Principal Software Engineer

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.

Were redefining Privileged Access Management (PAM) from the ground up purpose-built for Cloud SaaS Databases Containers and any virtualized environment. Our mission is to simplify and secure workforce access with seamless secure-by-default workflows that adapt dynamically to modern infrastructure. We eliminate standing privileges enforce least privilege and embed Zero Trust principles into every access workflow by default.

We are seeking a Principal Backend Engineer (P5) to serve as the technical leader and compass for our newly established engineering pod in India. Operating at the intersection of identity networking and security infrastructure you will be responsible for tackling highly complex vaguely specified problems without day-to-day oversight.

In this role you will champion the technical execution of your team. You will lead the design and implementation of secure database and network device connectors (routers switches firewalls) on top of our core Zero Standing Privileges (ZSP) platform. You will work closely with our local Technical Team Lead to mentor mid-level engineers while collaborating closely with global Tech Leads to ensure architectural alignment.

• Lead Technical Strategy & Execution: Turn high-level complex PAM and network access problems into clear modular technical designs that your team can execute.
• Own Connector Ecosystems: Design architect and optimize resilient connector plugins for diverse database environments (SaaS NoSQL Relational) and complex network infrastructure using our existing core platform frameworks.
• Champion Code Quality & Security: Set the standard for clean secure and performant backend development in Go. Lead deep constructive code reviews with a focus on mentoring and growth.
• Collaborate Globally Execute Locally: Partner with global Technical Leads in Tel Aviv to review major architectural decisions ensuring a unified product strategy while maintaining high velocity and local autonomy.
• On-Call & Product Support: Actively participate in the global ongoing on-call and support rotations taking pride in the operational health of the entire platform.

• 10 years of software engineering experience with a proven track record of acting as a technical leader or Principal/Staff level Individual Contributor (IC).
• Deep Domain Expertise: Significant experience in the Privileged Access Management (PAM) or Identity & Access Management (IAM) space. Experience with resource discovery credential rotation or agentless communication is highly preferred.
• Strong Networking Foundations: Strong experience working with networking protocols (SSH Telnet SNMP router/switch configurations) or integrating with legacy and modern database infrastructures.
• Distributed Architecture Mastery: Extensive experience building high-scale secure backend services microservices and event-driven workflows.
• Hands-on Go Expertise: Strong engineering proficiency in Go (or deep backend expertise in a similar language like C/Rust/Java with a proven eagerness to work extensively in Go).
• Cloud-Native Infrastructure: Solid understanding of AWS (IAM SQS Lambda) Kubernetes and building highly resilient agentless systems.
• Extreme Ownership Mindset: The ability to navigate ambiguity make pragmatic trade-offs under tight deadlines and guide a local team of developers (P2/P3) to success.

• Prior engineering experience at enterprise security companies such as CyberArk Delinea or direct PAM/IAM competitors.
• In-depth background with Graph databases (e.g. ArangoDB) or policy engines (e.g. OPA).
• Experience bootstrapping or leading technical direction for highly autonomous remote engineering pods.

• Language: Go
• Infra: AWS Serverless Kubernetes
• Data: Postgres (RDS) ArangoDB (NoSQL)
• DevOps: GitHub Actions Docker Terraform Helm

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