Staff Product Designer, Auth0

Okta; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 193,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Bonus

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k)

Flexible spending account

Paid parental leave

PTO

Job summary

Okta seeks a senior designer to help shape the emergent products that secure AI agents and developer-facing tooling. You will prototype in-browser, design within React/Next.js, and craft interfaces that balance simplicity with precise security workflows.

You bring at least six years of design experience, plus a track record shipping code or side projects. A real AI practice and the ability to design for developers are essential.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of design experience; prototyping in the browser.
• Experience shipping side projects or writing production code to perfect interactions.
• Experience designing for developers (APIs, SDKs, dashboards).
• A real AI workflow and opinions on where AI tools help or fall short.

Responsibilities

• Prototype at volume using AI tools and code to explore directions quickly, then narrow based on impact.
• Design in the codebase within our React/Next.js environment to refine components users interact with.
• Turn complex authorization models and security flows into clear interfaces without losing precision.
• Raise the craft by sharing practical design approaches within the broader team.

Skills

Design experience

Browser prototyping

AI practice

Developer-focused design

Tools

React

Next.js

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.

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 Emerging Products Design Team

Emerging Products is an org pillar inside Auth0. We figure out what's next. You'll be designing systems that help developers secure AI agents, manage granular permissions, and build on identity primitives that don't fully exist yet.

Engineers, PMs, and Designers work on the same problems at the same time. There is no design-then-build sequence. There's just build.

What you’ll be doing

When everyone on the team can generate UI, the designer's role shifts. You become the person responsible for strong systems thinking, taste, quality, experience, and being the voice of the customer. You hold the quality bar when speed is pushing everything toward "fine."

• Prototype at volume: Use AI tools and code to explore dozens of directions fast, then narrow based on what works and what solves the actual problem.

• Design in the codebase: Work within our React and Next.js environment to refine components and interactions where users will actually experience them.

• Simplify complexity: Turn authorization models, SDK patterns, and security flows into interfaces that feel clear without losing precision.

• Raise the craft: Help the broader design org see what this way of working looks like in practice. We're all figuring this out together.

What you’ll bring to the role

• You have craft: This matters most. Considered typography, intentional spacing, polished micro-interactions, details that show someone genuinely cared. We're looking for someone with a refined sense of design taste/aesthetics and a deep appreciation for the details that create a polished user experience.

• You build: 6+ years of design experience, but somewhere along the way you started prototyping in the browser, shipping side projects, or writing production code because you wanted the interaction exactly right.

• You have a real AI practice: Not experimentation, but an actual workflow. You have opinions about where AI tools help and where they fall short.

• You design for developers: Tools, APIs, CLIs, SDKs, and admin dashboards. You know "simple" means something different for this audience.

Note for when applying

In your application, please include a link to your portfolio with password (if protected). We prioritize a review of your design craft and any examples of your work in code.

Below is the annual base salary range for candidates located in San Francisco Bay Area. Your actual base salary will depend on factors such as your skills, qualifications, experience, and work location. In addition, Okta offers equity (where applicable), bonus, and benefits, including health, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), flexible spending account, 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/us.

The annual base salary range for this position for candidates located in the San Francisco Bay area is between: : $140,000 USD - $193,000 USD

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