Okta tech stack

Okta builds mostly with Python, JavaScript, Go, TypeScript. Its stack also includes AWS, Kubernetes, React.js, PostgreSQL. AWS is named in 62 of the 187 job postings Okta published in the last 12 months (33%). Counted by Alion from the job postings of Okta, updated Sep 27, 2026.

Source: Alion Coverage: the company's job postings of the last 12 months Sep 27, 2026
Technologies in use
210
Postings analysed
187
Open now
127
Modernity
81 /100

What programming languages does Okta use?

Python is named in 24% of job postings at Okta, followed by JavaScript (21%), Go (18%), TypeScript (14%).

Python 45 24% required in 96% · 29 open now · since Jul 2026
JavaScript 39 21% required in 85% · 29 open now · since Jul 2026
Go 33 18% required in 100% · 22 open now · since Jul 2026
TypeScript 27 14% required in 100% · 20 open now · since Jul 2026
Java 24 13% required in 100% · 13 open now · since Jul 2026
Node JS 13 7% required in 92% · 11 open now · since Jul 2026
SQL 13 7% required in 85% · 6 open now · since Jul 2026
C# 8 4% required in 100% · 6 open now · since Jul 2026
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Apex5
C++5
Ruby5
PHP3
Rust2
Bash1
Kotlin1
Objective-C1
Swift1

What frameworks and libraries does Okta use?

React.js is named in 14% of job postings at Okta, followed by Angular (5%), Next.js (4%), LangChain (4%).

React.js 26 14% required in 85% · 18 open now · since Jul 2026
Angular 9 5% required in 78% · 5 open now · since Jul 2026
Next.js 7 4% required in 100% · 5 open now · since Jul 2026
LangChain 7 4% required in 86% · 4 open now · since Jul 2026
Vue.js 7 4% required in 86% · 5 open now · since Jul 2026
Jest 4 2% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Jul 2026
LangGraph 4 2% required in 75% · 4 open now · since Jul 2026
FastAPI 3 2% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Jul 2026
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Playwright3
OpenTelemetry3
Flink2
Hadoop2
Lightning Web Components2
LlamaIndex2
OpenAI Agents SDK2
Spring Boot2
AWS Strands Agents1
Bootstrap1
CrewAI1
Cypress1
JUnit1
Jetpack Compose1
LiteLLM1
PyTorch1
Selenium1
Spring Framework1
TensorFlow1
Hibernate1

What databases does Okta use?

PostgreSQL is named in 12% of job postings at Okta, followed by Redis (10%), MySQL (9%), Snowflake (5%).

PostgreSQL 22 12% required in 95% · 15 open now · since Jul 2026
Redis 19 10% required in 79% · 12 open now · since Jul 2026
MySQL 17 9% required in 94% · 12 open now · since Jul 2026
Snowflake 10 5% required in 80% · 4 open now · since Jul 2026
OpenSearch 9 5% required in 67% · 4 open now · since Jul 2026
ElasticSearch 7 4% required in 29% · 2 open now · since Jul 2026
DynamoDB 4 2% required in 50% · 3 open now · since Jul 2026
ArangoDB 1 1% optional · since Jul 2026

What cloud and platforms does Okta use?

AWS is named in 33% of job postings at Okta, followed by Kubernetes (19%), GCP (14%), Azure (11%).

AWS 62 33% required in 85% · 40 open now · since Jul 2026
Kubernetes 35 19% required in 89% · 20 open now · since Jul 2026
GCP 26 14% required in 88% · 15 open now · since Jul 2026
Azure 20 11% required in 90% · 16 open now · since Jul 2026
GitHub 19 10% required in 95% · 15 open now · since Jul 2026
Splunk 15 8% required in 53% · 9 open now · since Jul 2026
Tableau 14 7% required in 86% · 10 open now · since Jul 2026
Linux 12 6% required in 75% · 7 open now · since Jul 2026
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Amazon EKS12
Apache Kafka12
Datadog12
GitHub Actions11
Windows10
Grafana9
Amazon ECS8
Amazon Kinesis8
Amazon CloudWatch7
AWS Lambda6
GitLab6
Vercel6
AWS Fargate5
Amazon EC25
LDAP5
Google GKE5
.NET4
Anthropic4
Agentforce4
API Gateway3
Crowdstrike3
Microsoft Entra ID3
SIEM3
Active Directory3
Istio3
Figma3
AWS Step Functions2
Amazon S32
Cloudflare2
GitLab CI2
OpenAI2
Twilio2

And 24 more, each named in fewer postings.

What developer tools does Okta use?

Terraform is named in 17% of job postings at Okta, followed by Docker (12%), Model Context Protocol (5%), Copilot (5%).

Terraform 32 17% required in 88% · 21 open now · since Jul 2026
Docker 22 12% required in 68% · 14 open now · since Jul 2026
Model Context Protocol 10 5% required in 100% · 8 open now · since Jul 2026
Copilot 9 5% required in 100% · 5 open now · since Jul 2026
Helm 9 5% required in 89% · 5 open now · since Jul 2026
Git 9 5% required in 67% · 5 open now · since Jul 2026
Jenkins 8 4% required in 100% · 7 open now · since Jul 2026
ArgoCD 8 4% required in 88% · 5 open now · since Jul 2026
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CircleCI7
Claude Code7
Rest API7
gRPC7
Prometheus5
Ansible4
CloudFormation4
Spinnaker4
Vite4
Webpack4
Chef3
Karpenter3
Babel2
HashiCorp Vault2
Nginx2
Salesforce Flow2
Vault2
Yarn2
Apache Tomcat2
Tcpdump2
Wireshark2
A2A1
AWS CDK1
Apache HTTP Server1
Copado1
Cursor1
Envoy1
GraphQL1
JMeter1
Locust1
Loki1
Maven1

And 10 more, each named in fewer postings.

