Okta's Technology, Data, & Intelligence team needs to simplify and secure internal operations through automation, analysis, and scale. The Staff Software Engineer will help scale business solutions with a focus on security, enabling Okta to be the most efficient, scalable, and reliable company.
Requirements
- 4+ years of Software development experience with experience in Java or Python or equivalent
- 5+ years’ hands-on Salesforce development with solid knowledge of Apex, Process Automation, and LWC
- Experience in Architecture ,Design & implementation of various high-complexity projects/programs for Sales Cloud, CPQ, Service Cloud Console, etc.
- Solid understanding of developing secure solutions that leverage native Salesforce practices to protect sensitive data
- Experience working with CI/CD, SfDx, Jenkins or equivalent
- Ability to build Agents using Agentforce or by leveraging open source libraries to build agents is highly valued.
- Proficiency in using Github copilot or cursor or AI workflow orchestration tools.
Responsibilities
- Architectural Ownership and Design: You need to be a technical leader. The role is responsible for translating business needs into "well-architected solutions" and designing "solid, scalable, and secure architectures".
- Project and Delivery Leadership: The expectation for this role to act as a Team Lead and own deliverables "from discovery to deployment".
- Mentorship and Technical Bar-Setting: You are expected to "Mentor other engineers" and to "Define & set the bar high for coding standards".
- Cross-Functional Influence: You must effectively communicate and collaborate across different functions.
- Future-Forward Technical Skills: We aim to be an AI First and AI native department. It explicitly values the ability to "build Agents using Agentforce" , leverage "open source libraries to build agents" , and proficiency with AI workflow tools.
- Strategic Influence on Technology Roadmap: You should have the ability to proactively identify opportunities and influence the future technical and business roadmap
- Operating in Ambiguity: You are often expected to take broad, ambiguous business problems (e.g., "improve sales efficiency") and distill them into concrete, solvable technical projects.
Other
- Core competencies expected of a Staff Engineer is to operate with a high degree of autonomy, technical leadership, and project ownership.
- You will work collaboratively with Engineering Managers, business stakeholders, Product Owners , Program analysts, and engineers on different program design, development , deployment and support.
- Therefore, a commitment to collaborative problem-solving and delivering high-quality solutions is essential.
- In addition, your product owner will look to you to provide all technical services—design, consulting business to align solution w/ business program goals.
- Okta cultivates a dynamic work environment, providing the best tools, technology and benefits to empower our employees to work productively in a setting that best and uniquely suits their needs.
