Backend Engineer

Staff Backend Engineer, Identity Threat Protection

Okta

Secure Every Identity, from AI to Human Identity is the key to unlocking the potential of AI. Okta secures AI by building the trusted, neutral infrastructure that enables organizations to safely embrace this new era. This work requires a relentless drive to solve complex challenges with real-world stakes. We are looking for builders and owners who operate with speed and urgency and execute with excellence. This is an opportunity to do career-defining work. We're all in on this mission. If you are too, let's talk. The Identity Threat Protection Team Identity Threat Protection (ITP), powered by cutting-edge Okta AI, shatters the mold of traditional login security. We deliver real-time, surgical defense against the most sophisticated and rapidly evolving threats. By deeply integrating with existing security infrastructure, ITP relentlessly analyzes user behavior and system data to proactively hunt down and neutralize risks before they impact our customers. Join an elite team of full-stack engineers, visionary data scientists, and pioneering ML engineers. We are not just redefining cloud authentication—we are engineering the next-gen security platform that continuously evaluates global threats and constructs a comprehensive, dynamic risk. ITP stands as the uncompromising guardian of trust and security, placing decisive risk prioritization at the core of every authentication and authorization decision. Identity Threat Protection with Okta AI The Staff Software Engineer Opportunity Okta is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to be a driving force on the ITP engineering team. This is your chance to dive into the deep end and solve the most critical and complex security challenges facing enterprises today. We seek a candidate who has not just experience, but a proven record of designing, building, launching, and scaling world-class security products—from concept to global deployment. You will be a technical cornerstone of a team that lives and breathes elegant solutions and uncompromising quality. Our philosophy is rooted in relentless automated testing, rigorous code reviews, and the design of systems for massive, planetary-scale operations. As a Staff Engineer, you are a player-coach and a standard-setter, demonstrating absolute excellence in software engineering.Our environment is high-speed, fiercely innovative, and highly autonomous, utilizing agile cycles where individual ownership is paramount. If you crave stimulating, mission-critical security projects, pioneering emerging technologies, and conquering complex security and Machine Learning challenges, this is your defining career opportunity. What you’ll be doing  * Architect and Lead: Command the design, development, delivery, and supportability of cloud-native security products—leading the charge from initial concept to final, production-ready implementation. * Drive Collaboration: Build solid, cross-group partnerships and demonstrate exceptional interpersonal communication, working closely with engineering, product management, design, support, and documentation teams. * Uphold Excellence: Commit to the highest programming standards through rigorous code reviews and the creation of comprehensive unit and functional tests. * Lead Remote Teams: Excel at working with remote teams and individuals while relentlessly ensuring product quality, agility, and velocity. * Mentor and Empower: Act as a player-coach to mentor, groom, and educate junior engineers. What you’ll bring to the role * 7+ years of experience building Java-based web applications. * Deep understanding of design patterns, scalability patterns, security engineering, and object-oriented principles. * Experience thriving in fast-paced software development teams that leverage continuous integration and deployment practices. * Strong communication skills and the ability to work across functions. * A powerful security background and a proven track record of championing best practices. And extra credit if you have experience in any of the following! * Experience building anomaly detection systems or risk systems is a monumental advantage. * Expertise in cloud security, identity, and/or authentication protocols. * Hands-on experience with one or more cutting-edge UI technologies such as Angular, ReactJS, Backbone, and Vue. Additional requirements: * This position requires the ability to access federal environments and/or have access to protected federal data.  As a condition of employment for this position, the successful candidate must be able to submit documentation establishing U.S. Person status (e.g. a U.S. Citizen, National, Lawful Permanent Resident, Refugee, or Asylee. 22 CFR 120.15) upon hire. (P10619_3490322) #LI-Hybrid  #BB-1 Below is the annual base salary range for candidates located in San Francisco Bay Area. Your actual base salary will depend on factors such as your skills, qualifications, experience, and work location. In addition, Okta offers equity (where applicable), bonus, and benefits, including health, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), flexible spending account, and paid leave (including PTO and parental leave) in accordance with our applicable plans and policies. To learn more about our Total Rewards program please visit: https://rewards.okta.com/us.    The annual base salary range for this position for candidates located in the San Francisco Bay area is between: $194,000—$267,000 USD The Okta Experience * Supporting Your Well-Being  * Driving Social Impact  * Developing Talent and Fostering Connection + Community We are intentional about connection. Our global community, spanning over 20 offices worldwide, is united by a drive to innovate. Your journey begins with an immersive, in-person onboarding experience designed to accelerate your impact and connect you to our mission and team from day one. 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. If reasonable accommodation is needed to complete any part of the job application, interview process, or onboarding please use this Form to request an accommodation. Notice for New York City Applicants & Employees: Okta may use Automated Employment Decision Tools (AEDT), as defined by New York City Local Law 144, that use artificial intelligence, machine learning, or other automated processes to assist in our recruitment and hiring process. In accordance with NYC Local Law 144, if you are an applicant or employee residing in New York City, please click here to view our full NYC AEDT Notice.

