Senior Software Engineer (Auth Experience)
Company: Okta
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Type: Full-time
Posted: 2026-05-21
About this role
- The Access Management group drives billions of authentications every month. The group builds and supports single sign-on, strong authentication, provisioning, and threat protection technologies
- Our Access Management service runs in the cloud on a secure, reliable, extensively audited platform with 99.99% availability
- We are looking for an experienced and highly technical full stack software engineer to join the Authentication Experience team
- Operating under the larger Access Management group, this team is responsible for building world-class authentication experiences for Okta’s Customer Identity (CIAM) clientele and to play a pivotal role in accelerating the adoption of the Okta Identity Engine, ensuring our customers can leverage the full power of our most advanced platform capabilities to build bespoke, high-performance identity journeys
- Okta supports a wide variety of organizations across both the Workforce and Consumer spaces. These diverse environments present unique challenges; no two organizations have the same requirements when it comes to the desired authentication experience for their end users
- We are dedicated to striking the perfect balance between robust security and effortless usability. We are constantly building cutting-edge authentication mechanisms designed to make access seamless, specifically tailored for the fast-paced, user-centric world of consumer identity
- Partner closely with product managers and designers to bring cutting-edge phishing-resistant authenticators to life
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable, high-performance full-stack solutions that power identity security at enterprise scale
- Wear the customer hat — deeply understand user needs and translate them into robust technical solutions
- Champion code quality, maintainability, and best practices to ensure our solutions remain reliable and secure
- Stay ahead of industry trends and emerging technologies in identity and security, contributing ideas to keep our prod...