About the job
About Okta
Okta secures identity for both humans and AI, building trusted infrastructure so organizations can move confidently through change. The company takes on complex, real-world challenges with a focus on practical solutions. Okta values urgency, excellence, and collaboration across its teams.
Role Overview: Staff Software Engineer, Developer Foundations
The Developer Foundations team is hiring a Staff Software Engineer in San Francisco, California. This engineer will help Okta scale its systems and speed up software delivery. The focus: refining Okta’s approach to Continuous Delivery, and improving engineering velocity and productivity across teams.
This role works closely with Engineers, Architects, Operations, Program Management, and Quality Assurance. The team values new ideas and practical solutions that make a difference for internal developers.
What You Will Do
- Build high-quality internal tools and automation to support continuous delivery and improve developer productivity.
- Design and implement Continuous Delivery pipelines for various projects, using technologies such as Java, Jenkins, AWS, Docker, Python, Node, iOS, Ruby, Bash, and Go.
- Develop Proof of Concepts, guide technology decisions, contribute to frameworks, and participate in design and code reviews.
- Roll out deliverables to internal customers in phases, monitor adoption, collect feedback, and adjust solutions to meet internal needs.
- Maintain pre-production infrastructure on AWS, with attention to monitoring, backup and restore, SLA management, cost control, and deployment processes.

