Principal Software Engineer

What you’ll be doing

• Implement proof of concepts and demos of new products, features or standard implementations in our products. We have a dedicated environment for these here.
• 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

What you’ll bring to the role

• 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
• Nice to have: can design and architect large scale distributed systems
• Understand the cost implications of cloud systems you design
• Have 10+ years of software development experience
• Have 4+ 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

Compensation & Benefits

• Annual base salary range for candidates in San Francisco Bay area: $274,000–$376,200
• Annual base salary range for candidates in California (excluding San Francisco Bay Area), Colorado, Illinois, New York and Washington: $244,000–$335,500
• Equity (where applicable), bonus, and benefits including health, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), flexible spending account, and paid leave (including PTO and parental leave)