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Senior Software Engineer, Python

Okta

Okta

Software Engineering
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Posted on Tuesday, May 28, 2024

Get to know Okta


Okta is The World’s Identity Company. We free everyone to safely use any technology—anywhere, on any device or app. Our Workforce and Customer Identity Clouds enable secure yet flexible access, authentication, and automation that transforms how people move through the digital world, putting Identity at the heart of business security and growth.

At Okta, we celebrate a variety of perspectives and experiences. We are not looking for someone who checks every single box - we’re looking for lifelong learners and people who can make us better with their unique experiences.

Join our team! We’re building a world where Identity belongs to you.

In this role, you will build and enhance in-house solutions to automate the deployment of Okta Workflows connectors. These connectors encapsulate automation pipelines for identity management which are used by thousands of customers. This team is chartered to understand the pain points in the existing operational processes carried out by the analysts, and provide tooling and automation solutions to ensure that analysts at Okta are enabled to deliver products at high velocity and scale without compromising on the quality and operational standards. In this team you will have the opportunity to define and mold the future of Workflows Connector development and operations infrastructure.

Our team is fast, innovative, and flexible, with an agile release cycle and personal project ownership. We expect great things from our engineers and reward them with stimulating new projects, emerging technologies, and the chance to have significant equity in a company that is about to change the cloud computing landscape forever.

Responsibilities:

  • Design and develop automation tools that enable faster automated deployments for new connectors
  • Work with Okta’s integration analysts, architects, and product owners to understand pain points in existing DevOps operational processes. Then design, spec, build, and test streamlined automated solutions for repetitive tasks and workflows.
  • Own your code at all stages of the lifecycle - design, implementation, test automation, delivery, and monitoring - to provide high-quality products with zero downtime for internal users
  • Contribute to the design and implementation of new products and features while also working down our existing technical debt
  • Participate in code reviews, retrospectives, and other continuous improvement activities
  • Collaborate with QA, Technical Support, Documentation teams

Experience:

  • 3+ years of experience building, launching, and maintaining complex systems
  • Proven experience in Python and/or similar languages, and passionate about building diverse, robust tooling
  • Deep understanding of server side technologies
  • Experience in building tools leveraged by other developers
  • Experience working with cloud systems at scale.
  • Excellent grasp of software development and testing principles.

Nice to Haves:

  • Knowledge in PostgreSQL
  • Familiarity with Javascript, NodeJS and related technologies
  • Knowledge in Docker & Kubernetes

Education and Training:

  • Bachelors in Computer Science, or relevant industry experience


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What you can look forward to as an Full-Time Okta employee!

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. Each organization is unique in the degree of flexibility and mobility in which they work so that all employees are enabled to be their most creative and successful versions of themselves, regardless of where they live. Find your place at Okta today! https://www.okta.com/company/careers/.

Okta is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, marital status, age, physical or mental disability, or status as a protected veteran. We also consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and convictions records, consistent with applicable laws. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, please use this Form to request an accommodation.

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