Software Architect (Auth0)

Okta•Chicago, WA

4d•Hybrid

About The Position

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. This is a hybrid role. It requires going to the local office 3 times a week. The Auth0Lab Team We are a small team of engineers exploring new Auth0 products and features ideas. We take things from 0 to 1 and we look to shape the future of identity. Our team has had a big role shaping the identity industry. We were all early at Auth0, which shaped how devs do authentication. And as part of Auth0Lab we incubated Auth0 FGA which redefined how authorization is done across the industry. Our current focus is enabling builders and companies of any size to ship production grade GenAI apps and agents, by helping them with identity and security. We incubated Auth for GenAI , and we have a few more ideas around this that we are currently working on :), like humanprincipal.ai . Join our team to have fun learning and collaborating with a great group of people, while having the opportunity to shape a huge industry: how developers everywhere implement auth!

Requirements

You love to learn and are able to do so quickly
You know how computers work and can apply that to solve hard problems, period.
You constantly strive to hit the right balance between simplicity and flexibility
You have a talent to grok customer's needs and continuously iterate on your understanding of a problem space based on their feedback, industry trends and available technology
You are able to work in a team environment, have good communication skills and understand the value of collaboration
Have 10+ years of software development experience
Have 4+ years of identity experience and working on cloud services
Have 3+ years of experience working in developer tooling or strong passion and demonstrable taste for it

Nice To Haves

can design and architect large scale distributed systems
Understand the cost implications of cloud systems you design

Responsibilities

Implement proof of concepts and demos of new products, features or standard implementations in our products.
Lead industry wide efforts and protocols (e.g. MCP , A2A ) around identity with recommendations, samples , SDKs
Implement samples and SDKs to make it easy to use Auth0 capabilities
Research market adjacencies to inform company strategy, m&a decisions and future investment ideas