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About the Role

Okta secures AI by building 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.

Responsibilities

Collaborate with Product, Security, and Engineering teams to define and improve Auth0’s technology stack and architecture.
Foster and lead innovation in the IAM space, with a strong focus on Agentic Identity.
Lead initiatives to enhance, scale, and evolve Auth0’s product offerings.
Embed within Engineering teams for large projects, providing guidance and lighter touch engagements for smaller initiatives.
Design, architect, and document large scale distributed systems.
Lead the development of complex, broadly-scoped functionality in a very large and deep set of services and components.
Teach by doing: coding, optimizing, and troubleshooting Node.js and Go applications in collaboration with feature development teams.
Implement features and create consistent foundations using technologies such as AWS, Azure, Node.js, Go, MongoDB, Redis, PostgreSQL, Kubernetes.
Investigate, understand, and resolve bottlenecks in our ability to scale, use resources efficiently, and maintain a 99.99% uptime SLA.
Drive technical decision making, balancing simplicity, flexibility, reliability, cost, and performance.
Participate in "round table" discussions and mentor team members and engineers throughout the organization.
Participate in the Engineering Leadership Team with other architects, directors, and executives.
Join the Incident Commander on-call rotation for high-severity incidents.

Requirements

10+ years of software development experience.
5+ years of experience working on cloud applications.
Experience with API-first applications using REST and/or gRPC.
Passion and thorough understanding of what it takes to build and operate secure, reliable systems at scale.
Knowledge of Identity Protocols such as OAuth, OIDC and SAML.
Industry knowledge of the Authorization and Authentication spaces.
Experience in building AI Agents, and/or MCP servers applications.
Experience with security engineering and application security.
Very strong written and verbal communication skills with a demonstrated ability to adjust communication style to the intended audience.
Mastery and deep understanding of hands-on software development building distributed systems.
Experience with multi-cloud environments and container deployments, particularly Kubernetes in AWS/Azure.
Prior experience with application performance management, tracing, and performance testing tools.
Excellence at creating clarity and alignment for technical initiatives.
Great ability to build trust through collaboration with multiple teams and get consensus on a vision.
Knowledge of application security and cloud security best practices.

Skills

Node.js
Go
AWS
Azure
MongoDB
Redis
PostgreSQL
Kubernetes
REST
gRPC
OAuth
OIDC
SAML
AI Agents
MCP servers
Javascript
Typescript

Location

San Francisco Bay Area

Work Type

Hybrid

Experience Level

Senior

Salary/Compensations

$274,000—$370,000 USD

Benefits

Equity (where applicable)
Bonus
Health, dental and vision insurance
401(k)
Flexible spending account
Paid leave (including PTO and parental leave)

About the Company

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.
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.

Equal Opportunity

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.