Principal Software Engineer

• Define, socialize, and gain organizational consensus for the 3–5 year technical vision and strategic roadmap for Okta’s core UI platform infrastructure.1
• Proactively identify and drive the resolution of the most systemic technical issues and complex architectural debt across the R&D organization.1
• Serve as the final authority on critical, cross-team architectural decisions, ensuring long-term scalability, reliability, and security.1
• Provide deep technical mentorship and sponsorship for key initiatives led by Staff and Senior Staff engineers, multiplying their impact and ensuring alignment with company strategy.
• Establish and govern architectural standards and best practices for developer experience, observability, and quality across all frontend feature teams.1
• Lead technical due diligence on strategic decisions (e.g., build vs. buy) that result in multi-million dollar investments or multi-year shifts in engineering focus.
• Collaborate closely with Senior Leaders and Product Management to translate abstract business goals into coherent, executable technical strategies.

• 10+ years of software development experience
• Expertise in software architecture and implementation, with a strong development background in a language like Java, Python, or C++, and significant experience with frameworks such as Spring, React.js, or Node.js.
• A strong grasp of software engineering designs, principles, and practices, with a focus on building scalable and maintainable systems.
• You have strong communication skills and can distill complex concepts into simple, easy to understand narratives
• Experience being part of a platform team treating developers as customers

• Experience defining and implementing internationalization and localization strategies for large-scale enterprise applications.
• Familiarity with globalization testing processes 

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