Senior Software Engineer, Observability

Okta Inc

Hybrid

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
Bellevue, WAChicago, ILNew York, NYWashington, DC
Salary
$147,000–$202,000 / yr
Posted
9 days ago
Nearby
99+ roles within 25 mi

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Below market

How this pay compares to similar roles

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This role $174k
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This role pays less than 68% of similar roles. Most pay $163,416–$222,000 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $174k versus about $193k for comparable roles.

Based on 240 similar postings.

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About Okta Inc

Okta, Inc. is an American identity and access management company based in San Francisco. It provides cloud software that helps companies manage and secure user authentication into applications, and for developers to build identity controls into applications, websites, web services, and devices.[

Okta Inc currently has 155 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $188,000–$253,000 across 153 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior Software Engineer, Observability

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Join the Auth0 Platform Observability team as a Senior Engineer to lead observability efforts across our rapidly growing platform. You will champion best practices, educate teams on robust instrumentation, and collaborate with product engineers to ensure high availability and uptime. Key responsibilities include designing scalable infrastructure using Terraform, troubleshooting performance issues, automating operational tasks, and driving cross-team initiatives to enhance telemetry tooling. Ideal candidates have 5+ years of experience in platform engineering, SRE, or DevOps, expertise in the Datadog ecosystem, and strong coding skills in Node.js or Golang. Familiarity with cloud infrastructure like AWS, Kubernetes, and OpenTelemetry is essential for this role that focuses on microservice architecture and high-scale environments.

Skills

AWS Google Cloud Azure Datadog Metric Logs Traces Error Tracking Terraform Node.js Golang Docker Kubernetes OpenTelemetry Vector Microservice Architecture CI/CD

What you'll do

  • Champion observability best practices and correct anti-patterns across teams.
  • Design services for high growth and availability in production environments.
  • Provision and monitor cloud-native infrastructure using Terraform.
  • Troubleshoot performance issues and automate operational tasks.
  • Actively participate in incident response to diagnose root causes.
  • Drive cross-team initiatives to improve instrumentation standards.
  • Provide feedback and support for performance testing and automation.

What we're looking for

  • 5+ years of experience in platform engineering, SRE, or DevOps.
  • Expertise in cloud infrastructure (AWS, Google Cloud, Azure).
  • Proficiency with Datadog ecosystem and Terraform for configuration management.
  • Strong coding skills in Node.js or Golang.
  • Experience with containerization tools like Docker and Kubernetes.
  • Deep understanding of microservice architecture and performance debugging.
  • Ability to lead cross-functional technical initiatives and mentor junior engineers.

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