Principal Applied AI Scientist (Auth0 Lab)

TL;DR

Principal Applied AI Scientist (Auth0 Lab) (AI and security): Developing production-grade AI products and models for identity, authentication, authorization, and AI-agent security with an accent on applied research, model development, and evaluation. Focus on leading 0-to-1 AI initiatives, fine-tuning language models, building training and evaluation workflows, and balancing quality, security, latency, and cost.

Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada; hybrid work with attendance at the local office three times per week

Salary: CAD 216,000–297,000 annually, plus equity where applicable, bonus, and benefits.

Company

Okta provides identity and access management products, including Auth0 solutions for authentication, authorization, and AI-agent security.

What you will do

• Model and solve authentication and security problems using AI and machine learning.
• Lead end-to-end model development, including training traditional ML models and fine-tuning or aligning language models.
• Create and maintain training and evaluation datasets, workflows, and supporting infrastructure.
• Take ideas from research through prototypes to product recommendations.
• Evaluate solutions across quality, security, latency, and cost.
• Set the technical direction for AI innovation and lead 0-to-1 product initiatives independently.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in machine learning or applied research roles.
• Experience leading multiple 0-to-1 AI or ML projects and shipping practical AI or ML systems.
• Strong Python, machine learning frameworks, and software engineering skills.
• Ability to understand computer systems and apply that knowledge to complex technical problems.
• Strong learning, communication, collaboration, and customer-problem discovery skills.
• Ability to work in a hybrid setup from the Toronto, Ontario office three days per week.

Nice to have

• Experience working on security-related products.
• Experience publishing papers or open-sourcing research results.

Culture & Benefits

• High autonomy, rapid experimentation, and ownership of AI direction within Auth0 Lab.
• Opportunity to work on identity, developer products, and AI-agent security from research through productization.
• Health, dental, and vision insurance.
• RRSP matching, healthcare spending support, telemedicine, and paid leave including PTO and parental leave.
• Equity where applicable, bonus opportunities, and an immersive in-person onboarding experience.