Application Security Engineer Intern (Summer 2025)

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 Workforce and Customer Identity Clouds enable secure yet flexible access, authentication, and automation that transforms how people move through the digital world, putting Identity at the heart 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.

Location

We’re seeking a dynamic and motivated individual to join our team in one of our key office locations: Toronto. Our interns will be hybrid - sometimes you'll work from home, sometimes you'll work from the office. Managers and their organization will determine the frequency you'll need to go into the office to meet priorities.

Team Overview

Application Security Engineers are responsible for conducting security reviews on all of Okta’s products. This goes from code reviews, penetration tests, and architectural reviews on new features and existing code to provide security education and guidance to the entire organization.

Position Description

The most important quality we are looking for is someone who has an “evil bit” - an innate ability to think and operate like an attacker while solving complex problems with expertise and creativity.

Job Duties and Responsibilities

• Working with the team to secure both cloud-based and on-prem products.
• Identifying potential vulnerabilities, helping to validate security findings and documenting results of testing.
• Assisting the team in building and maintaining infrastructure and scripts used to conduct day-to-day testing activities.
• Helping to provide support to customers, product and engineering teams with respect to security questions and concerns.

Minimum Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• (In progress) Bachelor's in Engineering with a Computer Focus, Computer Science or equivalent (Dec 2025 and May 2026 Grad).
• Able to read code for and code applications in one of the following: Java, C#, Go, Javascript.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's degree in progress strongly preferred (Dec 2025 and May 2026 Grad).
• Python experience is strongly preferred.
• Node.js experience helpful.

Okta’s Intern Program

As an intern, you’ll do real work that matters. While you’re on board, you’ll work on meaningful projects and have an opportunity to see what working at Okta is all about. You’ll also have the support of your mentor and manager to help you develop new skills.

Our interns have the opportunity to build a strong community - with their fellow interns, within their teams, and with the broader company. We want you to grow professionally and you’ll do that through participating in events like our Executive Speaker Series and Brown Bags. And of course, we want you to have fun too. We offer 12 week internships in the U.S. in the Summer and 16 week co-ops in Canada.