Senior Architect, Emerging Technologies (auth0)

Okta

Bellevue, Washington, US
On-site
Hands-on engineering role
Graph computation problem
Algorithmic innovation
This role is a high-leverage, hands-on engineering position for a technical leader who wants to stay in the code while steering the architectural direction of ambitious bets in emerging technologies

Job Summary

  • This role is a high-leverage, hands-on engineering position for a technical leader who wants to stay in the code while steering the architectural direction of ambitious bets in emerging technologies.
  • The workstream involves building a world-class, low-latency Fine-Grained Authorization (FGA) system that treats authorization as a massive-scale graph computation problem, requiring elegant, distributed, and mathematically rigorous solutions.
  • Another workstream focuses on pioneering the 'Agentic Identity' space by rapidly architecting and shipping 0-to-1 product offerings that secure AI Agents and establish the platform as the standard for securing AI-driven applications.

Matching Summary

This role is a high-leverage, hands-on engineering position for a technical leader who wants to stay in the code while steering the architectural direction of ambitious bets in emerging technologies.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • Hands-on engineering role
  • Graph computation problem
  • Algorithmic Innovation
  • Graph Resolution Heuristics
  • Fixpoint & Cycle Resolution
  • Scaling Probabilistic Logic
  • Architectural Acceleration
  • Algorithmic Leadership
  • High-Bar Engineering

Nice-to-have

  • Builders and owners
  • Speed and urgency
  • Career-defining work
  • Mathematical rigor
  • Agentic Identity space

Key Requirements

  • Senior Architect-Level Technical Depth
  • Hands-on Practitioner
  • Domain Expertise in Authorization/Identity
  • Mastery of Graph Algorithms
  • Adaptability for scaling and ambiguity

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