Staff Software Engineer - Platform App Services

Okta • toronto, on • Posted June 01, 2026

Position Overview

What You’ll Do

  • Technical Strategy: Define and drive the long-term technical roadmap for Golang-based backend services, ensuring alignment with broader business objectives and platform initiatives.

  • Architectural Leadership: Lead the design and evolution of Postgres-backed distributed systems, prioritizing high performance, multi-region reliability, and complex data workflows (CDC).

  • Complexity Reduction: Identify systemic redundancies across teams; lead efforts to consolidate tools and services to simplify the developer experience and reduce organizational complexity.

  • Operational Excellence: Set the standard for observability and operational health. Influence the strategy for platform availability and lead initiatives to improve system resilience.

  • Cross-Functional Influence: Partner with Product, Infrastructure, and Security leadership to negotiate technical ...