Senior Software Engineer, AI Authentication (Auth0)

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