7 hours ago
Toronto, CanadaStaff+
Responsibilities
- Shape the technical strategy of the Identity Security Fabric and prioritize open standards such as IPSIE.
- Implement the Discover, Onboard, Protect, and Govern maturity model across fullstack systems.
- Architect systems that discover and secure human and non-human agents, including Shadow AI assets.
- Enforce secure access and least privilege through Agent Gateways and short-lived credentials.
- Advance AI-native development practices across design, review, and software delivery workflows.
- Drive improvements to technical debt, CI/CD, observability, documentation, reliability, and support processes.
- Partner with Product and Design to own desired customer outcomes.
- Mentor peer engineers and raise the team’s technical standards.
Requirements
- Deep expertise building reliable, secure, enterprise-grade software using Java or another type-safe programming language.
- Proficiency with JavaScript and TypeScript, including the ability to contribute to frontend development.
- Proven experience defining scalable backend architectures and integrating complex APIs with modern web technologies.
- Strong understanding of web authentication and authorization fundamentals and secure handling of sensitive user data.
- Strong understanding of cloud architecture and experience designing and operating large-scale services on AWS.
- Ability to apply AI meaningfully across the software development lifecycle, evaluate AI tooling, and establish team practices.
- Preferred experience leading engineering teams through changes in AI adoption, developer tooling, or engineering culture.
- Preferred experience building or maintaining publicly released SDKs for external developers.
- Preferred experience with Identity and Access Management tooling or zero-to-one startup-like teams.
Benefits
- Annual base salary range of $160,000–$220,000 CAD for candidates located in Canada, plus equity where applicable and bonus.
- Health, dental, and vision insurance, RRSP matching, healthcare spending, telemedicine, and paid leave including PTO and parental leave.
- Immersive in-person onboarding experience and connection with a global community spanning more than 20 offices.
- Equal opportunity employment and reasonable accommodation support are provided.
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About Okta
Okta builds cloud-based identity and access management for enterprises and developers, including single sign-on, multi-factor authentication, and lifecycle management. It sells subscription SaaS as the Okta Workforce Identity and Customer Identity Clouds; the latter incorporates Auth0, acquired in 2021. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in San Francisco, Okta is a public company traded on Nasdaq.