Description
We are seeking a Staff Frontend Engineer to join the Okta Secures AI Team, specifically on the Agent Access Policies sub-team. The team focuses on building the future of digital identity management, particularly in the context of AI agents.
As a Staff Frontend Engineer, you will lead, design, architect, and build high-quality, scalable software. You will collaborate with product owners, UX, and engineering teams to scope and plan engineering efforts and dependencies. Your responsibilities will include:
- Leading the design, architecture, and implementation of high-quality, scalable software
- Collaborating with cross-functional teams to scope and plan engineering efforts
- Owning your code throughout its lifecycle, including design, implementation, test automation, delivery, and monitoring
- Contributing to the design and implementation of new products and features
- Improving engineering excellence through code reviews, retrospectives, and continuous improvement activities
The ideal candidate will have:
- 8+ years of software engineering experience building highly reliable, mission-critical software
- Extensive knowledge of JavaScript, Express, and ReactJS applications
- Experience shipping robust services and user interfaces for production-grade applications in an agile environment
- Strong understanding of debugging scalable, high-performance web applications
- Experience working with cloud systems at scale
- Understanding of web security attacks and prevention
- Excellent grasp of software development and testing principles
- Excellent communication skills and strong product sense
Additional experience with identity, authorization, or IAM protocols, as well as agent frameworks, AI-facing APIs, or developer toolchains in the LLM space, is considered a plus.
In terms of compensation, the annual base salary range for this position is between $160,000-$220,000 CAD. Okta also offers equity, bonus, and benefits, including health, dental, and vision insurance, RRSP with a match, healthcare spending, telemedicine, and paid leave.