Principal Software Engineer (Auth0)

About the role

This is a hybrid role. It requires going to the local office 3 times a week.

Auth0Lab Team

The Auth0Lab Team is a small team of engineers exploring new Auth0 products and features ideas. They take things from 0 to 1 and look to shape the future of identity. Our team has had a big role shaping the identity industry. We were all early at Auth0, which shaped how developers do authentication. And as part of Auth0Lab, we incubated Auth0 FGA, which redefined how authorization is done across the industry. Our current focus is enabling builders and companies of any size to ship production-grade GenAI apps and agents, by helping them with identity and security. We incubated Auth for GenAI, and we have a few more ideas around this that we are currently working on.

What you’ll be doing

• Implement proof of concepts and demos of new products, features or standard implementations in our products.
• Lead industry-wide efforts and protocols (e.g., MCP, A2A) around identity with recommendations, samples, SDKs.
• Implement samples and SDKs to make it easy to use Auth0 capabilities.
• Research market adjacencies to inform company strategy, M&A decisions, and future investment ideas.

What you’ll bring to the role

• You love to learn and are able to do so quickly.
• You know how computers work and can apply that to solve hard problems, period.
• You constantly strive to hit the right balance between simplicity and flexibility.
• You have a talent to grok customer’s needs and continuously iterate on your understanding of a problem space based on their feedback, industry trends, and available technology.
• You are able to work in a team environment, have good communication skills, and understand the value of collaboration.

Nice to have

• Can design and architect large-scale distributed systems.
• Understand the cost implications of cloud systems you design.
• Have 10+ years of software development experience.
• Have 4+ years of identity experience and working on cloud services.
• Have 3+ years of experience working in developer tooling or strong passion and demonstrable taste for it.

Pay and Benefits

The annual base salary range for this position for candidates located in the San Francisco Bay area is between: $274,000 USD - $376,200 USD.

Below is the annual base salary range for candidates located in California (excluding San Francisco Bay Area), Colorado, Illinois, New York, and Washington. Your actual base salary will depend on factors such as your skills, qualifications, experience, and work location. In addition, Okta offers equity (where applicable), bonus, and benefits, including health, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k), flexible spending account, 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/us.