Michael Peng
Staff Software Engineer at Okta
Berkeley, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael Peng is a Staff Software Engineer based in Berkeley with nine years of experience building authentication and identity systems at Okta, where he has driven the transition to passwordless WebAuthn integrations across Workforce Identity Cloud. He combines deep hands-on engineering—from front-end UI work early in his career to platform- and security-focused backend systems—with a habit of lifelong learning that keeps him exploring new authentication paradigms. A UC Berkeley EECS graduate, Michael has a track record of shipping production features spanning MFA, enterprise authentication, and localization, and he started at Okta as an intern, rising through roles into staff-level technical leadership. He brings a pragmatic, research-minded approach informed by prior research and consulting experiences, and a knack for translating complex security requirements into user-friendly implementations.
8 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree, EECS, Bachelor's Degree, EECS at University of California, BerkeleyHigh School, 4.60 (4-point scale), High School, 4.60 (4-point scale) at California High School
English, Chinese, French
Github Skills (38)
public-key10
webauthn10
css10
okta10
authentication10
api10
credentials10
window-management8
macos-big-sur8
screensaver8
shortcuts8
keyboard-shortcuts7
devtools7
prompt-tuning7
rake7
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
mpeng-okta/okta-signin-widget
Jun 2017 - Oct 2019
Okta SignIn widget that renders the new login/auth/recovery flows
Contributions:17 pushes, 3 branches in 2 years 4 months
widgetflowslogin-authrecoveryokta
oktadev/okta-blog-archive
Jul 2017 - Mar 2018
Okta Developer Blog
Contributions:32 PRs, 60 pushes, 17 branches in 8 months
developer-oktaoktadeveloper-blog
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