Okta - Staff Software Engineer - Applications Security

Job Description : - This is a high-impact role in a security-centric, fast-paced organization that is poised for massive growth and success. - You will act as a liaison between the Security org and the engineering org to build technical leverage and influence the security roadmap and direction. - You will focus on engineering security and privacy aspects of the systems used across our services while working on a weekly release cadence. - You will be empowered to propose stimulating new projects for our roadmap and rewarded with projects using emerging technologies. Preferred qualification and abilities : - 7 years of development experience in designing and implementing software systems in Java, building highly reliable and mission-critical software. - 3 years of work experience in designing and implementing security solutions for applications and distributed systems. - Work experience and excellent understanding in mitigating OWASP Top 10 attacks on applications, Application Security, Cryptography, Authentication, Authorization using Role-Based and Attribute-Based access controls. - Strong understanding of concepts such as Test-Driven development, Secure SDLC, Secure code reviews and the ability to identify and mitigate threat vectors and vulnerabilities in code and infrastructure. - Good understanding and experience in using cloud service providers such as AWS and GCP. - Developing and maintaining technical documentation such as cookbooks, design and architecture docs. - Troubleshooting and fixing production issues to ensure reliability, security and performance. - 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. - Excellent grasp of software engineering principles coupled with strong written and verbal communication skills. - Computer Science or related fields. Responsibilities : - Act as a liaison between the engineering and security org 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 (ref:hirist.tech)

Location: bangalore, IN

Posted Date: 4/6/2025