Senior Developer Advocate

Okta Inc

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Work type
On-site
Location
New York, NY
Salary
$147,000–$202,400 / yr
Posted
81 days ago
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About Okta Inc

Okta, Inc. is an American identity and access management company based in San Francisco. It provides cloud software that helps companies manage and secure user authentication into applications, and for developers to build identity controls into applications, websites, web services, and devices.[

Okta Inc currently has 103 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $174,000–$238,000 across 103 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior Developer Advocate

The Senior Developer Advocate (Auth0) joins the Developer Relations team to empower developers to secure applications using Auth0. This role involves leading workshops, creating technical content like blog posts and tutorials, and providing outbound advocacy to the developer community, specifically targeting startups. You will represent the platform at industry events, build relationships with influential community members, and collaborate with Product and Architecture teams to improve the developer experience. Key responsibilities include reviewing SDKs, documentation, and APIs while translating complex concepts into intuitive communications. Required skills include a technical background in application development, experience with authentication protocols like OAuth, OIDC, and SAML, and familiarity with security concepts like SSL/TLS and encryption. You will solve identity and access management challenges for web, mobile, and IoT applications.

What you'll do

  • Represent Auth0 at industry events, conferences, and webinars to engage the developer community.
  • Create high-quality technical content including blog posts, tutorials, videos, and labs.
  • Build and nurture relationships with influential developers and customers within the community.
  • Advocate for developer needs and pain points to the Product and Architecture teams.
  • Collaborate on the crafting and launch of new Auth0 capabilities, documentation, and SDKs.
  • Translate developer feedback into actionable insights to shape product features and improvements.
  • Educate startups on best practices for identity, access management, and cybersecurity.

What we're looking for

  • Technical background or good understanding of Application Development and IT operations.
  • Hands-on technical experience deploying, configuring, or implementing software tools and products.
  • Ability to explain and translate complex technology concepts into simple and intuitive communications.
  • Experience working as a Developer Advocate, Developer Evangelist, Sales Engineer, Solutions Engineer, Technical Customer Success Manager, or Technical Account Manager (preferred).
  • Experience with at least one authentication or authorization protocol such as OAuth, OAuth2, OIDC, SAML, or LDAP (preferred).
  • Understanding of core security concerns including password hashing, SSL/TLS, encryption at rest, XSS, and XSRF (preferred).
  • Experience building web, mobile, and IoT applications using front and back end languages/frameworks (preferred).
  • Experience working with API architectures like REST and GraphQL, including using dev tools and HTTP clients (preferred).

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