Software Engineer II, Backend

Pinterest

About Pinterest: Millions of people around the world come to our platform to find creative ideas, dream about new possibilities and plan for memories that will last a lifetime. At Pinterest, we’re on a mission to bring everyone the inspiration to create a life they love, and that starts with the people behind the product. Discover a career where you ignite innovation for millions, transform passion into growth opportunities, celebrate each other’s unique experiences and embrace the flexibility to do your best work. Creating a career you love? It’s Possible. At Pinterest, AI isn't just a feature, it's a powerful partner that augments our creativity and amplifies our impact, and we’re looking for candidates who are excited to be a part of that. To get a complete picture of your experience and abilities, we’ll explore your foundational skills and how you collaborate with AI. Through our interview process, what matters most is that you can always explain your approach, showing us not just what you know, but how you think. You can read more about our AI interview philosophy and how we use AI in our recruiting process here. We are looking for inquisitive, well-rounded Backend engineers to join our Core, Monetization, and Tech Foundations engineering teams. Working closely with product managers, designers, data scientists, and backend engineers, you’ll play an important role in enabling the newest technologies and experiences as we scale and evolve. You will build robust frameworks & features. You will accelerate velocity for one of the world’s largest public cloud workloads. You will empower both developers and Pinners alike. You’ll have the opportunity to find creative solutions to thought-provoking problems. Even better, because we covet the kind of courageous thinking that’s required in order for big bets and smart risks to pay off, you’ll be invited to create and drive new initiatives, seeing them from inception through to technical design, implementation, and release. What you’ll do:  * Build out the backend for Pinner-facing features to power the future of inspiration on Pinterest * Contribute to and lead each step of the product development process, from ideation to implementation to release; from rapidly prototyping, running A/B tests, to architecting and building solutions that can scale to support millions of users * Partner with design, product, and backend teams to build end-to-end functionality * Put on your Pinner hat to suggest new product ideas and features * Employ automated testing to build features with a high degree of technical quality, taking responsibility for the components and features you develop * Grow as an engineer by working with world-class peers on varied and high impact projects * Design, develop, and operate large scale, distributed systems and networks * Work with Engineering customers to understand new requirements and address them in a scalable and efficient manner * Actively work to improve the developer process and experience in all phases from coding to operation * Use AI to accelerate team execution, system design, and decision-making, applying sound judgment to validate outputs and ensure correctness and quality. * Use AI to synthesize information (summarize, distill themes) and automate repeatable tasks (documentation, reporting, QA checks) What we’re looking for: * BS (or higher) degree in Computer Science, or a related field. * 2+ years of industry backend development experience, building consumer or business facing products * Proficiency in common backend tech stacks for RESTful API, storage, caching and data processing * Experience building & operating large scale distributed systems and/or networks. Bonus points if you enjoy deploying and operating large scale workloads on a public cloud footprint * Experience in Python, Java, C++, or Go or another language and a willingness to learn * Experience in following best practices in writing reliable and maintainable code that may be used by many other engineers * Ability to keep up-to-date with new technologies to understand what should be incorporated * Demonstrated ability to use AI to improve speed and quality in your day-to-day workflow for relevant outputs. * Strong track record of critical evaluation and verification of AI-assisted work (e.g., testing, source-checking, data validation, peer review). * High integrity and ownership: you protect sensitive data, avoid over-reliance on AI, and remain accountable for final decisions and deliverables.   Relocation Statement:  * This position is not eligible for relocation assistance. Visit our PinFlex page to learn more about our working model.   In-Office Requirement Statement: * We recognize that the ideal environment for work is situational and may differ across departments. What this looks like day-to-day can vary based on the needs of each organization or role. This role will need to be in the office for in-person collaboration 1-2 times every 6-months and therefore can be situated anywhere in the country.   #LI-CL5  #LI-REMOTE At Pinterest we believe the workplace should be equitable, inclusive, and inspiring for every employee. In an effort to provide greater transparency, we are sharing the base salary range for this position. The position is also eligible for equity. Final salary is based on a number of factors including location, travel, relevant prior experience, or particular skills and expertise. Information regarding the culture at Pinterest and benefits available for this position can be found here. US based applicants only $123,696—$254,667 USD Our Commitment to Inclusion: Pinterest is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions on the basis of merit. We want to have the best qualified people in every job. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion or religious creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, status as a protected veteran, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information or characteristics (or those of a family member) or any other consideration made unlawful by applicable federal, state or local laws. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you require a medical or religious accommodation during the job application process, please complete this form for support.   By submitting this application, I certify that all information submitted in my application and throughout the hiring process is true, accurate, and complete to the best of my knowledge. I understand that any false statement, omission, or misrepresentation may disqualify me from employment consideration or result in termination if discovered after hire.

