Staff Software Engineer, Delegated Administration (Auth0)

Okta; Toronto; On-site; CAD 160,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Okta’s Auth0 team is expanding to empower B2B SaaS customers with secure, scalable identity solutions. You will shape the architectural strategy for login and management features, mentor engineers, and collaborate with product and design to deliver reliable, high-performance services at scale.

Applicants should have deep experience in distributed systems, security, and cloud deployments (AWS/Azure), with a proven track record of shipping large, impactful features in fast-moving environments.

Qualifications

• Experience designing and evolving large distributed systems with security in mind.
• Collaborated with external teams; able to coordinate across groups.
• Strong mentoring and clear communication to guide engineers.

Responsibilities

• Drive architectural vision and strategy for enterprise functionality in SaaS.
• Lead major technical projects across teams and optimize codebase.
• Mentor engineers on engineering practices and scalable systems.
• Collaborate with Product Manager and Designer on feature look and behavior.

Skills

Architectural design

Security engineering

Distributed systems

Mentorship

React

SQL databases

Docker

AWS

Azure

Terraform

Observability

Tools

Kubernetes

Terraform

CI/CD

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.

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 Product

Okta’s Auth0 is an easy-to-implement authentication and authorization platform designed by developers for developers. We make access to applications safe, secure, and seamless for the more than 100 million daily logins around the world. Our modern approach to identity enables this Tier-Ø global service to deliver convenience, privacy, and security so customers can focus on innovation.

The Team

The Delegated Administration team is expanding Auth0 to help B2B SaaS applications easily manage access for their own customers and partners, at scale. We make it possible for enterprise SaaS users to log in with the right set of permissions within the right context, and for our B2B customers to onboard access for their customers easily. Our work is cross-cutting and always heavily customer driven.

If you have a keen eye for good user experiences and enjoy solving hard problems at scale we can’t wait to talk to you.

What you’ll be doing

• Help drive architectural vision and strategy on the team to design and deliver powerful new enterprise functionality for our SaaS customers - both for the login flow itself and for Auth0’s direct and self-service management capabilities
• Identify and implement strategic technical improvements to our codebase and architecture. Orchestrate and lead major technical projects, across teams as necessary.
• Mentor and coach less experienced engineers on sound engineering practices and technical leadership. Serve as a subject matter expert on all building scalable, reliable and maintainable distributed systems.
• Work with your team, the Product Manager and Product Designer to define the look, feel and functionality of new features and review customer feedback

What you’ll bring to the role

• You bring solid architectural and security knowledge, backed by experience in designing, implementing and evolving complex distributed systems.
• You have worked on projects that required close collaboration with external teams, and have experience making those a success.
• You are a good mentor and communicator, and bring the rest of your team along for the journey. You can explain complex concepts simply in person or in a document. You know that while an engineer can write code, teams collaborate to ship successful products.
• You have built frontend and full-stack apps and know what approach to use when. You know how to build SPAs, have a good understanding of React and know your way around CSS.
• You have a good understanding of SQL databases and know how to debug and optimize table and query structure for performance under load.
• You have experience with Docker and cloud environments (AWS and Azure preferred).
• You have proven experience operating services at scale with appropriate observability tools and mechanisms.

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

• Knowledge of authentication protocols such as OAuth2, OIDC, SAML.
• Understanding and experience of DevOps culture. We have infrastructure teams that build interfaces for product teams but we love working with engineers who can reason about the workings under the covers - and roll their sleeves up to write some Terraform, if need be.
• Knowledge of security engineering and application security.

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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:: $160,000 CAD - $220,000 CAD

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