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Design and Develop Core Platform Components: Lead the design and development of scalable and reliable microservices and tools that form the backbone of Okta's Continuous Delivery (CD) platform (including components for Spinnaker, Terraform, and custom tooling).
Build Infrastructure as Code Automation: Develop sophisticated software solutions and APIs that empower engineering teams to provision and manage infrastructure, execute production changes, and deploy code with high reliability and efficiency.
Architect and Implement Deployment Workflows: Contribute to the architectural design and hands-on implementation of robust CD pipelines and Terraform-based IaC workflows, ensuring scalability, reliability, and security for application deployments.
Develop High-Quality Automation Software: Write clean, efficient, and well-tested code (primarily in Java, Python, or Go ) for microservices with a strong focus on automation, operational excellence, and self-service capabilities.
Collaborate for Operational Efficiency: Partner closely with DevOps, SREs, and Product teams to proactively identify operational bottlenecks and manual processes. Then, lead the software development efforts to create scalable and reliable automation solutions.
Champion Software Engineering Best Practices: Advocate for and implement industry best practices in software design, development, testing, and deployment to ensure the highest quality and maintainability of our tooling.
Integrate Security by Design: Apply and promote security best practices throughout the software development lifecycle of our tooling and infrastructure automation to ensure a secure and compliant operational environment.
Enable Self-Service Capabilities: Proactively identify opportunities to build self-service automation for infrastructure provisioning, application deployments, and other operational tasks, reducing manual effort and improving developer velocity and onboarding.
Provide Technical Guidance and Mentorship: Serve as a technical mentor and role model for other engineers on the team, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and technical excellence in software engineering.
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4+ years of hands-on experience in Java, Go, Python, or similar backend languages, specifically building scalable and reliable platform components, tooling or automation.
Experience working on backend microservices stack and distributed services is a nice-to-have.Strong understanding of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles and practical experience with tools such as Terraform.
Experience with Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) platform development, including familiarity with tools like Spinnaker or similar.
Solid understanding of containerization and orchestration technologies such as Kubernetes and ECS, from a software development perspective.
Proficient in using Docker and experienced with building applications that interact with underlying Linux and networking fundamentals.
Experience with database technologies (MySQL, MongoDB, etc.) in the context of application development and operational management.
A strong passion for solving complex operational challenges through innovative software solutions and automation.
Excellent communication, collaboration, and leadership skills within a software development context.
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