Staff Software Engineer – Backend (Java), Identity Threat Protection
Okta · Bengaluru
| Company | Okta |
|---|---|
| Role | Staff Software Engineer – Backend (Java), Identity Threat Protection |
| Location | Bengaluru |
| Work mode | Hybrid |
| Experience | 6+ years |
| Job type | Full-time |
About this job
Okta is hiring a Staff Backend Engineer in Bengaluru for Identity Threat Protection (ITP), its AI-backed product that watches user behaviour and risk signals to stop identity attacks in real time.
You will lead design and delivery of cloud-native Java services from idea to production, set coding and testing standards, work with product, design and support teams, and coach junior engineers. Experience with risk or anomaly detection systems is a big plus. The role is hybrid.
Eligibility
- 8+ years of professional software development with technical leadership
- Deep Java: object-oriented design, multithreading and fast services
- Large distributed systems on AWS, GCP or Azure
- Strong security background and design trade-off skills
- Plus: anomaly or risk systems, identity protocols, React or Angular
Skills required
What you will do
- Lead design and delivery of cloud security services
- Set the bar through code reviews and tests
- Partner with product, design and support teams
- Work smoothly with remote teams
- Mentor junior engineers as a player-coach
How to apply
- Open the official Okta job page with the Apply button and submit your application there.
- Tailor your resume to Java services you designed at scale, security or risk features you shipped and people you mentored.
Before the interview, prepare:
- Designing a real-time risk scoring service
- Java concurrency: executors, locks and CompletableFuture
- OAuth 2.0, OIDC and session risk signals
- Scaling event processing across regions
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