Okta · 4 months ago
Staff Software Engineer- Salesforce
Okta is The World’s Identity Company, focused on providing secure access and authentication across various technologies. They are seeking a Staff Software Engineer to design and develop customizations and integrations that align with strategic business objectives while leading projects and mentoring other engineers.
CRMEnterprise SoftwareIdentity ManagementIT InfrastructureManagement Information SystemsSoftwareWeb Development
Responsibilities
Architectural Ownership and Design: You need to be a technical leader. The role is responsible for translating business needs into "well-architected solutions" and designing "solid, scalable, and secure architectures"
Project and Delivery Leadership: The expectation for this role to act as a Team Lead and own deliverables "from discovery to deployment"
Mentorship and Technical Bar-Setting: You are expected to "Mentor other engineers" and to "Define & set the bar high for coding standards"
Cross-Functional Influence: You must effectively communicate and collaborate across different functions
Future-Forward Technical Skills: We aim to be an AI First and AI native department
Strategic Influence on Technology Roadmap: You should have the ability to proactively identify opportunities and influence the future technical and business roadmap
Operating in Ambiguity: You are often expected to take broad, ambiguous business problems (e.g., "improve sales efficiency") and distill them into concrete, solvable technical projects
Qualification
Required
4+ years of Software development experience with experience in Java or Python or equivalent
5+ years' hands-on Salesforce development with solid knowledge of Apex, Process Automation, and LWC
Experience in Architecture, Design & implementation of various high-complexity projects/programs for Sales Cloud, CPQ, Service Cloud Console, etc
Solid understanding of developing secure solutions that leverage native Salesforce practices to protect sensitive data
Experience working with CI/CD, SfDx, Jenkins or equivalent
Preferred
Ability to build Agents using Agentforce or by leveraging open source libraries to build agents
Proficiency in using Github copilot or cursor or AI workflow orchestration tools
Ability to proactively identify opportunities and influence the future technical and business roadmap
Experience in driving long-term architectural improvements or influencing the strategic direction of the Business Technology stack
Ability to take broad, ambiguous business problems and distill them into concrete, solvable technical projects
Benefits
Equity (where applicable)
Bonus
Health, dental and vision insurance
401(k)
Flexible spending account
Paid leave (including PTO and parental leave)
Company
Okta
Okta is a management platform that secures critical resources from cloud to ground for workforce and customers.
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$1.23BKey Investors
Sequoia CapitalAndreessen Horowitz
2020-06-08Post Ipo Equity· $1B
2017-04-06IPO
2017-03-30Secondary Market
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