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Okta is The World’s Identity Company. We free everyone to safely use any technology, anywhere, on any device or app. Our flexible and neutral products, Okta Platform and Auth0 Platform, provide secure access, authentication, and automation, placing identity at the core of business security and growth.

At Okta, we celebrate a variety of perspectives and experiences. We are not looking for someone who checks every single box - we’re looking for lifelong learners and people who can make us better with their unique experiences.

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Auth0

Auth0 is an easy to implement authentication and authorization platform designed by developers for developers. We make access to applications safe, secure, and seamless for the more than 100 million daily logins around the world. Our modern approach to identity enables this Tier 0 global service to deliver convenience, privacy, and security so customers can focus on innovation.

We are looking for a Staff Engineer with experience across the following technologies: JavaScript (Browser & Node).

Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Work Mode: Remote

Note: This role requires in-person onboarding and travel to our Bengaluru, IN office during the first week of employment.

Job Description:

You GET developers! You know what they need, how to talk to them, how to make their lives easier, what makes them click, their dissatisfies and their delights. You recognize when a framework, library or product provides a great experience. As a Staff Javascript Engineer, you will use those superpowers to build and maintain SDKs and libraries, improve our entire onboarding process, SDKs, Quick starts, Docs, and provide direct assistance to developers in our support channels.

You will be the internal and external steward of the experience for the technologies that you love working with every day.

Each engineer shepherds one or multiple platforms forward, both internally within Auth0, and externally in the community. You will be working in a cross-functional team alongside the developer evangelist, onboarding, growth, dashboard, community, tooling, and SDK teams to provide the best developer experience for the technologies you own.

The most important qualifications for this position are software engineering expertise, product mindset, leadership, empathy, and self-direction.

What you’ll be doing

Design and develop new SDKs, libraries, APIs and experiences that make complex identity APIs and flows easy to understand and integrate into customer apps
Provide technical direction and guidance to engineers on your direct team and help shape a highly technical roadmap
Coach and mentor engineers at all levels up to their peer level.
Discover and advocate for new technologies to accelerate improvements to our libraries, including insights and automation
Carry cross-team initiatives from end to end: code reviews, design reviews, operational robustness, security hygiene, etc.

What you’ll bring to the role

Must Have: 8+ years of hands on expertise in JavaScript and NodeJS
Must Have: 3+ years of Hands on expertise in Next.Js
Must have working expertise on any backend language and the ecosystem (e.g. Java, .NET, C# etc.).
You are able to lead a team of engineers to success, across a diverse set of technology platforms
Have developed libraries or SDKs to be consumed by other developers
Have an excellent understanding of JavaScript and the ecosystem.
Bring the right attitude to the team: ownership, accountability, attention to detail, and customer focus.
Have good working knowledge of other JavaScript frameworks such as Angular, or Next.js
The ability to communicate effectively in person and in writing as a presenter, documenter.
Demonstrable experience authoring developer documentation (tutorials, blog posts, docs).

And extra credit if you have experience in any of the following

Knowledge or experience building web or react compose
Experience working in distributed teams and work environments.
Created open-source material or have contributed to open-source projects.
Your own technical blog or published articles on popular JavaScript sites

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What you can look forward to as a Full-Time Okta employee!

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Developing Talent and Fostering Connection + Community at Okta

Okta cultivates a dynamic work environment, providing the best tools, technology and benefits to empower our employees to work productively in a setting that best and uniquely suits their needs. Each organization is unique in the degree of flexibility and mobility in which they work so that all employees are enabled to be their most creative and successful versions of themselves, regardless of where they live. Find your place at Okta today! https://www.okta.com/company/careers/.

Some roles may require travel to one of our office locations for in-person onboarding.

Okta is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, marital status, age, physical or mental disability, or status as a protected veteran. We also consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and convictions records, consistent with applicable laws.

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