Senior Software Engineer, AI Authentication (Auth0)

Okta
Toronto
Workplace: HybridFull timeCAD 136,000 - 187,000 annuallyFunction: Software EngineeringSkills: ["Node.js","TypeScript","Go","Python","REST","Event-driven","Docker","Kubernetes","Cloud","Security","Identity","OAuth","OIDC"]

Own backend systems at scale for identity and authorization in AI agent workflows. Design APIs and services, ensure security and reliability, mentor teammates, and collaborate with product and security teams to shape features across the Auth0 platform in a high-ownership, ambiguous environment.

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Okta
Okta
4 months ago

Senior Software Engineer, AI Authentication (Auth0)

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Job Summary

Own backend systems at scale for identity and authorization in AI agent workflows. Design APIs and services, ensure security and reliability, mentor teammates, and collaborate with product and security teams to shape features across the Auth0 platform in a high-ownership, ambiguous environment.
Location: Toronto
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering

Key Responsibilities

  • •Design and implement backend systems, APIs, and services that bring identity and authorization capabilities to AI agent workflows.
  • •Own features end-to-end, from technical design through production, with attention to reliability, security, and developer experience.
  • •Build integrations that allow agents to securely acquire, use, and scope access credentials in real-world environments.
  • •Contribute to system design decisions, make thoughtful technical tradeoffs, and communicate them clearly to peers and partners.
  • •Help define patterns and abstractions for problems the industry hasn’t fully solved yet: agent identity, delegated access, trust boundaries across agentic systems.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: CAD 136,000 - 187,000 annually
Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVision

Key Requirements

  • •Proven experience designing and shipping production-grade backend systems: APIs, services, and integrations that operate at scale under real constraints.
  • •Strong foundation in one or more backend languages (Node.js/TypeScript, Go, Python, or similar); comfortable with REST and event-driven API patterns.
  • •Experience building in ambiguous, fast-moving environments where the problem definition evolves alongside the solution.
  • •A security-conscious mindset: you think about how credentials are handled, how trust is established, and what can go wrong at the integration boundary.
  • •Strong system design skills: you can scope a feature, identify the tradeoffs, and deliver something that holds up in production.
Skills:Node.jsTypeScriptGoPythonRESTEvent-drivenDockerKubernetesCloudSecurityIdentityOAuthOIDC
Languages:English
Tech Stack:Node.jsTypeScriptGoPythonRESTKafkaDockerKubernetesAWSGCPAzure

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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