What AI and ML technologies does Okta use?

Claude is named in 9% of job postings at Okta, followed by LLM (7%), Gemini (1%), ChatGPT (1%).

Claude 16 9% required in 94% · 6 open now · since Jul 2026
LLM 13 7% required in 69% · 10 open now · since Jul 2026
Gemini 2 1% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Aug 2026
ChatGPT 2 1% required in 50% · since Jul 2026

Which engineering practices does Okta ask for?

Machine Learning is named in 100% of job postings at Okta, followed by CI/CD (24%), IAM (23%), AI Agents (22%).

Machine Learning 187 100% required in 43% · 127 open now · since Jul 2026
CI/CD 45 24% required in 91% · 33 open now · since Jul 2026
IAM 43 23% required in 79% · 34 open now · since Jul 2026
AI Agents 41 22% required in 88% · 33 open now · since Jul 2026
Platform Engineering 12 6% required in 100% · 9 open now · since Jul 2026
DNS 8 4% required in 100% · 4 open now · since Jul 2026
GitOps 7 4% required in 100% · 3 open now · since Jul 2026
Incident Management 7 4% required in 100% · 5 open now · since Jul 2026
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Edge AI6
Prompt Engineering6
A/B Testing4
BGP4
RAG4
LLM Guardrails3
SLI/SLO/SLA3
Service Mesh3
TCP/IP3
Anomaly Detection3
Human-in-the-Loop3
PKI3
Hallucination3
Agentic Workflows2
Fine-tuning2
NIST AI RMF2
NLP2
SOAP2
Sentiment Analysis2
Shift-Left2
FinOps2
Synthetic Data2
Configuration Management1
ETL/ELT1
EU AI Act1
Embeddings1
LLMOps1
Self-Healing1
Structured Outputs1
Multi-Agent Systems1
VPN1

What does each Okta team work with?

The technologies each team's postings require most often, with the number of postings that require them.

Backend

39 postings
JavaScript20
TypeScript20
AWS18
Go16
Java15
PostgreSQL14

Sales

25 postings
Crowdstrike2
Zscaler2

Product

22 postings
Windows5
Azure3
SQL3
AWS2
Active Directory2
Claude2

DevOps

18 postings
AWS18
Terraform17
Kubernetes16
Python16
Go11
GCP10

Analytics

10 postings
Tableau5
Python4
SQL4
Snowflake4

Solutions

10 postings
C#3
JavaScript3
Node JS3
Python3
AWS2
Azure2

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How much does Okta pay by technology?

Median stated pay of the postings that name each technology, against the median of all Okta postings with stated pay: $239k across 95 postings.

TechnologyPostings with payMedianvs company median
AWS18$255k+7%
Python18$239k0%
Kubernetes13$267k+12%
GCP9$260k+9%
Go8$267k+12%
Claude8$252k+5%
Tableau8$211k−12%
Java7$267k+12%
Amazon EKS7$267k+12%
SQL7$240k0%

How modern is the Okta stack?

Cutting-edge AI adopter 81/100

Okta scores 81 out of 100 (Cutting-edge). The score averages how current each technology in the stack is and adds weight for AI adoption. AI technologies in the stack: 4; legacy ones: 0.

How common is the Okta stack in its industry?

Share of the 1,304 companies in the same industries, whose stack Alion knows, that use each technology.

AWS47%
Python56%
JavaScript47%
Kubernetes37%
Go19%
TypeScript36%
GCP31%
React.js29%
Java24%
PostgreSQL30%

What sets Okta apart

Amazon Kinesis3%
Vercel2%
AWS Fargate2%
Agentforce2%
Jest4%
Istio4%

Okta products in its job postings

Postings at Okta name its own products. They describe what the company makes, so they are left out of the stack above.

Okta187
Auth046

Questions about the Okta tech stack

What programming languages does Okta use?

The languages named in Okta job postings are Python (24%), JavaScript (21%), Go (18%), TypeScript (14%), Java (13%), as a share of the 187 postings of the last 12 months.

Does Okta use React.js?

Yes. React.js is named in 26 of 187 job postings (14%) and required in 22 of them.

What cloud and platforms does Okta use?

The cloud and platforms named in Okta job postings are AWS (62), Kubernetes (35), GCP (26) (postings in brackets).

What skills do you need for a Backend job at Okta?

Backend postings at Okta most often require JavaScript (20), TypeScript (20), AWS (18), Go (16), out of 39 postings in the last 12 months.

Is the Okta tech stack changing?

No new technology has appeared in Okta job postings in the last six months.

How modern is the Okta tech stack?

Okta scores 81 out of 100 (Cutting-edge). The score averages how current each technology in the stack is and adds weight for AI adoption. AI technologies in the stack: 4; legacy ones: 0.

How does Alion know the Okta tech stack?

Alion reads every job posting Okta publishes and tags the technologies each one names. The figures on this page count the 187 postings of the last 12 months and were updated on Sep 27, 2026.

Method and citation

Alion reads every job posting the company publishes and tags the technologies each one names. Shares count the postings of the last 12 months, open and closed; the company's own products are counted apart. How we count

Alion, "Okta tech stack: 210 technologies from 187 job postings", as of Sep 27, 2026. https://alion.io/company/okta/technologies

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