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Staff Software Engineer, Security Engineering (Auth0)

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In-Office
Toronto, ON
Senior level
In-Office
Toronto, ON
Senior level
As a Staff Software Engineer, you'll design and develop security services and tools, mentor engineers, and enhance security practices across teams.
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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 flexible and neutral products, Okta Platform and Auth0 Platform, provide secure access, authentication, and automation, placing identity at the core 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.

This is a role with a significant impact. We are looking for an engineer with a passion for building and breaking things to solve security problems and build strong partnerships with other teams in Auth0 Engineering. You will build the foundational security tools, automation, and infrastructure that allows Okta to scale securely for years to come. The ideal candidate is excited about collaborating to solve problems that affect the entire ecosystem of services.

You will:

  • Design, develop, and operate new, highly scalable security services, tools, and automation for internal use.
  • Address cross-cutting security concerns such as caching, message-passing, rate-limiting, and vulnerability management.
  • Provide technical direction and guidance to engineers on your team and help shape a highly technical roadmap.
  • Build, manage, and support the integration of security assurance tools (SAST, DAST, SCA) as an integral part of the CI/CD pipeline.
  • Work with engineers across the organization to drive the prioritization and remediation plan for vulnerabilities.
  • Coach and mentor other engineers at all levels.
  • Discover and advocate for new technologies to accelerate improvements in the reliability, scalability, and security of the Okta CIC platform.
  • Carry complex, cross-team initiatives from end to end, including code reviews, design reviews, and ensuring operational robustness.
  • Participate in the team's on-call or support rotation.

You might be a good fit if you:

  • Have 7-10 years of software development experience, with a significant focus on security engineering or building secure-by-design systems.
  • Have experience leading complex technical initiatives from design to delivery.
  • A deep understanding of SQL and data pipelines
  • Proficiency in DBT, Airflow, and cloud data warehouses such as Snowflake, BigQuery, or Redshift
  • Understanding of modern Data Warehouse/Data Lake/Lakehouse architectures
  • Are proficient in modern programming languages such as Golang, Python, Typescript, or Node/JavaScript.
  • Have a good understanding of Web application security, including the identification and remediation of code and design flaws.
  • Have experience building security tooling and automation scripts.
  • Have experience with security tools (e.g., SCA, SAST, DAST, Burp Proxy) and CI/CD pipeline integration.
  • Have a passion for building systems that are highly reliable, maintainable, scalable, and secure.
  • Bring the right attitude to the team: ownership, accountability, attention to detail, and a customer focus.
  • Have excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain complex security issues and their impact to diverse audiences.
  • Are comfortable working on a fully-distributed team.

Extra Points:

  • Have a deep understanding of Kubernetes and containerization.
  • Have experience deploying solutions to cloud providers like AWS and/or Azure.
  • Basic understanding of API security best practices.
  • Strong background in Agile software development and understanding of core principles and practices (Scrum, Kanban, etc)

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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:
$154,000$230,000 CAD

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

  • Amazing Benefits
  • Making Social Impact
  • Developing Talent and Fostering Connection + Community 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/.
Some roles may require travel to one of our office locations for in-person onboarding.

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 complete any part of 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 Personnel and Job Candidate Privacy Notice at https://www.okta.com/legal/personnel-policy/.

Top Skills

Airflow
AWS
Azure
BigQuery
Burp Proxy
Dast
Dbt
Go
Kubernetes
Node/Javascript
Python
Redshift
Sast
Sca
Snowflake
SQL
Typescript

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