Software Engineer II, Backend, tvScientific

Pinterest

About Pinterest: Millions of people around the world come to our platform to find creative ideas, dream about new possibilities and plan for memories that will last a lifetime. At Pinterest, we’re on a mission to bring everyone the inspiration to create a life they love, and that starts with the people behind the product. Discover a career where you ignite innovation for millions, transform passion into growth opportunities, celebrate each other’s unique experiences and embrace the flexibility to do your best work. Creating a career you love? It’s Possible. At Pinterest, AI isn't just a feature, it's a powerful partner that augments our creativity and amplifies our impact, and we’re looking for candidates who are excited to be a part of that. To get a complete picture of your experience and abilities, we’ll explore your foundational skills and how you collaborate with AI. Through our interview process, what matters most is that you can always explain your approach, showing us not just what you know, but how you think. You can read more about our AI interview philosophy and how we use AI in our recruiting process here. About tvScientific tvScientific is the first and only CTV advertising platform purpose-built for performance marketers. We leverage massive data and cutting-edge science to automate and optimize TV advertising to drive business outcomes. Our solution combines media buying, optimization, measurement, and attribution in one, efficient platform. Our platform is built by industry leaders with a long history in programmatic advertising, digital media, and ad verification who have now purpose-built a CTV performance platform advertisers can trust to grow their business. We’re looking for a Backend Engineer to help design, build, and scale tvScientific’s contract and billing systems that support direct advertisers, internal teams, and Finance. This role focuses on building backend services that can support a wide range of contract structures and billing models while maintaining strong guarantees around correctness, auditability, and operational reliability. You’ll work on systems that must operate accurately across different commercial relationships and external partners, ensuring our contract logic remains consistent, flexible, and maintainable as the business scales. This is a high-impact backend role at the intersection of revenue, finance, and customer operations, where clear domain modeling, data integrity, and sound engineering judgment matter more than any specific implementation approach.   What you'll do: * Design and implement backend systems for contract lifecycle management, including creation, versioning, approvals, amendments, and renewals * Build and evolve contract management capabilities (e.g., terms, payouts, attribution rules, eligibility, and partner-specific logic) for our CPA Contract/Billing model * Support the expansion of CPM billing model contracts, including rate management, impression-based calculations, and integrations with billing and finance systems * Develop APIs and services that serve customers, internal operations teams, and finance stakeholders * Partner closely with Product, Finance, and Data teams to translate business requirements into robust technical solutions * Ensure systems are auditable, accurate, and compliant, with strong data integrity guarantees * Improve system observability, reliability, and performance as contract volume and complexity scale * Own backend services and data models related to contracts and billing * Lead technical design discussions and make pragmatic architectural decisions * Write clean, well-tested, and maintainable code with a strong focus on correctness * Drive improvements in data consistency, validation, and error handling across contract workflows * Review code and mentor other engineers, setting a high bar for backend quality * Collaborate cross-functionally to support new deal structures and evolving business models   What we're looking for: * Experience with billing/contract mechanisms (specifically affiliate platforms) * Bachelor’s degree in computer science, a related field or equivalent experience * Experience building large-scale full-stack products. * Deep understanding of web development and best practices in React/Redux * Strong experience with programming languages Javascript and Python/Java * Strong software engineering principles and practices * Strong collaboration and communication skills * Demonstrated ability to use AI to improve speed and quality in your day-to-day workflow for relevant outputs * Strong track record of critical evaluation and verification of AI-assisted work (e.g., testing, source-checking, data validation, peer review) * High integrity and ownership: you protect sensitive data, avoid over-reliance on AI, and remain accountable for final decisions and deliverables * Nice-to-Haves: * Experience working closely with finance or accounting teams * Background in building audit-friendly or compliance-sensitive systems   In-Office Requirement Statement: * We recognize that the ideal environment for work is situational and may differ across departments. What this looks like day-to-day can vary based on the needs of each organization or role. Relocation Statement: * This position is not eligible for relocation assistance. Visit our PinFlex page to learn more about our working model. #LI-SM4 #LI-REMOTE At Pinterest we believe the workplace should be equitable, inclusive, and inspiring for every employee. In an effort to provide greater transparency, we are sharing the base salary range for this position. The position is also eligible for equity. Final salary is based on a number of factors including location, travel, relevant prior experience, or particular skills and expertise. Information regarding the culture at Pinterest and benefits available for this position can be found here. US based applicants only $123,696—$254,667 USD Our Commitment to Inclusion: Pinterest is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions on the basis of merit. We want to have the best qualified people in every job. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion or religious creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, status as a protected veteran, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information or characteristics (or those of a family member) or any other consideration made unlawful by applicable federal, state or local laws. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you require a medical or religious accommodation during the job application process, please complete this form for support.   By submitting this application, I certify that all information submitted in my application and throughout the hiring process is true, accurate, and complete to the best of my knowledge. I understand that any false statement, omission, or misrepresentation may disqualify me from employment consideration or result in termination if discovered after hire.