Senior Software Engineer

Okta, Inc.; Toronto; Remote; CAD 118,000 - 178,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative identity company in Toronto seeks a backend software engineer. The role focuses on designing secure authorization solutions, collaborating with diverse teams, and mentoring junior engineers. Candidates should have strong experience in Go and backend development, along with expertise in cloud platforms and performance optimization.

Benefits

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

RRSP with a match

Paid Leave

Telemedicine

Qualifications

• 4+ years of professional software engineering experience, focusing on backend development.
• Strong teamwork and communication skills in a diverse environment.
• Experience with programming and optimization for low latency and high throughput.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable and secure authorization solutions.
• Work with product managers and UX designers to meet customer needs.
• Mentor junior engineers and ensure coding best practices.

Skills

Backend Development

Go Programming Language

Cloud Platforms

Performance Optimization

Analytical Skills

Job description

Get to know Okta

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.

The Team

Auth0 provides robust access management solutions, such as Fine Grained Authorization (FGA) to power customer-facing applications and websites. FGA is a multi-Region software as a service (SaaS) offering for flexible, fine-grained authorization at any scale. It’s based on relationship-based access control (ReBAC), which is an evolution of role-based access control (RBAC) and attribute-based access control (ABAC) authorization models.

What you’ll be doing

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable and secure authorization solutions
• Partner with product managers, UX designers, and fellow engineers to deliver high-quality software that meets customer requirements
• Solve complex authorization challenges at scale and pave a new path forward in the identity space
• Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code. Perform code reviews and ensure adherence to coding best practices
• Diagnose and resolve issues in authorization systems, ensuring reliability, performance, and security
• Engage in continuous improvement initiatives, including refactoring code to meet new requirements and optimizing system performance
• Create and maintain comprehensive documentation for all developed features and systems
• Mentor and guide junior engineers, providing technical leadership and fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement
• Participate in the team's on-call rotations to make sure we offer our customers the best availability for our services

What you’ll bring to the role

• 4+ years of professional software engineering experience, with a focus on backend development and distributed systems
• Strong teamwork and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively in a diverse and inclusive team environment
• Expertise in Go programming language
• Experience with programming and optimization of applications that require extremely low latency and high throughput
• Strong understanding of performance optimization, including chasing milliseconds and Big O notation
• Experience with cloud platforms, specifically AWS
• Knowledge of identity and access management principles
• Experience working in an asynchronous remote environment
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to troubleshoot and debug complex issues

And extra credit if you have experience in any of the following!

• Experience with OpenFGA
• Experience with Auth0
• Experience with FedRAMP

#LI-EZ1

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:

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.

The Team

Auth0 provides robust access management solutions, such as Fine Grained Authorization (FGA) to power customer-facing applications and websites. FGA is a multi-Region software as a service (SaaS) offering for flexible, fine-grained authorization at any scale. It’s based on relationship-based access control (ReBAC), which is an evolution of role-based access control (RBAC) and attribute-based access control (ABAC) authorization models.

What you’ll be doing

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable and secure authorization solutions
• Partner with product managers, UX designers, and fellow engineers to deliver high-quality software that meets customer requirements
• Solve complex authorization challenges at scale and pave a new path forward in the identity space
• Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code. Perform code reviews and ensure adherence to coding best practices
• Diagnose and resolve issues in authorization systems, ensuring reliability, performance, and security
• Engage in continuous improvement initiatives, including refactoring code to meet new requirements and optimizing system performance
• Create and maintain comprehensive documentation for all developed features and systems
• Mentor and guide junior engineers, providing technical leadership and fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement
• Participate in the team's on-call rotations to make sure we offer our customers the best availability for our services

What you’ll bring to the role

• 4+ years of professional software engineering experience, with a focus on backend development and distributed systems
• Strong teamwork and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively in a diverse and inclusive team environment
• Expertise in Go programming language
• Experience with programming and optimization of applications that require extremely low latency and high throughput
• Strong understanding of performance optimization, including chasing milliseconds and Big O notation
• Experience with cloud platforms, specifically AWS
• Knowledge of identity and access management principles
• Experience working in an asynchronous remote environment
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to troubleshoot and debug complex issues

And extra credit if you have experience in any of the following!

• Experience with OpenFGA
• Experience with Auth0
• Experience with FedRAMP

#LI-EZ1

#LI-Remote

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: $118,000 — $178,000 CAD

What you can look forward to as a Full-Time Okta employee!

• Amazing Benefits
• Making Social Impact
• Developing Talent and Fostering Connection + Community at Okta

Okta cultivates a dynamic work environment, providing the best tools, technology and benefits to empower our employees to work productively in a setting that best and uniquely suits their needs. Each organization is unique in the degree of flexibility and mobility in which they work so that all employees are enabled to be their most creative and successful versions of themselves, regardless of where they live. Find your place at Okta today! https://www.okta.com/company/careers/ .

Some roles may require travel to one of our office locations for in-person onboarding.

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.

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