Staff Software Engineer, Developer Platform (Auth0)

Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada; hybrid

Annual salary: CAD 160,000–220,000, plus equity where applicable, bonus, and benefits.

Company

Okta provides identity and access infrastructure through its Okta and Auth0 products, including APIs, SDKs, developer tools, and AI-oriented identity capabilities.

What you will do

• Design and build developer-facing APIs, MCP tools, and CLI integrations for both developers and AI agents.
• Own the technical direction of platform surfaces that make Auth0 consumable by agents.
• Drive cross-cutting technical decisions that keep the platform coherent and easy to build on.
• Collaborate peer-to-peer with technical leads across teams, unblock others, and raise the execution bar.
• Design APIs and platform experiences around how developers consume and integrate with identity services.

Requirements

• 7+ years of software engineering experience, including substantial work on platforms, SDKs, or developer tooling.
• Strong Node.js fundamentals; Go experience is a plus.
• Experience designing and shipping APIs or developer-facing surfaces at scale.
• Ability to own ambiguous problems with limited top-down direction.
• Hands-on familiarity with agentic tooling, MCP, or LLM-facing API design.
• Experience collaborating across engineering, product, and architecture in a fast-moving environment.

Nice to have

• Experience with identity, authorization, or IAM platforms.
• Experience with agent frameworks, AI-facing APIs, or LLM developer toolchains.
• Background at a company where developers are the primary customers.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work with an immersive, in-person onboarding experience.
• Health, dental, and vision insurance.
• RRSP matching, healthcare spending, and telemedicine.
• Paid leave, including PTO and parental leave.
• Equity where applicable, bonus opportunities, and a global community spanning more than 20 offices.