Senior Full Stack Software Engineer - (JavaScript, NodeJS and React)

Okta Workflows is the foundation for secure integration between cloud services. By harnessing the power of the cloud, Okta allows people to quickly integrate different services while still enforcing strong security policies. It integrates directly with an organization’s existing services, such as directories and identity systems, as well as many other applications.

With Okta Workflows, organizations can automate processes quickly, easily, at a large scale, and low total cost - all within an intuitive, no-code interface. Hundreds of customers, including NTT, MGM, Netflix, and more, trust Okta Workflows to help their organizations work faster, boost revenue, and stay secure.

Position Description

We are looking for a full-stack JavaScript engineer who has a deep understanding of both backend service engineering and user interface development. In this role, you will be a vital part of our Workflows Integrated Development Environment team.

You will share our passion and great pride in building elegant solutions and will join an engineering team that prioritizes scalability, rigorous code reviews, automated testing, and an iterative approach to build high-quality, next-generation enterprise software. You will be part of a full-stack engineering team at Okta that provides opportunities to investigate new technologies and share knowledge, tools, code, and best practices. You will get an opportunity to solve hard problems while partnering with product management and user experience teams, examining and refining requirements to deliver an amazing customer experience. 

Our team is fast, innovative, and flexible, with an agile release cycle and personal project ownership. We expect great things from our engineers and reward them with stimulating new projects, emerging technologies, and the chance to have significant equity in a company that is about to change the cloud computing landscape forever.

Role Details:

• Lead, design, architect and build high-quality, scalable software by enforcing best practices around software engineering, architecture and processes
• Collaborate with product owners, UX, and engineering teams to scope and plan engineering efforts and dependencies
• Own your code at all stages of the lifecycle - design, implementation, test automation, delivery, and monitoring - to provide high-quality products to our customers.
• Design and implement new products and features while concurrently addressing existing technical debt. 
• Raise the bar on engineering excellence by improving standard methodologies, producing best-in-class code, documentation, testing, and monitoring
• Conduct code reviews, retrospectives, and other continuous improvement activities
• Collaborate with QA, Technical Support, Documentation, and the UX team
• Be a mentor for colleagues and help promote knowledge-sharing

 

Experience: 

• 5+ years of software engineering experience building highly reliable, mission-critical software.
• Extensive knowledge of JavaScript language, along with experience building Express and ReactJS applications.
• Experience shipping robust services and user interfaces for production-grade applications in an agile, product-oriented environment.
• Experience working with applications/systems built for scale.
• Prior experience with consuming and/or designing REST APIs.
• Excellent grasp of software development and testing principles.
• Excellent communication skills and strong product sense.

Nice to Haves:

• Knowledge of Postgresql
• Familiarity with TypeScript
• Knowledge in Docker & Kubernetes
• Understanding