Software Engineer New Grad, Customer Identity Cloud (Summer 2024)

Get to know Okta

Okta is The World’s Identity Company. We free everyone to safely use any technology—anywhere, on any device or app. Our Workforce and Customer Identity Clouds enable secure yet flexible access, authentication, and automation that transforms how people move through the digital world, putting Identity at the heart of business security and growth.

At Okta, we celebrate a variety of perspectives and experiences. We are not looking for someone who checks every single box - we’re looking for lifelong learners and people who can make us better with their unique experiences.

Join our team! We’re building a world where Identity belongs to you.

The CIC Engineering Team

Okta’s Customer Identity Cloud (CIC), powered by Auth0 technology, is an easy-to-implement authentication and authorization platform designed by developers for developers. We make access to applications safe, secure, and seamless for the more than 100 million daily logins around the world. Our modern approach to identity enables this Tier-Ø global service to deliver convenience, privacy, and security so customers can focus on innovation.

The Opportunity

We are looking for recent engineering bootcamp or university graduates who are ready to kick start their careers! You will join our Platform Engineer Domains where you will address real-world challenges via distributed systems, availability and create innovative value for our customers. Because we build and support the overall Auth0 platform, the ideal candidate is someone who is passionate about frameworks, infrastructure, and not intimidated by cross-organization coordination and collaboration. We are looking for problem solvers who care about making a meaningful impact for our customers and enjoy working as part of a collaborative, distributed team.

What we offer

Throughout your first year, you will be immersed in the Customer Identity Cloud’s Engineering Launch Program where you will be guided through a multi-faceted program designed to better enable new engineers to contribute in your role, get introduced to our engineering culture, and chart a path for future professional success. You'll be mentored along the way by the best and the brightest engineering minds and take part in customized learning opportunities.

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Design and implement high-performance, scalable, reusable and maintainable software
• Provision, deploy, configure and scale AWS and Azure cloud resources via infrastructure-as-code
• Implement a platform runtime that allows development teams to deploy and manage their services on Kubernetes in AWS and Azure
• Research and implement solutions that address cross cutting concerns such as service discovery, configuration, routing and scaling
• Design and develop new services, tools and automation to expose environment functionality to other Auth0 engineering teams.
• Work with engineering teams to define project scope and understand our planning process
• Participate in test-driven development, design and code reviews
• Contribute iterative improvements to our systems
• Collaborate across Engineering, Product Management, Security and Design teams to solve technical and non-technical challenges

Requirements

• Interest in software development experience, and testing that supports building highly reliable, mission-critical software
• Ability to program in at least one OO programming language (e.g. Java, Javascript, Golang and/or Python)
• Understanding of concepts like Web Services, SOA, REST APIs
• Able to apply knowledge gained in computer science courses to real world problems
• Have a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or completed an Engineering Bootcamp program (May/June 2024 Graduate)

Extra credit if you have any of the following:

• Proficient in Golang
• Working knowledge of web technologies (such as HTTP, HTML/DOM, CSS, AJAX) will be beneficial
• Familiarity developing containerized applications and deploying it to Kubernetes on cloud infrastructure vendors like AWS, Azure, GCP
• Demonstrable knowledge of TCP/IP and HTTP fundamentals
• Enjoy being part of a highly collaborative, remote-friendly environment
• You’ve built, broken, and rebuilt software applications. We’re looking for creative thinkers who also know how to create real-world products

As part of our growth, we are committed to building an inclusive work environment where all feel welcomed as their authentic selves—inclusive of all genders, sexual orientations, ethnicities, races, education, ages, or other personal characteristics.

What you can look forward to as an Okta employee!

• Amazing Benefits
• Making Social Impact
• Fostering Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging at Okta

Okta cultivates a dynamic work environment, providing the best tools, technology and benefits to empower our employees to work productively in a setting that best and uniquely suits their needs. Each organization is unique in the degree of flexibility and mobility in which they work so that all employees are enabled to be their most creative and successful versions of themselves, regardless of where they live. Find your place at Okta today! https://www.okta.com/company/careers/.

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