Staff Software Engineer, Developer Platform (Auth0)

Okta
Toronto
Workplace: HybridFull timeCAD 160,000 - 220,000 annuallyFunction: Software EngineeringExperience: 7+ yearsSkills: ["Developer empathy","Execution bias","Owning ambiguous problems","Cross-functional collaboration","Technical direction"]

Design and build developer-facing platform surfaces for Auth0—APIs, MCP tools, and CLI integrations—so both developers and AI agents can configure, extend, and interact with the platform reliably. Own technical direction for key surfaces, drive cross-cutting decisions to keep the platform coherent, and collaborate peer-to-peer with tech leads across teams. Bring deep empathy for developer experience and help evolve Auth0 for agent-first consumers.

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Okta
Okta
2 months ago

Staff Software Engineer, Developer Platform (Auth0)

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Job Summary

Design and build developer-facing platform surfaces for Auth0—APIs, MCP tools, and CLI integrations—so both developers and AI agents can configure, extend, and interact with the platform reliably. Own technical direction for key surfaces, drive cross-cutting decisions to keep the platform coherent, and collaborate peer-to-peer with tech leads across teams. Bring deep empathy for developer experience and help evolve Auth0 for agent-first consumers.
Location: Toronto
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering
Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Design and build developer-facing platform surfaces—APIs, MCP tools, and CLI integrations—that work for developers and agents.
  • •Own technical direction for key platform surfaces that make Auth0 consumable by agents.
  • •Drive cross-cutting technical decisions to keep the platform coherent and easy to build on.
  • •Operate peer-to-peer with tech leads across teams: own work, unblock others, and raise the execution bar.
  • •Bring developer empathy to what you ship by designing APIs and interfaces around how developers consume them.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: CAD 160,000 - 220,000 annually
Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVisionRrspTelemedicinePaid LeaveParental Leave

Key Requirements

  • •7+ years of software engineering experience with meaningful time on platform, SDK, or developer-tooling work.
  • •Strong Node.js fundamentals; Go is a plus.
  • •Track record of designing and shipping APIs or developer-facing surfaces at scale.
  • •Comfort owning ambiguous problems without heavy top-down scoping.
  • •Hands-on familiarity with agentic tooling, MCP, or LLM-facing API design.
Experience:7+ yearsPlatformSDKDeveloper toolingAPI platformsDeveloper experienceAgentic toolingLLMIdentityAuthorizationIAM
Skills:Developer empathyExecution biasOwning ambiguous problemsCross-functional collaborationTechnical direction
Languages:English
Tech Stack:Node.jsGoAPIsSDKsCLIsMCPModel Context ProtocolLLM

Company Brief

Okta
Provides identity and access management cloud solutions that help organizations secure and manage user authentication, single sign-on, multi-factor authentication, and lifecycle management across applications and devices.
Industry: Cybersecurity
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: San Francisco, United States
Founded: 2009
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