave) in accordance with our applicable plans and policies. To learn more about our Total Rewards program please visit: https://rewards.okta.com/us.

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