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Okta
Full time
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USA
10/25/2026
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San Francisco, CA

Responsibilities

Build Python FastAPI services, data models, and reusable connectors for Okta, AWS, ServiceNow, and enterprise applications.
Implement durable execution with Step Functions, SQS, and EventBridge, including approval waits, rate limits, duplicate-event handling, and safe retries.
Manage PostgreSQL schemas, indexes, query performance, pgvector retrieval, and tenant isolation across APIs, storage, and credentials.
Build model API access for OpenAI, Anthropic, and supported AWS paths with credential, quota, timeout, and cost controls.
Develop analytics pipelines and reliable usage reconciliation for worker events, traces, tokens, findings, and verified outcomes.
Build deployment pipelines, infrastructure as code, observability, safe release controls, scoped write services, kill switches, audit retention, and backup recovery.
Lead a domain such as execution, tenant security, data infrastructure, or reliability across teams at the Staff level.

Requirements

Experience building and operating production backend or distributed systems with strong Python or comparable-language coding skills.
Hands-on AWS experience with APIs, queues, containers, networking, IAM, and databases.
Strong SQL and data modeling skills, including diagnosing database performance and asynchronous system failures.
Experience with infrastructure as code, deployment automation, observability, and production incident response.
Sound judgment regarding customer data, tenant isolation, credentials, and safe changes to external systems.

Benefits

Annual base salary range of $194,000–$267,300 USD for candidates located in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Equity where applicable, bonus, health, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), flexible spending account, and paid leave including PTO and parental leave.
Immersive in-person onboarding experience and connection with a global community spanning over 20 offices.
Equal opportunity employer with reasonable accommodation support available.

Salary: $194k - $267k/yr

Okta

Okta builds identity and access management solutions that provide secure authentication and automation for businesses. Our products empower organizations to safely connect any technology, device, or application, making identity central to security and operational efficiency. We cater to companies...

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