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Staff Software Engineer, Streaming Foundations

Okta


Job Location:

Toronto - Canada

Yearly Salary: CAD 160000 - 220000
Posted: 7 September 2026 (19 hours ago)
Application Deadline: 5 December 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Secure Every Identity from AI to Human

Identity is the key to unlocking the potential of AI. Okta secures AI by building the trusted neutral infrastructure that enables organizations to safely embrace this new era. This work requires a relentless drive to solve complex challenges with real-world stakes. We are looking for builders and owners who operate with speed and urgency and execute with excellence.

This is an opportunity to do career-defining work. Were all in on this mission. If you are too lets talk.

The Streaming Foundations team builds services and operates data pipeline infrastructure to support event streaming messaging and analytics use cases. We are looking for a Software Engineer who is passionate about distributed systems platform engineering and solving data-intensive this high-impact role you will get to work with engineers throughout the organization to build foundational infrastructure that allows Auth0 to scale for years to come.


What youll be doing

  • Help set the technical direction for the team and influence the engineering roadmap for the Platforms streaming capabilities
  • Design and lead the implementation of our most complex and critical systems for data-intensive use cases.
  • Research and champion new technologies and architectural patterns to solve strategic challenges and scale the platform.
  • Lead and influence cross-functional initiatives ensuring technical alignment and successful execution across multiple teams.
  • Improve the operational posture of our systems by designing for observability reliability and scalability and by mentoring others in operational best practices.
  • Coach and mentor senior engineers and act as a technical leader across the engineering organization.
  • Collaborate with different stakeholders like product teams whenever needed.


What youll bring to our teams

  • 7 years of software development experience in a fast-paced agile environment
  • Experience working with Golang or Java is preferred
  • Hands-on experience designing developing and tuning highly-scalable event-driven systems
  • Solid understanding of database fundamentals and experience with event streaming technologies such as Kafka
  • A passion and interest to work on systems that are highly reliable maintainable scalable and secure.


Extra points

  • Experience with front-end technologies such as TypeScript and React
  • Familiarity with cloud providers (AWS Azure) and container technologies such as Kubernetes Docker
  • Familiarity with or interest in the Identity and Access Management (IAM) business domain

P-1556

Below is the annual salary range for candidates located in Canada. Your actual salary will depend on factors such as your skills qualifications and addition Okta offers equity (where applicable) bonus and benefits including health dental and vision insurance RRSP with a match healthcare spending telemedicine and paid leave (including PTO and parental leave) in accordance with our applicable plans and policies. To learn more about our Total Rewards program please visit: annual base salary range for this position for candidates located in Canada is between:

$160000 - $220000 CAD

The Okta Experience

We are intentional about connection. Our global community spanning over 20 offices worldwide is united by a drive to innovate. Your journey begins with an immersive in-person onboarding experience designed to accelerate your impact and connect you to our mission and team from day one.

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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Required Experience:

Staff IC


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