Okta
Staff Software Engineer, Security
$174K–$267K
Bellevue, Washington +1 · Staff · Full-time · Posted Oct 9, 2026
- Location
- Bellevue, Washington
Bellevue, WA, United States - Experience
- 8+ years of development experience and 4+ years of security-solution experience.
- Education
- B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science or related fields.
- Visa sponsorship
- Must be on U.S. soil and be a U.S. person. Working on a U.S. visa does not qualify as a U.S. person.
About the job
Designs and owns security frameworks and features that protect Okta customers, harden infrastructure, and shape the security roadmap across engineering and product teams.
What you'll do
- Research, design, implement, and own security-focused frameworks and features; contribute to security initiatives through iterative prototyping.
- Coordinate with engineering, security, and product teams on the security roadmap; promote security best practices and participate in security-focused code reviews.
- Mentor junior engineers and help ensure systems’ reliability, security, and performance.
What they ask for
- 8+ years of software development experience designing and implementing systems in Java.
- 4+ years of experience designing and implementing security solutions for applications and distributed systems.
- Experience with application security, cryptography, authentication, authorization, certificates, and secrets management.
- B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science or a related field; must be on U.S. soil and qualify as a U.S. person (a U.S. visa does not qualify).
Nice to have
- Experience with AWS and GCP; MySQL, Redis, or Elasticsearch.
- Understanding of post-quantum cryptography and production-grade agentic AI systems.
Pay
$194,000 — $267,000 USD (annual base salary); $174,000 — $239,000 USD (annual base salary)
Tools
Java, AWS, GCP, MySQL, Redis, Elasticsearch
AI focus
Preferred understanding of designing, developing, and securing production-grade agentic AI systems, including autonomous and multi-agent architectures.
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