Staff Software Engineer (Identity Threat Protection)

Location: Hybrid in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Annual base salary: CAD 160,000–220,000 for candidates located in Canada; equity, bonus, and benefits may also apply.

Company

Okta builds identity and access infrastructure, including AI-powered Identity Threat Protection for detecting and mitigating security risks.

What you will do

• Architect, develop, deliver, and support cloud-native security products from concept through production.
• Partner with engineering, product management, design, support, and documentation teams.
• Maintain high programming standards through code reviews and comprehensive unit and functional testing.
• Collaborate with remote teams while protecting product quality, agility, and delivery velocity.
• Mentor, coach, and develop junior engineers as a player-coach and technical standard-setter.

Requirements

• 8+ years of professional software development experience, including technical leadership and mentorship.
• Deep expertise in Java, object-oriented design, multithreading, and high-performance services.
• Experience designing, building, and operating complex large-scale distributed systems in cloud environments such as AWS, GCP, or Azure.
• Strong understanding of scalable, reliable, and secure architecture, including leading technical design discussions and making trade-offs.
• Ability to independently debug and remediate issues in complex, unfamiliar codebases and systems.
• Proactive ownership, independent prioritization, and the ability to identify future work.
• Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Strong security background and a record of promoting security best practices.

Nice to have

• Experience building anomaly detection or risk systems.
• Expertise in cloud security, identity, or authentication protocols.
• Experience with modern frontend frameworks such as React, Angular, or Vue.js.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work with collaboration across remote teams and an in-person onboarding experience.
• Health, dental, and vision insurance, RRSP matching, healthcare spending, and telemedicine.
• Paid leave, including PTO and parental leave, in accordance with applicable plans and policies.
• Equity and bonus opportunities may apply.
• Equal opportunity employment and reasonable accommodation support throughout the application, interview, and onboarding process.