Okta is looking for a Platform Engineer to join the Platform Network Engineering team. You will be responsible for the connectivity of Auth0, evolving our network architecture to meet enormous growth and support the hundreds of millions of users who rely on uninterrupted access.
What You'll Do
- Implement internal and edge networking infrastructure and design solutions that work at global scale with multi-cloud and multi-region constraints.
- Carry cross-team initiatives from end to end: code reviews, design reviews, operational robustness, and security hygiene.
- Design and develop new services, tools, and automation to expose network functionality to other Okta engineering and operations teams.
- Research and implement solutions addressing cross-cutting concerns such as routing, failover, and scaling.
- Participate in the team’s on-call rotation.
What We're Looking For
- 3+ years of software development experience in cloud-native services like API.
- Demonstrable knowledge of TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP, TLS.
- DevOps experience using cloud-agnostic, cloud-native technologies.
- Experience managing infrastructure with Terraform.
- Experience contributing to Go-based services.
- A passion for working on global distributed systems that are highly reliable, maintainable, scalable, and secure.
- A tendency to deliver work incrementally to get feedback and iterate over solutions.
- Ownership, accountability, and attention to detail.
Nice to Have
- A 'Product Mindset' toward infrastructure—building internal networking tools that are self-service, well-documented, and easy for application teams to consume.
- Experience with using cloud providers such as AWS or Azure and major content delivery networks.
- Experience implementing and scaling Service Mesh architectures to manage service-to-service communication, observability, and security.
- Knowledge of Istio/Envoy Proxy and the Kubernetes Gateway API to provide flexible, self-service ingress solutions for product teams.
- Experience designing and maintaining multi-cloud networking topologies and hybrid connectivity (Direct Connect, Cloud Interconnect) at scale.
Technical Stack
- Terraform
- Go
- AWS
- Azure
- Kubernetes Gateway API
- Istio
- Envoy Proxy
Team & Environment
You will be part of the Platform Network Engineering Team.
Benefits & Compensation
- Health, dental, and vision insurance
- RRSP with a match
- Healthcare spending
- Telemedicine
- Paid leave (including PTO and parental leave)
- Equity (where applicable)
- Bonus
- Compensation: $136,000 — $187,000 CAD + equity
Work Mode
This is a remote position open to candidates in Canada.
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.
