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 Product
Auth0 is a developer-friendly identity platform that simplifies authentication and authorization for applications.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. Know more about our product at https://auth0.com/.
The Protocols team
The Protocols team plays a critical role within Core Identity, the Engineering organization entrusted with the very heart of the Auth0 application. Core Identity looks after the authentication pipeline, the protocols, user sessions, and all the fundamental concepts and foundational elements that underpin our entire product.
Within this crucial organization, the Protocols team's mission is to enable Auth0 and its customers to solve identity problems with standards-based solutions. This team and its organisation owns the core application of the Auth0 codebase, including the critical authentication engine. We're home to some of the brightest engineers in the company, with deep expertise in digital identity and a proven track record of designing robust, scalable systems.
Being at the core means our work impacts millions of users daily and empowers numerous other parts of our platform. The team is responsible for operating these critical services at scale and plays a crucial role in supporting other teams across Auth0 in designing and implementing key product capabilities.
The Role
This role is for you if you like being at the center of the action, it’s for you if you like to help people to grow and if you like solving non-trivial problems, transforming them into smaller easier problems.
We mostly work with a NodeJS backend (Javascript or Typescript), and use MongoDB, PostgreSQL and Redis to store our data. Our services run on AWS and Azure.
If you like tackling hard problems at scale and making them simpler, we can’t wait to talk to you. A passion for everything Identity and Access Management will also be of great help!
As a Staff Software Engineer, you will:
You're a good fit for this role if:
Bonus points if:
What you can look forward to as a Full-Time Okta employee!
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.