Staff Data Engineer (Auth0)

Job Summary

The Auth0 Data Engineering Team is seeking a Staff Data Engineer to lead the architectural design and evolution of our data platform, focusing on making it FEDRamp compliant. Reporting to the manager of the Data Engineering Pipeline team, this role involves driving technical strategy, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and implementing foundational components of new architecture.

Responsibilities

• Lead the architectural design and evolution of our data platform, defining the roadmap for its future state.
• Drive technical strategy for large-scale platform enhancements, balancing long-term goals with incremental delivery.
• Collaborate deeply with engineers and leaders from other data, platform, and security teams to create a unified and secure architecture.
• Produce architectural artifacts, including design documents, threat models, and technical specifications, to create clarity and alignment for complex initiatives.
• Act as a technical mentor and force-multiplier for the Data Engineering team, elevating the performance of the group through guidance, code reviews, and sharing best practices.
• Implement foundational components of new architecture, proving out designs with hands-on coding and providing a model for other engineers to follow.

Requirements

• A passion for building secure, reliable, and scalable data systems.
• 8+ years of software development experience, with at least 5+ years in a data engineering or data platform role.
• Proven experience designing and delivering large-scale, cross-functional technical projects.
• Extensive experience architecting and deploying data infrastructure in a cloud environment (AWS strongly preferred).
• Deep architectural knowledge of the modern data stack, including data warehouses (Snowflake), transformation tools (dbt), and orchestrators (Airflow).
• Strong proficiency in Python and SQL, with a high bar for code quality and system design.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to create clarity and drive decisions on complex technical topics.
• The ability to deal with ambiguity, define a path forward, and lead others to successful outcomes.
• Experience in any of the following is a plus: direct experience with security compliance frameworks like FEDRamp, SOC2, or HIPAA; hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) and container orchestration (Kubernetes); experience working in government cloud environments (e.g., AWS GovCloud); familiarity with the Identity Access & Management (IAM) domain.

Qualifications

• US citizen or Green Card holder currently residing in the United States.

Pay & Benefits

The annual base salary range for this position for candidates located in California (excluding San Francisco Bay Area), Colorado, Illinois, New York, and Washington is between $174,000 USD - $238,700 USD. 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. For more information on our Total Rewards program, please visit: https://rewards.okta.com/us.