Okta · 7 months ago
Distinguished Engineer
New York, New York
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff
$294K/yr - $440K/yr
15+ years expOkta is The World’s Identity Company, providing secure access, authentication, and automation. They are seeking a Distinguished Engineer to implement proof of concepts and lead industry-wide efforts around identity, while also researching market adjacencies to inform company strategy.
Enterprise SoftwareCyber SecurityCloud ComputingSoftwareCRMIdentity ManagementIT InfrastructureWeb Development
Responsibilities
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
Qualification
Required
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
Have 15+ years of software development experience
Have 5+ 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
Preferred
can design and architect large scale distributed systems
Benefits
Health, dental and vision insurance
401(k)
Flexible spending account
Paid leave (including PTO and parental leave)
Company
Okta
Okta is a management platform that secures critical resources from cloud to ground for workforce and customers.
5001-10000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship
68%
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Engineering and Development
Management and Executive
Product Management
Customer Service and Support
Marketing
Sales
Accounting and Finance
Creatives and Design
Human Resources
Legal and Compliance
Education and Training
Trends of Total Sponsorships
*2026 (55)
2025 (117)
2024 (133)
2023 (108)
2022 (201)
2021 (142)
2020 (120)
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$1.23BKey Investors
Andreessen Horowitz,Greylock,Sequoia CapitalSequoia CapitalAndreessen Horowitz
2020-06-08Post Ipo Equity· $1B
2017-04-06IPO
2017-03-30Secondary Market
Leadership Team
Todd McKinnon
CEO & Co-Founder
Frederic Kerrest
Vice-Chairman & Co-Founder
Recent News
2026-07-16
2026-07-14
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