Principal Software Engineer (Developer Platform, Auth0)

Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada; hybrid

Annual salary: CAD 184,000–253,000, plus equity where applicable, bonus, and benefits.

Company

Okta provides identity and access management infrastructure, including the Auth0 developer platform that enables organizations and developers to build secure identity experiences.

What you will do

• Set the technical direction and own the architecture of the Auth0 Developer Platform.
• Design distributed and event-driven systems for throughput, reliability, consistency, and scale.
• Turn ambiguous, complex platform problems into clear and modular technical designs.
• Shape interfaces and abstractions for both human developers and AI agents.
• Raise engineering standards through technical reviews, mentoring, and operational leadership.
• Partner with technical leads across engineering and architecture to align major platform decisions.

Requirements

• 10+ years of software engineering experience and a proven Principal or Staff-level individual contributor track record.
• Extensive experience designing and operating high-scale, reliable distributed and event-driven backend systems.
• Experience building developer-facing platforms, with strong understanding of interfaces, abstractions, and platform coherence.
• Deep understanding of identity and access management platforms.
• Strong Node.js fundamentals; familiarity with agentic tooling, MCP, or LLM-facing design.
• Experience driving technical direction and collaborating across engineering, product, and architecture teams.

Nice to have

• Experience with Go, agent frameworks, AI-facing systems, or LLM developer toolchains.
• Background at a company where developers are the primary customers.
• Experience setting technical direction for platforms used by other engineering teams.

Culture & Benefits

• In-person onboarding designed to accelerate impact and connect new hires with the mission and team.
• Health, dental, and vision insurance.
• RRSP matching, healthcare spending benefits, and telemedicine.
• Paid leave, including PTO and parental leave.
• Global community spanning more than 20 offices, with a focus on connection, talent development, and social impact.