Staff Software Engineer, Security

• 8+ years of development experience in designing and implementing software systems in Java, building highly reliable and mission-critical software.
• 4+ years of work experience in designing and implementing security solutions for applications and distributed systems.
• Work experience and excellent understanding in Application Security, Cryptography, Authentication, Authorization, Certificates and Secrets Management.
• Work experience in using Cloud Service Providers such as AWS and GCP.
• Work experience in using RDBMS like MySQL, good grasp of concepts such as  replication and clustering along with familiarity in data stores such as Redis and Elasticsearch.
• Developing and maintaining technical documentation such as cookbooks, design and architecture docs.
• Good understanding in Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) solutions, including quantum-resistant algorithms, cryptographic migration strategies, and secure integration into enterprise systems.
• Good understanding in designing, developing, and securing production-grade agentic AI systems, including autonomous and multi-agent architectures.
• Troubleshooting and fixing production issues to ensure reliability, security and performance.
• Demonstrate strong leadership skills in security and engineering by leading from the front and excellent grasp of software engineering principles coupled with strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Strategic problem solving abilities to assist in planning, scoping and refining requirements of large and complex initiatives that are ambiguous.
• B.S or M.S in Computer Science or related fields.

• U.S. soil status - the employee must be on U.S. soil, which means the 50 states, the District of Columbia, or outlying areas of the United States, as defined in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 2.101, and be a U.S. person.
• U.S. person status - the employee must be either a U.S. citizen as defined in 42 U.S. Code § 9102; a natural person who is a lawful permanent resident as defined in 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(20) or who is a protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3); or a U.S. national (i.e. includes citizens and non-citizens born in outlying possessions such as American Samoa and Swains Island), green card holders, refugees, and asylees. Working on a U.S. visa does NOT qualify as a U.S. person.

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• →Act as a liaison between the engineering, security and product orgs to develop innovative requirements for the security roadmap.
• →Evangelize security best practices across the engineering org.
• →Research, design, implement and own security oriented frameworks and features with the common goal of protecting Okta’s customers.
• →Routinely participate in cross-vertical code reviews with emphasis on Security.
• →Break down complex problems into sub-tasks while prototyping rapidly and iteratively contributing to security initiatives using agile practices.
• →Coach and mentor junior engineers in the team.

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