Senior Platform Engineer, Runtime (Auth0)

Okta; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 136,000 - 187,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity (where applicable)

Bonus

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

RRSP match

Healthcare spending

Telemedicine

Paid leave (PTO & parental leave)

Job summary

Okta is seeking a Senior Infrastructure Engineer to own the foundational platform infrastructure underpinning Auth0-scale services on AWS and Azure. You will influence standards, security, and deployment practices across multiple product teams to drive reliability and performance.

You will lead GitOps workflows, Terraform governance, testing automation, and service mesh initiatives while maintaining Vault and runner fleets.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software development experience in infrastructure/platform
• Proficient in Golang
• Deep understanding of Kubernetes and containerization
• DevOps experience with cloud-native technologies
• Knowledge of TCP/IP and HTTP fundamentals
• Experience managing cloud resources via code (AWS/Azure)
• Terraform at scale experience
• Tier-1 service mindset handling edge cases and partial failures
• Delivering work incrementally to gather feedback
• Passion for reliable, scalable, secure systems
• Ownership, accountability and attention to detail
• Experience in distributed teams
• Diving into complexity to deliver high-performance systems

Responsibilities

• Serve as the ultimate technical authority for Kubernetes cluster troubleshooting
• Define and enforce Terraform standards and security protocols
• Develop and maintain deployment standards using Kustomize
• Orchestrate GitOps with ArgoCD/Argo Workflows; manage environment lifecycles
• Architect Testing Automation Framework for chaos testing
• Oversee core infrastructure including Vault and self-hosted runners
• Lead service mesh design, deployment, and scaling for secure service-to-service communication
• Participate in on-call rotations

Skills

Golang

Kubernetes

Terraform

AWS/Azure

ArgoCD

Service Mesh

Tools

Argo Workflows

HashiCorp Vault

Kustomize

GitHub Actions Runners

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 Auth0 platform secures more than 100 million logins each day for customers all around the world - and we're growing fast! The Platform Runtime team enables Auth0 engineers to move faster by giving them the foundational infrastructure to deploy and manage their services on AWS and Azure. This is a role with a huge impact. You will get to work with engineers throughout the organization and what you build will be a foundational piece of the infrastructure that allows Auth0 to scale for years to come.

We are looking for a Senior Engineer who is passionate about distributed systems, availability, and delivering customer value. Because we build and support the overall Auth0 platform, the ideal candidate is someone who is passionate about low level infrastructure, operations, and not intimidated by cross-organization coordination and collaboration.

You will:

• Serve as the ultimate technical authority and final escalation point for advanced Kubernetes cluster troubleshooting, ensuring the continuous stability and resilience of our foundational infrastructure.
• Define and enforce organization-wide standards and architectural guidelines for Terraform. You will maintain core provider functionality and oversee critical security protocols, including automated credential rotation machinery.
• Develop and maintain application deployment standards, managing Kustomize and built‑ins to standardize and streamline deployments across all product teams.
• Orchestrate complex GitOps workflows leveraging ArgoCD and Argo Workflows. You will take full ownership of Environment Lifecycle Management, handling everything from environment creation, synchronization, and user onboarding to failover procedures and safe deletion.
• Architect the Testing Automation Framework to support dynamic environment provisioning and destruction. This will enable advanced quality assurance practices, such as chaos testing, while empowering teams to manage their own test workflows.
• Oversee the Control Plane infrastructure, guaranteeing operational stability and managing essential platform services, including HashiCorp Vault and our fleet of self-hosted GitHub Action Runners.
• Lead the intra-space network architecture, driving the implementation, management, and scaling of our Service Mesh to ensure secure and efficient service-to-service communication.
• Participate in the team's on-call rotation.

You might be a good fit if you:

• Have 5+ years of software development experience, specifically working with infrastructure or platform.
• Are proficient in Golang.
• Have a deep understanding of Kubernetes and containerization.
• Have DevOps experience using cloud-agnostic, cloud-native technologies.
• Demonstrable knowledge of TCP/IP and HTTP fundamentals.
• Have demonstrable expertise managing cloud resources (AWS/Azure) via code, specifically for automated provisioning.
• Have experience managing infrastructure with Terraform at scale.
• Bring a Tier-1 Service mindset: you write code that handles edge cases, network partitions, and partial failures gracefully.
• Tend to deliver work incrementally to get feedback and iterate over solutions.
• Have a passion for working on systems that are highly reliable, maintainable, scalable and secure.
• Bring the right attitude to the team: ownership, accountability, and attention to detail.
• Are comfortable working on a fully-distributed team.
• Have a relentless passion for ownership, accountability, and diving into complexity to deliver highly reliable and performant systems.

Extra Points:

• Significant experience with PostgreSQL for managing complex, relational entity state.
• Experience building custom Kubernetes controllers or extending Terraform providers.
• Familiarity with gRPC for high-performance internal service communication.

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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: $136,000 — $187,000 CAD

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