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Senior Software Engineer, OIG

Join Okta as a Senior Engineer to build and maintain enterprise-grade identity governance solutions.

Location
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Compensation
CA$136k–CA$187k/yr
Level
senior
Type
full time

Posted by employer 1 day ago

First seen on Joblaze 8 hours ago

Last verified on the company career page 8 hours ago

What you'll build

  • Take end-to-end ownership of feature areas
  • Design, build, and ship high-quality features
  • Quickly deliver high-quality bug fixes
  • Write clean, well-tested, maintainable code
  • Partner with Product Development, QA, and Site Reliability Engineering teams

Must have

  • 5+ years of software engineering experience
  • Proven track record of architecting and delivering large-scale systems
  • Deep expertise in microservices and APIs
  • Strong proficiency in Java, Kotlin, or Go
  • Experience designing systems that meet enterprise reliability and security requirements

Nice to have

  • Experience building IAM/IGA products
  • Familiarity with workflow engines
  • Experience with enterprise SaaS platforms
  • Hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure

Requirements

Experience
5+ years
Education
Bachelor's degree

Not disclosed in this posting: work arrangement, visa sponsorship.

Benefits

401k Match Paid Leave Equity/Stock Options Health Insurance Parental Leave

Joblaze summary

In the role of Senior Software Engineer within Okta's Identity Governance (OIG) team, the individual will focus on the development, design, and maintenance of enterprise-grade software that manages access governance workflows. Key skills include expertise in microservices, APIs, and proficiency in languages like Java or Kotlin, with a strong emphasis on building scalable and secure systems. This position is ideal for experienced engineers with a background in large-scale distributed systems and a collaborative mindset, as they will work closely with cross-functional teams to deliver impactful features.

Joblaze insights

  • Listed today — first seen on Joblaze October 9, 2026. Last confirmed on Okta's careers page October 9, 2026.
  • This exact title is also open at 2 other locations at Okta: San Francisco, California, Bellevue, Washington.
  • Starts above 8% of 24 comparable senior backend roles in Canada that list Go we track (median $103,296 across 10 companies). See Go salary trends
  • Go appears in 32.5% of 80 comparable senior backend roles in Canada; data modeling appears in 1.3% of 80 comparable senior backend roles in Canada.

Quick facts

What's the salary range?
Okta lists CAD 136,000–CAD 187,000 for this role.
How much experience is required?
At least 5 years of relevant experience for this Senior Software Engineer, OIG role.
What's the tech stack?
Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: APIs, Go, Java, Kotlin, Microservices, data modeling.
What seniority level is this role?
Okta targets senior candidates for this position.
Is this full-time or contract?
Full-time for this Senior Software Engineer, OIG role at Okta.

From the original posting

Secure Every Identity, from AI to Human

Okta Identity Governance (OIG) organization is looking for a Senior Engineer to join our team — OIG is Okta’s Identity Governance and Administration solution that is directly responsible for one of the most critical and visible workflows in enterprise identity: how employees request, approve, and gain access to the resources they need.

Opportunity

As a Senior Engineer on the OIG team, you will be involved into development, design, and maintenance of our product to serve enterprise customers at scale. You will involve the architecture and evolution of our product features — spanning the across different access governance personas — and work collaboratively across engineering, product, and design to deliver features that are secure, scalable, and delightful to use.

This is a role for someone who thinks in systems, leads with craft, and is energized by the challenge of building enterprise-grade software that millions of users depend on.

This is a rare opportunity to join a team where your technical decisions will directly shape how thousands of enterprises manage access governance at scale, where the technical challenges are genuinely hard, and where the work you ship will be seen and felt by real users every day.

Job Duties And Responsibilities

  • Take end-to-end ownership of feature areas — from technical design through implementation, testing, deployment, and post-launch monitoring
  • Design, build, and ship high-quality, production-ready features across the OIG system, with a focus on correctness, reliability, and performance
  • Quickly deliver high-quality bug fixes and handle customer-reported issues
  • Write clean, well-tested, maintainable code and hold yourself and teammates to a high bar for engineering quality
  • Partner with our Product Development, QA, and Site Reliability Engineering teams for scoping the development and deployment work

Required Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities

  • 5+ years of software engineering experience, with a demonstrated ability to independently own and deliver complex features in a production environment
  • Proven track record of architecting and delivering large-scale, distributed systems in production environments serving enterprise customers
  • Deep expertise in microservices, event-driven architectures, APIs, and data modeling at scale
  • Strong proficiency in one or more of: Java, Kotlin, Go, or equivalent JVM/cloud-native languages used in Okta's backend stack
  • Demonstrated ability to influence without authority — driving technical alignment across multiple teams and stakeholders
  • Experience designing systems that meet enterprise reliability, scalability, and security requirements (think: multi-tenancy, high availability, audit logging, RBAC/ABAC)
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to make complex technical topics accessible to both engineers and non-engineers

Preferred if you have experience in any of the following!

  • Experience building identity, access management, or governance (IAM/IGA) products or platforms
  • Familiarity with workflow engines or approval/routing systems (e.g., finite state machines, BPM-style systems)
  • Experience with enterprise SaaS platforms serving large, complex customer organizations
  • Hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and modern observability tooling

Education

  • B.S. Computer Science or equivalent

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Below is the annual salary range for candidates located in Canada. Your actual salary will depend on factors such as your skills, qualifications, and experience. In addition, Okta offers equity (where applicable), bonus, and benefits, including health, dental, and vision insurance, RRSP with a match, healthcare spending, telemedicine, and paid leave (including PTO and parental leave) in accordance with our applicable plans and policies. To learn more about our Total Rewards program, please visit: https://rewards.okta.com/can.

The annual base salary range for this position for candidates located in Canada is between:
$136,000—$187,000 CAD

The Okta Experience

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