Okta logo

Software Backend Architect

Okta

Bengaluru · 12+ years experience · Hybrid · Posted Sep 30, 2026

At a glance

Experience
12+ years experience
Workplace
Hybrid
Location
Bengaluru

About the role

  • As an Architect in the Access Essentials group, you will play a pivotal role in shaping next-generation identity and security architectures.
  • You will solve complex, high-impact technical challenges, define long-term product strategy, and elevate engineering standards.
  • This role is to build, design solutions, and maintain our platform for scale on cloud infrastructure.

Responsibilities

  • Shape next-generation identity and security architectures
  • Solve complex, high-impact technical challenges
  • Define long-term product strategy
  • Elevate engineering standards while navigating a fast-moving cybersecurity landscape
  • Drive technical strategy and mentor other engineers
  • Work with cross-functional teams to deliver on a shared vision
  • Create frameworks and solutions that enable other teams to be more productive
  • Build, design solutions, and maintain our platform for scale
  • Build software systems to manage and deploy reliable and performant infrastructure and product code at scale on a cloud infrastructure

Requirements

  • Strong hands-on experience designing & developing enterprise software using Java with Springboot
  • Deep understanding of object-oriented programming principles, design patterns, server-side technologies and distributed system concepts(caching, asynchronous processing, multi-threading)
  • Strong experience working with relational databases, ideally MySQL, PostgreSQL or GraphDB
  • Skilled in debugging and troubleshooting complex java codebase
  • Passionate about writing clean, maintainable and scalable code with a deep focus on security
  • Solid experience with cloud infrastructure platforms particularly AWS and GCP
  • Proven experience with Agile methodologies (Scrum/Kanban), CI/CD pipelines, and automation tools
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills and proven ability to work with cross-functional(Product/Design/Quality) stakeholders across multiple geo-locations
  • Prior experience as an Architect/Technical Lead leading large scale architectural initiatives
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience

Preferred qualifications

  • Strong understanding of IAM protocols(FIDO, WebAuthn, SSO, SAML, OAuth, SCIM, OpenID Connect) and identity management best practices
  • Knowledge of cybersecurity principles, secure coding practices, and certifications like CISSP or Security+
  • Some experience with javascript frameworks and basic UI development
  • Prior experience building teams from ground-up

Benefits

  • Supporting Your Well-Being
  • Driving Social Impact
  • Developing Talent and Fostering Connection + Community

Workplace

  • Hybrid workplace model

Skills

  • Java
  • MySQL
  • PostgreSQL
  • GraphDB
  • AWS
  • GCP
  • Agile
  • Scrum
  • Kanban
  • CI/CD
  • JavaScript

Okta

Software Backend Architect

Apply now