Staff Platform Engineer - APIs, SDKs & AI Developer Tools

United States Digital Space LLC; Toronto; On-site; CAD 160,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

RRSP with match

Telemedicine

Paid leave including PTO and parental leave

Job summary

Okta is looking for a Staff Software Engineer in Toronto, Ontario to build developer-facing platforms that facilitate API interactions for both developers and AI agents. The ideal candidate will have over 7 years of software engineering experience, especially in designing and shipping APIs at scale. This role requires strong Node.js fundamentals and the ability to tackle ambiguous problems.

The position offers a hybrid work model, competitive salary of $160,000–220,000 CAD annually, and includes comprehensive benefits such as health and dental insurance. If you are eager to make a significant impact at Okta, apply today!

Qualifications

• 7+ years of software engineering experience, preferable in platform and tooling.
• Experience designing and shipping APIs or developer-facing surfaces.
• Hands-on familiarity with agentic tooling or LLM-facing API design.

Responsibilities

• Design and build developer-facing platform surfaces including APIs and tools.
• Own technical direction for key platform surfaces.
• Drive technical decisions to keep the platform coherent.

Skills

Software engineering experience

Node.js fundamentals

API design

Collaboration skills

Problem-solving skills

Tools

MCP tools

Go

Job description

Okta is looking for a Staff Software Engineer in Toronto, Ontario to build developer-facing platforms that facilitate API interactions for both developers and AI agents. The ideal candidate will have over 7 years of software engineering experience, especially in designing and shipping APIs at scale. This role requires strong Node.js fundamentals and the ability to tackle ambiguous problems.

The position offers a hybrid work model, competitive salary of $160,000–220,000 CAD annually, and includes comprehensive benefits such as health and dental insurance. If you are eager to make a significant impact at Okta, apply today!