Okta · 16 hours ago
Software Architect (Node.js)
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$263K/yr - $353K/yr
10+ years expOkta is The World’s Identity Company, focused on providing secure access and authentication solutions. The Software Architect (Node.js) will collaborate with engineering teams to enhance Auth0's technology stack, lead initiatives for product evolution, and provide architectural guidance while also engaging in hands-on coding and development.
CRMEnterprise SoftwareIdentity ManagementIT InfrastructureManagement Information SystemsSoftwareWeb Development
Responsibilities
Collaborate with Product, Security, and Engineering teams to define and continually improve Auth0’s technology stack and architecture
Develop Architect-level expertise in authentication and authorization, leading initiatives to enhance, scale, and evolve Auth0’s product offerings
Embed within Engineering teams across the organization for large projects, while providing guidance and lighter touch engagements for smaller initiatives
Design, architect, and document large scale distributed systems
Lead the development of complex, broadly-scoped functionality in a very large and deep set of services and components
Teach by doing: coding, optimizing, and troubleshooting Node.js and Go applications in collaboration with feature development teams
Implement features and create consistent foundations using technologies such as AWS, Azure, Node.js, Go, MongoDB, Redis, PostgreSQL, Kubernetes
Investigate, understand, and resolve bottlenecks in our ability to scale, use resources efficiently, and maintain a 99.99% uptime SLA
Drive technical decision making while striving to find the right balance between factors such as simplicity, flexibility, reliability, cost, and performance
Participate in 'round table' discussions and mentor team members and engineers throughout the organization to level up our people
Participate in our Engineering Leadership Team with other architects, directors, and executives
After spending time getting acquainted with our applications, systems, and processes, you’ll go through training to join our Incident Commander on-call rotation
Qualification
Required
Passion and thorough understanding of what it takes to build and operate secure, reliable systems at scale
Very strong written and verbal communication skills with a demonstrated ability to adjust your communication style to the intended audience, whether communicating with senior executives, customers, engineers, or product managers
Experience with Node.js (Javascript or Typescript), the deeper the better, as this role will be working in large Node.js codebases
Experience with API-driven applications using REST and/or gRPC
Experience with multi-cloud environments and container deployments, particularly Kubernetes in AWS/Azure
Strong analytical skills to investigate performance, find bottlenecks, and suggest tractable optimizations. Prior experience with application performance management, tracing, and performance testing tools are a plus
Excellence at creating clarity and alignment for technical initiatives
Ability to lead and resolve company-wide technical discussions, balancing the desire to collect opinions with the need to drive to decisions
Great ability to build trust through collaboration with multiple teams and get consensus on a vision
Knowledge of application security and cloud security best practices
10+ years of software development experience
5+ years of experience working on cloud applications
Preferred
Knowledge of Identity Protocols such as OAuth, OIDC and SAML
Experience with security engineering and application security
Benefits
Equity (where applicable)
Bonus
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
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$1.23BKey Investors
Sequoia 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
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