Staff Front End Engineer

Job Responsibility:

Get to know Okta Okta is The World's Identity Company. We free everyone to safely use any technology—anywhere, on any device or app. Our Workforce and Customer Identity Clouds enable secure yet flexible access, authentication, and automation that transforms how people move through the digital world, putting Identity at the heart 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. Join our team! We're building a world where Identity belongs to you.

The Team :

Have you ever considered what powers the intelligent features behind seamless product experiences? The AI Frameworks and Services team is at the forefront of enabling AI-driven innovation across our organization. We build the foundational frameworks and essential services that empower engineering teams to integrate cutting-edge AI capabilities into our products, transforming how our users interact with them. From crafting intuitive generative AI-powered chat experiences that provide instant product support, to developing the best developer experience around authentication for generative AI and AI agents, as well as implementing intelligent security features, our team is instrumental in bringing the transformative power of AI to life. We collaborate closely with the Machine Learning team and various product teams to ensure the seamless and secure delivery of AI-enhanced features that provide real value to our users.

The Opportunity : As a member of the AI Frameworks and Services team, you will be a key contributor in shaping the future of AI-powered products within our organization. You will be instrumental in building and maintaining the frontend, client SDKs, and core infrastructure that enable the development and deployment of intelligent features at scale. This team plays a critical role in accelerating the adoption of AI, ensuring its security and reliability, and ultimately enhancing the user experience across our entire product ecosystem. You will have the opportunity to work on challenging and impactful projects, collaborating with talented engineers and researchers to push the boundaries of what's possible with AI. What you will do:

• Design, architect, and document large scale distributed systems, with an emphasis on frontend.
• Implement features across different layers of the stack using technologies such as TypeScript, Next.js, React, AWS, PostgresSQL, and Kubernetes.
• Drive technical decision making while striving to hit the right balance between factors such as simplicity, flexibility, reliability, and performance.
• Contribute to improving Auth0's architecture, performance, observability, security controls, and best practices.
• Mentor and coach within the team, with opportunities for mentorship across the broader engineering organization.
• Partner across Engineering, Product Management, Security, and Design teams to solve technical and non-technical challenges and deliver world class user experiences.

What you bring:

• 7+ years of expertise with frontend application development.
• Solid understanding of Javascript and experience working with React, NextJS, Redux / MobX along with the following areas:
• Component libraries (such as Material UI, Radix UI, shadcn/ui).
• JS styling libraries (such as Styled Components, Tailwind).
• Animation via CSS and JS libraries (such as Motion, AnimeJS, GSAP).
• Experience with API-driven applications such as RESTful, gRPC.
• Proven ability to collaborate with others to drive initiatives forward.
• Experience with caching strategies to optimize performance, including client-side caching, server-side caching, and edge caching using CDNs.
• Experience working with CI/CD tools like Github Actions, Jenkins.
• Expertise with state management in modern frontend frameworks and handling reactive programming to manage streams and asynchronous data.
• Familiarity with CDN configuration, content delivery strategies, and optimizing assets (images, scripts, styles) for faster load times and reduced latency.

Nice To Haves:

• Experience with NodeJS, Fastify, reactive programming, RxJS or similar libraries
• Experience with databases, storage and caching strategies. Bonus points for familiarity with packaging and distributing containerized applications using Docker and Kubernetes.
• Familiar with Generative AI.

Please note that we encourage candidates to apply even if you do not have experience with all of the criteria or technologies listed above; these are provided to give insight into the tech stack and general responsibilities for the role.

Below is the annual salary range for candidates located in Canada. Your actual salary will depend on factors such as your skills, qualifications, and experience. In 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:

The annual base salary range for this position for candidates located in Canada is between:$139,000—$209,000 CAD

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

• Amazing Benefits
• Making Social Impact
• 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! 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. If reasonable accommodation is needed to complete any part of the job application, interview process, or onboarding please use this Form to request an accommodation.

Okta is committed to complying with applicable data privacy and security laws and regulations. For more information, please see our Privacy Policy at Okta The foundation for secure connections between people and technology Okta is the leading independent provider of identity for the enterprise. The Okta Identity Cloud enables organizations to securely connect the right people to the right technologies at the right time. With over 7,000 pre-built integrations to applications and infrastructure providers, Okta customers can easily and securely use the best technologies for their business. More than 19,300 organizations, including JetBlue, Nordstrom, Slack, T-Mobile, Takeda, Teach for America, and Twilio, trust Okta to help protect the identities of their workforces and customers.