Staff Data Engineer (Auth0)

Secure Every Identity, from AI to Human Identity is the key to unlocking the potential of AI. Okta secures AI by building the trusted, neutral infrastructure that enables organizations to safely embrace this new era. This work requires a relentless drive to solve complex challenges with real-world stakes. We are looking for builders and owners who operate with speed and urgency and execute with excellence.

About the role

The Staff Data Engineer will serve as the technical leader for strategic platform initiatives, beginning with a critical mission: making our data platform FEDRamp compliant. This role reports to the manager of the Data Engineering Pipeline team and focuses on the architectural evolution of our core data platform.

This is a high-impact, strategic role where you will lead the discovery, design, and implementation of the next-generation architecture for our data systems, ensuring they are scalable, reliable, and secure. You will work across multiple data, platform, and security teams to define the architectural roadmap and drive its successful execution.

Please note: Due to the strategic nature of upcoming projects, this position is open only to US citizens or Green Card holders currently residing in the United States.

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.

Skills

Extra credit if you have experience in any of the following:

• 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.

Pay

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.

Benefits

• Health, dental, and vision insurance.
• 401(k) retirement plan.
• Flexible spending account.
• Paid leave (including PTO and parental leave).
• Equity (where applicable).
• Bonus opportunities.

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