Okta

Senior Software Engineer - Golang & CLI tooling and Terraform provider

Bengaluru, India Full Time

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 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. 

Join our team! We’re building a world where Identity belongs to you.

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 an experienced software engineer across Golang technology.

Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Work Mode: Hybrid (2-3 days Onsite per week)
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 dissatisfiers and their delighters. You recognize when a framework, library or product provides a great experience. Our mission on the Customer Developer Tooling (CDT) team is to provide a best-in-class developer experience for customers to enhance their end-users’ identity journey. In CDT we develop open source software with CLI and Terraform tooling to enable developers to manage their Auth0 resources at both the individual user level and at scale.

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, empathy, and self-direction.

You will be:

  • Develop new features and maintain our products, such as CLI tooling and Terraform provider
  • Developing our libraries that allow users to integrate seamlessly with Auth0.
  • Writing, curating, editing developer resources: tutorials, examples, guides, and documentation.
  • Directly shaping and developing our open source repositories and championing best practises
  • Championing Auth0 by engaging directly with the community.
  • Working alongside our Engineering, Product & Security teams to deliver features that delight our customers.
  • Ensuring our customers have an exceptional experience with our products.
  • Gathering and channel user feedback within the company to improve the experience for developers on Auth0.
  • The go-to-expert in the company, internally and externally, providing domain knowledge and reviews for Auth0 in these technologies.
  • Sharing your technical expertise at conferences and other tech events.
  • Troubleshooting and fixing issues with our libraries.

You'd be a great fit if you:

  • 5+ years of relevant experience and 3+ expertise in Golang
  • Have developed tools such as CLIs that are to be consumed and used by other developers
  • Have a good understanding and working knowledge of Golang and the ecosystem
  • Experience working with Terraform, including hands-on experience with providers and best practices.
  • Have created applications that have seen the light of day
  • You are able to work in a team environment, have good communication skills and understand the value of collaboration
  • Understanding of CI platforms such as GitHub Actions or CircleCI
  • A deep understanding of writing, running, maintaining and debugging applications.
  • The ability to communicate effectively in person and in writing as a presenter, documenter.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills: presenting, documenting, troubleshooting.
  • Demonstrable experience authoring developer documentation (tutorials, blog posts, docs).
  • The ability to be self-directed and be effective working independently, yet feel equally comfortable contributing in a global team environment.

Bonus points if you have:

  • Working experience on Javascript / Typescript
  • 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 Golang sites.
  • Knowledge in the identity and access management space.
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What you can look forward to as a Full-Time Okta employee!

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.

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