Staff Software Engineer, Actions (Auth0)
About The Position
Okta is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join their high-caliber Extensibility Engineering team. This role will focus on improving an ultra-low latency, secure, and scalable platform for untrusted code execution. The engineer will significantly contribute to the foundation of the Customer Identity Ecosystem, impacting customers and partners. As part of the Developer Experience - Extensibility team, the engineer will lead, design, architect, and document large-scale projects using technologies like Node.js, Golang, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, AWS, Azure, and Kubernetes. They will mentor others, contribute to Auth0's architecture, performance, observability, security controls, and best practices, and collaborate with Product and Security teams. Participation in on-call rotations for production issue troubleshooting is also expected.
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in software development building distributed systems (Node.js and/or Go).
- Strong experience in API-driven applications using REST and/or gRPC.
- Experience with packaging and distributing containerized applications using Docker and Kubernetes.
- Experience with sandboxing untrusted code or tenant isolation (both preferred but not required).
- A high bar for both code quality as well as quality of user experience.
- Proven ability to collaborate with others to drive initiatives forward.
Nice To Haves
- Frontend application development in React/Angular (or other JavaScript frameworks) is a plus.
- An understanding of evergreen infrastructure and CI/CD best practices
Responsibilities
- Lead, Design, architect, and document large-scale projects using technologies such as Node.js, Golang, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, AWS, Azure, and Kubernetes.
- Mentors others by coaching and delegating responsibilities to others. Collaborates with Engineering Manager on buy-in and direction.
- Contribute to improving Auth0's architecture, performance, observability, security controls, and best practices.
- Collaborate with Product and Security teams to define and continually improve Auth0’s Extensibility platform and architecture.
- Participate in our on-call rotations for troubleshooting production issues.
Benefits
- equity
- bonus
- health insurance
- dental insurance
- vision insurance
- RRSP with a match
- healthcare spending
- telemedicine
- paid leave (including PTO and parental leave)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
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