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Principal Software Engineer

Principal-level engineer on the Auth0Lab team building GenAI identity products. Hands-on architect role focused on POCs, industry protocols, SDKs, and market research. Requires 10+ years software experience and 4+ years in identity/cloud.

244k – 376kBellevue, WAChicago, ILNew York, NY+2 moreFullstack EngineeringHybrid10+ YOE

About the role

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)

Skills

Distributed SystemsCloud ServicesSdk DevelopmentIdentity ProtocolsDeveloper ToolingProof Of Concept DevelopmentSystem ArchitectureCost Optimization

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