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Okta is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join the Platform & Infrastructure team, the central nervous system of Okta Engineering. This role focuses on building and scaling the internal developer platform that powers hundreds of engineers across the organization.
Your primary mission is to architect and build the next generation of Okta's CI/CD platform, with a focus on dramatically reducing build and test execution times from hours or days down to minutes. The team runs tens of thousands of automated tests for every commit, and this role will tackle the monumental engineering challenge of optimizing this distributed compute workload at massive scale.
As a Staff Engineer, you will be a technical leader, architect, and hands-on builder responsible for:
- Designing and coding the next-generation CI/CD platform using Go (Golang) and Python
- Leveraging deep Kubernetes expertise to orchestrate complex, ephemeral build, test, and deployment workflows at scale
- Building services and automation that manage workloads across AWS, GCP, and Azure, optimizing for cost, speed, and reliability
- Creating robust, self-service internal products that treat other engineers as first-class customers
- Driving innovation in build and CI systems, not just using them but building and scaling them
- Mentoring peers and setting technical direction for major platform initiatives
- Collaborating cross-functionally to lead complex projects to completion
This is a hands-on technical role where you will own the multi-cloud infrastructure, master container orchestration, and build the "paved road" that empowers rapid, high-quality software delivery across the engineering organization.
REQUIREMENTS:
- 5+ years of software engineering experience
- Strong coding skills in Go (Golang) and/or Python, with proven ability to build and maintain complex systems
- Deep, practical Kubernetes experience: building, running, troubleshooting workloads; understanding pods, operators, scheduling, and networking
- Experience architecting, building, and/or significantly scaling CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab, Tekton, ArgoCD, etc.) as a platform for other engineers
- Demonstrable experience with major cloud providers (AWS, GCP, Azure) and understanding of their core services
- Fluency with Docker, container registries (e.g., Artifactory), and modern build systems (Gradle, Bazel)
- Platform mindset: customer-obsessed (customers are other engineers), proven ability to lead complex cross-functional projects
- B.S. in Computer Science, equivalent technical experience, or proven track record of shipping exceptional systems
