Join Okta as a Senior Software Engineer to build and manage the foundational infrastructure for the Auth0 platform.
Posted by employer 3 days ago
First seen on Joblaze 2 days ago
Last verified on the company career page 21 hours ago
Skills & Technologies
What you'll build
- Develop large, distributed and highly-available infrastructure
- Implement platform tools for feature teams
- Research new technologies for environment creation
- Carry cross team initiatives from end to end
- Participate in on-call rotation
Must have
- 5-8 years of software development experience
- Proficient in or desire to learn Golang
- Experience managing infrastructure with Terraform
- Experience working with data storage systems at scale
- Experience with Microsoft Azure and/or Amazon Web Services
Nice to have
- Experience working with databases
- DevOps experience using cloud-agnostic, cloud-native technologies
Practical constraints
- Participate in the team's on-call rotation
Requirements
- Experience
- 5–8 years
Not disclosed in this posting: visa sponsorship.
Benefits
Joblaze summary
In this role, the Senior Software Engineer will focus on developing and maintaining a large-scale, distributed infrastructure that supports the Auth0 platform. Key skills include proficiency in Golang, experience with Terraform, and familiarity with data storage systems like PostgreSQL and MongoDB. This position is ideal for candidates with 5-8 years of software development experience who are comfortable collaborating across teams and are passionate about building reliable and scalable systems. The team operates in a fully-distributed model, emphasizing ownership and accountability.
Joblaze insights
- Listed 2 days ago — first seen on Joblaze September 18, 2026. Last confirmed on Okta's careers page September 20, 2026.
- This exact title is also open at 1 other location at Okta: Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
- Starts above 5% of 19 comparable senior backend roles in Canada that list Kubernetes we track (median $109,387 across 10 companies). See Kubernetes salary trends
- Kubernetes appears in 31.9% of 69 comparable senior backend roles in Canada; Redis appears in 1.4% of 69 comparable senior backend roles in Canada.
Quick facts
- Is the Senior Software Engineer, Datastores (Auth0) role remote?
- It's hybrid — Okta expects some on-site time in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
- What's the salary range?
- Okta lists CAD 136,000–CAD 187,000 for this role.
- How much experience is required?
- 5–8 years of relevant experience for this Senior Software Engineer, Datastores (Auth0) role.
- Where is the role based?
- Okta is hiring for this position in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: Amazon Web Services, DynamoDB, Golang, Kubernetes, Microsoft Azure, MongoDB.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Okta targets senior candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Senior Software Engineer, Datastores (Auth0) role at Okta.
From the original posting
Secure Every Identity, from AI to Human
Datastores Engineer, Platform Infrastructure
The Auth0 platform secures more than 100 million logins each day for customers all around the world - and we're growing fast! The Platform Infrastructure team enables Auth0 engineers to move faster by giving them tools to easily deploy and manage their services on AWS and Azure. This is a role with a huge impact. You will get to work with engineers throughout the organization and what you build will be a foundational piece of the infrastructure that allows Auth0 to scale for years to come.
We are looking for Engineer who are passionate about distributed systems, availability, and delivering customer value to join our Platform Infrastructure Datastores team. Because we build and support the overall Auth0 platform, the ideal candidate is someone who is passionate about infrastructure, operations, databases and not intimidated by cross-organization coordination and collaboration.
You will:
- Develop our large, distributed and highly-available infrastructure.
- Implement platform tools that allow feature teams to deploy and manage the datastores for their services.
- Research new technologies to accelerate new environment creation.
- Carry cross team initiatives from end to end: code reviews, design reviews, operational robustness, security hygiene, etc.
- Participate in the team's on-call rotation.
You might be a good fit if you:
- Have 5-8 years of software development experience.
- Are proficient in or have a desire to learn Golang
- Have experience managing infrastructure with Terraform.
- Have experience working with k8s, CICD
- Comfortable working with data storage systems, at scale and in a team environment using technologies such as PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, Dynamodb
- Comfortable working on datastore reliability - standard configurations for data stores, latency, throughput, availability, utilization indicators, performance analysis
- Have experience working with Microsoft Azure and/or Amazon Web Services.
- Tend to deliver work incrementally to get feedback and iterate over solutions.
- Have a passion for working on systems that are highly reliable, maintainable, scalable and secure.
- Bring the right attitude to the team: ownership, accountability, and attention to detail.
- Are comfortable working on a fully-distributed team.
Extra Points:
- Have experience working with databases
- Have DevOps experience using cloud-agnostic, cloud-native technologies.
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Below is the annual salary range for candidates located in Canada. Your actual salary will depend on factors such as your skills, qualifications, and experience. In addition, Okta offers equity (where applicable), bonus, and benefits, including health, dental, and vision insurance, RRSP with a match, healthcare spending, telemedicine, 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/can.
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