Staff Backend Engineer, Passwordless
$160k - $220k per yearFull-time
Okta
Responsibilities
- Partner with product, design, and cross-functional stakeholders to own problem spaces and deliver effective customer solutions.
- Independently design, build, deploy, monitor, and operate major features for passwordless authentication systems.
- Lead technical design discussions, influence the roadmap, and make strategic decisions that improve product health and team velocity.
- Mentor engineers through code reviews, knowledge sharing, and strong engineering practices.
- Use telemetry and observability tools to troubleshoot production incidents and guide technical decisions.
Requirements
- At least 8 years of professional software development experience with demonstrated 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 a cloud environment such as AWS, GCP, or Azure.
- Strong knowledge of scalable, reliable, and secure architecture and the ability to lead technical design discussions.
- Ability to debug and remediate issues independently in complex and unfamiliar codebases and systems.
- Strong knowledge of phishing-resistant authentication methods, including Passkeys, FIDO2, or WebAuthn.
- Experience with identity and access management and protocols such as OAuth, OIDC, and SAML.
- Strong communication, collaboration, ownership, prioritization, and problem-solving skills.
- Experience with modern frontend frameworks such as React, Angular, or Vue.js is preferred.
Benefits
- Annual base salary range of $160,000—$220,000 CAD for candidates located in Canada.
- Equity, bonus, health, dental, and vision insurance, RRSP with a match, healthcare spending, telemedicine, and paid leave including PTO and parental leave, where applicable.
- Hybrid work arrangement, as indicated by the posting.
- Immersive in-person onboarding experience.
- Equal opportunity employer with reasonable accommodation support.
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