Enter a job title or keyword

Senior Software Engineer

Okta


Job Location:

Toronto - Canada

Yearly Salary: CAD 136000 - 187000
Posted: 1 October 2026 (18 hours ago)
Application Deadline: 29 December 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Secure Every Identity from AI to Human

Identity is the key to unlocking the potential of AI. Okta secures AI by building the trusted neutral infrastructure that enables organizations to safely embrace this new era. This work requires a relentless drive to solve complex challenges with real-world stakes. We are looking for builders and owners who operate with speed and urgency and execute with excellence.

This is an opportunity to do career-defining work. Were all in on this mission. If you are too lets talk.

We are looking for a Senior Software engineer who is passionate about writing the tools to integrate and support to build large-scale high-demand software in a fast-paced agile environment. You will share our passion for test-driven development continuous integration and automation to produce frequent high-quality releases.

Our engineering team is fast innovative and flexible; with a weekly release cycle and individual ownership. We expect great things from our engineers and reward them with stimulating new projects emerging technologies and the chance to be part of a company that is changing the cloud computing landscape forever.

You will get an opportunity to work in scaling our infrastructure to the next generation. Our scale is already huge in running tens of thousands of tests for every commit automatically. This comes with challenges in speed by reducing compute time from days to a few minutes.

Responsibilities:

  • You will be part of the team that builds maintains and improves our highly-automated build release and testing infrastructure.
  • Scripting tools-building and automation are paramount to Okta Engineering; everybody automates. You will be creating and coding tools for internal use to support continuous delivery.
  • Team up with Development QA and Ops to continuously innovate and enhance our build and automation infrastructure
  • Collaborate with peers and stake-holders to create new tools/process/technology. We use the latest technology from AWS and you can experiment recommend and implement new technologies in our build and CI system.
  • Work with internal customers to roll-out projects and process monitor adoption collect feedback and fine-tune the project to respond to internal customers needs.

Requirements:

  • 3 years of experience with one or more programming languages including Python Go Java Javascript
  • Good understanding of application development micro services architecture and successful elements of a multi-service ecosystem
  • Ability to coordinate cross-functional work towards task completion.
  • Understanding of Agile methodologies is a plus.
  • Past experience working on AWS or K8S
  • Good understanding of virtualization dynamic provisioning Docker AWS and Linux
  • Experience in Kubernetes is a plus
  • B.S. Computer Science or equivalent.

#P

Below is the annual salary range for candidates located in Canada. Your actual salary will depend on factors such as your skills qualifications and 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: annual base salary range for this position for candidates located in Canada is between:

$136000 - $187000 CAD

The Okta Experience

We are intentional about connection. Our global community spanning over 20 offices worldwide is united by a drive to innovate. Your journey begins with an immersive in-person onboarding experience designed to accelerate your impact and connect you to our mission and team from day one.

Okta is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin ancestry marital status age physical or mental disability or status as a protected veteran. We also consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and convictions records consistent with applicable laws.

If reasonable accommodation is needed to complete any part of the job application interview process or onboarding pleaseuse this Form to request an accommodation.

Notice for New York City Applicants & Employees: Okta may use Automated Employment Decision Tools (AEDT) as defined by New York City Local Law 144 that use artificial intelligence machine learning or other automated processes to assist in our recruitment and hiring accordance with NYC Local Law 144 if you are an applicant or employee residing in New York City please
click here to view our full NYC AEDT Notice.


Required Experience:

Senior IC


About Company

Company Logo

The Okta Experience Supporting Your Well-Being Driving Social Impact Developing Talent and Fostering Connection + Community We are intentional about connection. Our global community, spanning over 20 offices worldwide, is united by a drive to innovate. Your journey begins with an imme ... View more

View Profile View Profile