Staff Software Engineer, Delegated Administration
Leads architecture and development of Auth0 delegated administration capabilities, building scalable identity applications and services while mentoring engineers and coordinating cross-team technical initiatives. Requires strong distributed-systems, Node.js, frontend, database, cloud, and security experience.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Drive the architectural vision and strategy for designing and delivering enterprise functionality for SaaS customers, including login flows and Auth0 management capabilities.
- Identify and implement strategic technical improvements to the codebase and architecture.
- Orchestrate and lead major technical projects across teams.
- Mentor and coach engineers on engineering practices and technical leadership.
- Serve as a subject matter expert in scalable, reliable, and maintainable distributed systems.
- Collaborate with engineers, Product Management, Product Design, and customers to define and review new features.
Requirements
- Architectural and security knowledge, with experience designing, implementing, and evolving complex distributed systems.
- Experience collaborating closely with external teams on successful projects.
- Strong mentoring, communication, and technical leadership skills.
- Experience with Node.js, JavaScript or TypeScript, scalable backend services, and public and internal APIs.
- Experience building frontend and full-stack applications, including single-page applications.
- Understanding of React and CSS.
- Understanding of SQL databases, including debugging and optimizing table and query structures for performance under load.
- Experience with Docker and cloud environments, preferably AWS and Azure.
- Experience operating services at scale with appropriate observability tools and mechanisms.
Nice-to-haves
- Knowledge of OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect (OIDC), or SAML.
- Understanding of DevOps practices and experience with Terraform.
- Knowledge of security engineering and application security.
Compensation and Benefits
- Annual base salary range in Canada: $160,000–$220,000 CAD.
- Equity, bonus, and benefits may include health, dental, and vision insurance, RRSP matching, healthcare spending, telemedicine, and paid leave, including PTO and parental leave.
Skills
Node.js, JavaScript, TypeScript, Postgres, SQL, React, CSS, Docker, AWS, Azure, Terraform, Oauth 2.0, Openid Connect, SAML, Distributed Systems
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