Join Okta as a Staff Software Engineer - Data Platform. Okta is the leading independent identity provider, trusted by over 18,500 organizations worldwide. We help organizations securely connect people to technology. Join Okta's Data Platform team as a Staff Software Engineer to design and own scalable streaming infrastructure powering analytics, ML, and telemetry for millions of users. You'll build high-volume, low-latency data services using Kinesis, Flink, Elasticsearch, and Snowflake, enabling Okta to lead in data-driven security and growth. This role offers massive impact on foundational systems that scale our identity platform worldwide. Key Responsibilities: • Design, implement, and own data-intensive, high-performance, scalable platform components for streaming analytics • Collaborate with engineering teams, architects, and cross-functional partners on project development, design, and implementation • Conduct and participate in design reviews, code reviews, performance analysis, and tuning for distributed systems • Coach and mentor engineers to scale the engineering organization and foster ownership • Debug production issues across services, stack levels, and high-volume data pipelines • Optimize reliability in data quality, observability, incident management, and security for petabyte-scale environments What We're Looking For: • 5+ years of experience in object-oriented languages, preferably Java, building distributed systems • Hands-on experience with cloud-based technologies like Kinesis, Kafka for messaging, Flink, Spark, Beam for processing • Expertise in storage and compute systems such as Snowflake, Hadoop, and coordinators like Kubernetes • Strong knowledge of multithreading, garbage collection, memory management, and scalable system tuning • Proven track record in reliability engineering, data quality, observability, and public cloud mission-critical services What We Offer: • Competitive compensation with equity and benefits • Health, dental, vision insurance and 401(k) matching • Flexible PTO, parental leave, and professional development • Hybrid work options and inclusive, collaborative culture Okta is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to diversity and inclusion.