--- title: 'Staff Product Designer - UI Platform at Okta' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/staff-product-designer-ui-platform-okta-bellevue-fdmejpyxfrrr' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-11-06' --- # Staff Product Designer - UI Platform at Okta - **Company:** Okta - **Location:** Bellevue, WA / Chicago, IL / New York, NY / Toronto, Canada / Washington, DC - **Compensation:** $140k–$225k - **Posted:** 2026-10-27 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-06 - **Apply:** https://www.okta.com/company/careers/opportunity/8326116?gh_jid=8326116 ## Job description 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 team The UI Platform team is the force multiplier for Okta’s entire product portfolio. By building world-class components, accessible frameworks, and developer-friendly tools, your work will directly impact millions of administrative and end-user interactions every day. You will work alongside dedicated product and engineering partners in an environment that values speed, clarity, and career-defining impact. ## The role The Staff Product Designer – UI Platform is a high-impact individual contributor role, serving as a foundational design lead for Okta's global user experience infrastructure. Joining the Product Platform group, you will act as a resident expert and strategic thought partner, shaping the horizontal design patterns, design architecture, localization/globalization frameworks, and accessibility standards (WCAG) that power every Okta Workforce Identity product. You will partner directly with cross functional UI Platform leads to drive platform-level initiatives, harmonizing user experience (UX) and developer experience (DevEx) across our engineering and product organizations. You will also collaborate closely with the Design Systems team, acting as a bridge between the system and feature teams applying it to our product. ## What you’ll be doing When everyone on the team can generate UI, the designer's role shifts. You become the person responsible for strong systems thinking, taste, quality, experience, and being the voice of the customer. You hold the quality bar when speed is pushing everything toward "fine." - UI & system leadership: In partnership with the Design Systems team, serve as a UI platform and design system expert, identifying / creating, documenting, and evangelizing scalable, accessible (WCAG), and localized patterns to resolve dependencies across products. - Strategic partnership: Partner with cross functional UI Platform leads to align vision with design strategy, co-owning the roadmap to balance features, tech debt, quality, and adoption. - Raise the craft: Enable Okta Research and Development teams through clear alignment and documentation. Improve org-wide processes and mentor designers to promote craft excellence, candid feedback, and growth. - Data informed decision making: Leverage data and AI insights to inform clear, platform-level design decisions and streamline governance. ## Who we are looking for - You are proficient in AI workflows and how to apply them to the product design process, along with opinions about where AI tools help and where they fall short - You are passionate about helping customers solve real problems and upholding design UX principles to help teams deliver cohesive and quality user experiences - You relish effective teamwork – and you are a key contributor to building a healthy team - You bring a systems-thinking lens to the conversation and can effectively identify elegant, extensible solutions - You have excellent craft and enjoy diving into the details to ensure high quality experiences for our customers, while providing design feedback and mentorship to fellow designers - You have a learning mindset, able to manage ambiguity with openness and curiosity, helping your team drive toward clarity - You are someone who sees design as a partner in shaping strategic and operational product and UX outcomes; comfortable owning all stages of design for multiple teams within a given product area - You have strong communication skills and can distill complex concepts into simple, easy to understand narratives, while advocating for consistent, high quality design based on sound rationale - Your portfolio will show that you've worked on and led complex and challenging projects across all aspects of the design process (conceptual design, interaction design, information architecture, and visual design) across large, horizontal scopes and groups, with a preference for large-scale enterprise and SAAS products - You share [our values](https://www.okta.com/blog/company-and-culture/the-story-behind-oktas-values/), and work in accordance with those values ## Qualifications - Degree in a related field or relevant work experience as a Product Designer - Proficient in Figma, Miro, Balsamiq and / or similar design tools - Possesses knowledge of HTML / CSS / JavaScript - 10+ years of experience as Product Designer Note for when applying In your application, please include a link to your portfolio with password (if protected). We prioritize a review of your design craft and any examples of your work in code. You must attend in person orientation in either Chicago or San Francisco. You must go into your local office 2 days a week. ## #LI-MM #LI-Hybrid P6192_3599205 Below is the annual base salary range for candidates located in California (excluding San Francisco Bay Area), Colorado, Illinois, New York and Washington. 