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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.
Okta’s Customer Identity Cloud (CIC), powered by Auth0 technology, 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. Our mission is to free everyone to safely use any technology.
We are looking for a Front End Staff Engineer with experience across the following technologies: JavaScript, React and Web Development.
You will be the lead developer for an exciting and impactful 0 to 1 initiative. As a javascript ninja, you will use your knowledge and expertise to build reusable web and react components that can be used by millions of developers around the world.
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.
What you’ll be doing
- Lead, design and develop end to end comprehensive new reusable react components that integrate with SDKs and backend APIs.
- Collaborate with designers and product managers to shape the roadmap for the team
- Provide technical direction and guidance to engineers on your direct team and help shape a highly technical roadmap
- Work with other staff engineers across the organization to surface their APIs and products through components in the most intuitive way possible
- Coach and mentor engineers at all levels up to their peer level.
- Discover and advocate for new technologies to accelerate improvements to our components and libraries, including insights and automation
- Carry cross-team initiatives from end to end: code reviews, design reviews, operational robustness, security hygiene, etc.
- Participate in hiring new talent
- Stay up-to-date on emerging technologies
What you’ll bring to the role
- 8+ years of expertise in JavaScript
- 3+ years of expertise in React
- Experience architecting, building and launching large-scale applications from scratch
- You are able to lead a team of engineers to success, across a diverse set of technology platforms
- Have developed libraries or SDKs to be consumed by other developers
- Have an excellent understanding of JavaScript and the ecosystem.
- Bring the right attitude to the team: ownership, accountability, attention to detail, and customer focus.
- Have good working knowledge of other JavaScript frameworks such as Angular, or Next.js
- The ability to communicate effectively in person and in writing as a presenter, documenter.
- Demonstrable experience authoring developer documentation (tutorials, blog posts, docs).
And extra credit if you have experience in any of the following
- Knowledge or experience building web or react components
- Experience with design systems
- 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 JavaScript sites
What you can look forward to as an Full-Time Okta employee!
- Amazing Benefits
- Making Social Impact
- Fostering Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging 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! https://www.okta.com/company/careers/.
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