Senior Software Engineer, AI Authentication at Okta – Toronto | Jobyssey

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.

At Okta, we’re building the next generation of authentication for the Agentic AI era. We’re looking for a Senior Engineer to join our AI Authentication team – a group of product-minded, deeply technical engineers delivering features to define what identity and access mean in a world increasingly powered by artificial intelligence.

This is a great opportunity for an Senior engineer who thrives in collaborative environments, is eager to grow their technical depth, and wants to build scalable systems that solve real-world security problems. Auth0 Emerging Tech is the Engineering organization where we take care of the hottest technology out there: we ship fast, we don't break things. We are a dynamic and collaborative distributed and diverse team. We value ownership, learning and innovation.

We launched our Auth for GenAI offering and we are looking for an Senior Engineer to join us to lead the team taking care of the Identity Protocols parts of the game.

Auth0 works with NodeJS ( Javascript or Typescript), a hint of Go and MongoDB or PostgreSQL databases.

What will you do:

Bring expertise in identity and security while building innovative features and standards that will secure the Agentic AI world
Build and maintain scalable services using TypeScript, NodeJS PostgreSQL/MongoDB.
Collaborate with other product managers, designers, and senior engineers to deliver features that improve identity and access for GenAI applications.
Write clean, testable, and maintainable code, and participate in code reviews and system design discussions.
Contribute to observability and alerting systems to ensure reliability and performance of our services.
Continuously learn and grow by working alongside experienced engineers on complex distributed systems.

Qualifications and requirements

What you'll bring to the role:

Solid programming experience with JavaScript/TypeScript and familiarity with NodeJS runtime environments.
Practical experience with SQL and NoSQL databases (preferably Postgres and MongoDB).
The ability to write well-tested, good quality code.
An enjoyment of working in an iterative development environment.
The ability to work well with technical and non-technical people to deliver high-value results.
Excellence when working autonomously, knowing when to seek help from team members.
A systematic problem-solving approach, coupled with strong communication skills and a sense of ownership and drive.
Experience and understanding of architecture principles across infrastructure platforms, security, data, integration, and application layers.
Experience working on resilient products that can scale.

Bonus points for:

Understanding of IAM Concepts
Experience with using AI Agents, to better understand the problem space we operate in
Experience creating and maintaining public and secure APIs.
Curiosity about AI and its intersection with identity and security.
Experience working on Identity and Access Management software and concepts
Knowledge of observability tools like Datadog, Prometheus, or OpenTelemetry.

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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: .

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

$136,000—$187,000 CAD

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