Principal UI Software Engineer

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 flexible and neutral products, Okta Platform and Auth0 Platform, provide secure access, authentication, and automation, placing identity at the core 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.

Principal UI Engineer - Frontend/Fullstack (React, TypeScript)

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 flexible and neutral products, Okta Platform and Auth0 Platform, provide secure access, authentication, and automation, placing identity at the core 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.

Access Essentials - Core Product

The Access Essentials organization at Okta builds the platform features for authentication and authorization across Okta-protected resources. Our mission is to enable customers to access these resources seamlessly & securely. We develop Okta cloud services and client software that allow users to seamlessly login to devices and use Okta authenticators to access applications securely. The Access Management team is part of Okta R&D Engineering. Learn more about Okta’s Engineering on our blog.

The First Party Apps Platform team

First Party Apps Platform team is part of the larger Access Essential - Core Product organization. We develop Okta’s secure web experiences for end-user authentication and access. Our products and features are high-impact and high-visibility. Our team develops the Okta Sign-in Widget, End User SSO Dashboard, and the Okta Browser Plugin.

The Engineer Opportunity

We seek an experienced web front-end engineer to join our First Party Apps Platform team. The ideal candidate has extensive experience in web development, building well-tested and maintainable software. The opportunity is an excellent chance to build software with high impact and usage. If you’re excited to work on something that millions of users will use on a daily basis, this is the opportunity for you.

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Lead the design and development of complex, high-performance features using React and TypeScript.

• Collaborate closely with product managers, UI/UX designers, and backend engineers to translate requirements into robust and effective frontend solutions.

• Write clean, modular, well-tested, and maintainable code, adhering to best practices and coding standards.

• Optimize applications for speed, scalability, and responsiveness across various devices and browsers.

• Contribute to the evolution of our frontend architecture, ensuring its long-term scalability and maintainability.

• Participate in code reviews, providing constructive feedback and ensuring code quality across the team.

• Proactively identify and address technical debt, performance bottlenecks, and areas for improvement.

• Stay up-to-date with the latest trends and technologies in frontend development, evaluating and recommending new tools and approaches.

• Champion a culture of continuous improvement, innovation, and technical excellence within the team.

Minimum Requirements:

• 10+ years of professional experience in frontend development, with a strong focus on building complex web applications.

• Deep expertise in React, including a strong understanding of its core principles, hooks, component lifecycle, and state management.

• Proficiency in TypeScript, with a proven ability to leverage its features for robust and maintainable codebases.

• Solid understanding of modern JavaScript (ES6+), HTML5, and CSS3.

• Experience with front-end tooling such as Webpack, Babel, Vite, and package managers (Yarn).

• Demonstrated experience consuming and integrating with RESTful APIs.

• Familiarity with testing frameworks (e.g., Jest, React Testing Library, Playwright) and a commitment to writing comprehensive tests.

• Strong understanding of version control systems, particularly Git.

• Experience with responsive design principles and building accessible web interfaces.

• Excellent problem-solving skills, with the ability to debug complex issues and find practical solutions.

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively within a cross-functional team.

Nice to have:

• Familiarity with design systems and component libraries.

• An understanding of Identity and Access Management protocols and architecture, e.g., FIDO, U2F, WebAuth, SSO, SAML, OAuth, Federation.

• Contributions to open-source projects.

Education and Training:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience

• years of experience working on large-scale enterprise grade software

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What you can look forward to as a Full-Time Okta employee!

• Amazing Benefits

• Making Social Impact

• Developing Talent and Fostering Connection + Community 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/.

Some roles may require travel to one of our office locations for in-person onboarding.

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.

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