
Staff Software Engineer, Security
Quick Summary
7+ years of development experience in designing and implementing software systems in Java, building highly reliable and mission-critical software.
Requirements
~1 min read- 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.
- B.S or M.S in Computer Science or related fields.
Responsibilities
~1 min read- →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.
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Listing Details
- Posted
- March 23, 2026
- First seen
- March 23, 2026
- Last seen
- April 8, 2026
Posting Health
- Days active
- 15
- Repost count
- 0
- Trust Level
- 49%
- Scored at
- April 8, 2026
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