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 California (excluding San Francisco Bay Area), Colorado, Illinois, New York, and Washington is between: $164,000—$225,000 USD Below is the annual salary range for candidates located in Canada. Your actual salary will depend on factors such as your skills, qualifications, and experience. In addition, Okta offers equity (where applicable), bonus, and benefits, including health, dental, and vision insurance, RRSP with a match, healthcare spending, telemedicine, 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/can. The annual base salary range for this position for candidates located in Canada is between: $140,000—$192,000 CAD The Okta Experience - [Supporting Your Well-Being](http://rewards.okta.com) - [Driving Social Impact](https://www.okta.com/company/okta-for-good/) - [Developing Talent and Fostering Connection + Community](https://www.okta.com/company/talent-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](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1EfiEYZrIyhA2X4Fijk0R3RKYOzNoS3wtvyM4nhbZnXE/edit) 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](https://talent.okta.com/new-york-city-aedt-notice.html) to view our full NYC AEDT Notice. ## About Okta ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Okta is The World’s Identity Company™, providing cloud-based identity and access management (IAM) solutions that securely connect people to technology, now extended to AI agents. - **Entity Type**: Public (NASDAQ: OKTA) - **Headquarters**: San Francisco, California, USA - **Founded**: 2009 - **Founders**: Todd McKinnon and Frederic Kerrest ## Core Business - **Primary industry**: Cybersecurity – Identity and Access Management (IAM) - **Target customers**: B2B, Enterprise (two-thirds of the Fortune 100, major government agencies), SMBs, and developer teams (via Auth0) - **Mission or purpose**: “Free everyone to safely use any technology.” ## Products & Services - **[Okta Workforce Identity](https://www.okta.com/)**: Cloud-based IAM for employees, contractors, and partners – includes single sign-on (SSO), multi-factor authentication (MFA), lifecycle management, and privileged access controls. (SaaS) - **[Okta Customer Identity (Auth0)](https://www.okta.com/)**: Developer-friendly platform for authenticating and authorizing users in consumer and SaaS applications. (SaaS/API) - **[Okta for AI Agents](https://www.okta.com/)**: A new offering that brings AI agents into the identity security fabric – enables discovery, onboarding, protection, and governance of machine identities. (SaaS) ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available in provided sources (publicly traded; refer to stock exchange data). - **Key Metric**: Annual Revenue – Not publicly available in provided sources. - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not detailed in provided materials; the company highlights that two-thirds of the Fortune 100 and thousands of organizations trust Okta [okta.com/company](https://www.okta.com/company/). - **Growth Signals**: Strong push into AI agent security; “Always secure. Always on.” commitment; global presence in 15 countries. ## Competitive Advantages - Trusted by the largest enterprises and governments – a deeply embedded identity standard. - Comprehensive platform covering both workforce and customer identity under one fabric. - Pioneering the identity framework for AI agents, creating a new moat in the machine-identity space. - **Okta Secure Identity Commitment (OSIC)** – a long-term pledge to lead against identity-based attacks, reinforcing reliability and transparency. ## Strategic Focus - Securing the “agentic enterprise” by extending identity governance to AI agents. - Continuous innovation in IAM to address emerging threats (phishing, AI-powered attacks). - Expanding the Auth0 developer ecosystem and deepening integrations with cloud platforms. ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: Values-driven (“Love our customers,” “Always secure. Always on.,” “Build and own it,” “Drive what’s next”). Strong emphasis on security, ownership, and customer success [okta.com/company/careers](https://www.okta.com/company/careers/). - **Work model**: Hybrid and remote-friendly – listings show “US Remote,” “UK Remote,” and office locations in 15 countries (e.g., San Francisco, Toronto, London, Tokyo, Bengaluru) [okta.com/company/careers/job-listing](https://www.okta.com/company/careers/job-listing/). - **Perks**: Competitive salary, employee stock purchase plan (ESPP), flexible PTO, professional development resources, and social impact programs (Okta for Good, 1% Pledge) [okta.com/company/careers](https://www.okta.com/company/careers/?gh_src=7j0um41). - **Engineering culture**: Teams build secure, reliable systems at scale; early career programs and a focus on AI identity security offer cutting-edge challenges. ## Sources 1. [okta.com](https://www.okta.com/) 2. [okta.com/company](https://www.okta.com/company/) 3. [okta.com/company/careers](https://www.okta.com/company/careers/) 4. [okta.com/company/careers (benefits)](https://www.okta.com/company/careers/?gh_src=7j0um41) 5. 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