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 IAM Team

Okta’s Customer Identity Cloud (CIC), powered by Auth0 technology, is an easy-to-implement authentication and authorization platform designed by developers for developers. We make access to applications safe, secure, and seamless for over 100 million daily logins worldwide. Our modern approach to identity enables this Tier-Ø global service to deliver convenience, privacy, and security so customers can focus on innovation.

The Opportunity

This role is part of a team responsible for managing, maintaining, and expanding all authentication interfaces. We’re looking to grow the team to deliver some high-impact features. If you’ve signed in on a TV using your smartphone or logged into some of the biggest brands’ websites or apps, you’ve likely worked with Auth0. This team is responsible for some of the most significant expansions in our authentication offerings ever.

You’ll use NodeJS (Javascript/Typescript), MongoDB, and PostgreSQL in this role. Our services run on AWS and Azure.

If you like simplifying complex problems at scale, we’d like to talk to you.

What you’ll be doing

Designing and building new and upcoming features
Maintaining and expanding our existing core products
Collaborating with our peer teams to deliver the best solutions that meet industry standards and customer expectations
Participate in scheduled on-call rotations

What you’ll bring to the role

An interest in designing, analyzing, and troubleshooting large-scale distributed systems
A systematic problem-solving approach, coupled with strong communication skills and a sense of ownership and drive
Practical experience developing and improving applications written in Node.js, Golang, or another concurrency-friendly language

And extra credit if you have experience in any of the following!

Experience working with a fully distributed, remote team
Existing knowledge of security engineering and application security
Understanding of AI and how it integrates with external systems
Proven experience and understanding of architecture principles across infrastructure platforms, security, data, integration, and application layers

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Below is the annual salary range for candidates located in Canada. Your actual salary will depend on factors such as your skills, qualifications, and experience. In addition, Okta offers equity (where applicable), bonus, and benefits, including health, dental, and vision insurance, RRSP with a match, healthcare spending, telemedicine, and paid leave (including PTO and parental leave) in accordance with our applicable plans and policies. To learn more about our Total Rewards program, please visit: https://rewards.okta.com/can.

The annual base salary range for this position for candidates located in Canada is between:

$135,000—$203,000 CAD

What you can look forward to as an Full-Time Okta employee!

Amazing Benefits
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Fostering Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging at Okta

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/.

Okta is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, marital status, age, physical or mental disability, or status as a protected veteran. We also consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and convictions records, consistent with applicable laws. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application, interview process, or onboarding please use this Form to request an accommodation.

Okta is committed to complying with applicable data privacy and security laws and regulations. For more information, please see our Privacy Policy at https://www.okta.com/privacy-policy/.

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