Auth0 is a pre-IPO unicorn. We are growing rapidly and looking for exceptional new team members to add to our teams and will help take us to the next level. One team, one score. 

We never compromise on identity. You should never compromise yours either. We want you to bring your whole self to Auth0. If you’re passionate, practice radical transparency to build trust and respect, and thrive when you’re collaborating, experimenting and learning – this may be your ideal work environment. We are looking for team members that want to help us build upon what we have accomplished so far and make it better every day. N+1 > N.

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We are looking for a Principal Engineer to join our Systems Architecture group. As part of the Systems Architecture team you will be responsible for determining Auth0's multi-year design and architecture strategy. Successful candidates will have a passion for building reliable and scalable distributed systems, a technical background, hands-on experience in developing cloud systems at scale, and the ability to collaborate with others to drive initiatives forward.

You will work across the organization with Engineering, Product, Security, Marketing, Sales. Through your experience, knowledge of industry trends, technical abilities, and knowledge you will produce: guidance, proof of concepts and production implementations that help Auth0 Engineering teams move faster by using standard patterns and technologies.

In essence, you will have the opportunity to greatly contribute to Auth0's future technology direction.

You will:

• Collaborate with engineering leadership, executives and across functional areas on developing a strategy that informs technical and product planning.
• Help establish the "Whys" for Auth0 Engineering.
• Contribute to defining Auth0's Engineering practices, architecture patterns and recommended technologies looking at a multi-year horizon.
• Define the n+1 infrastructure maturity level and set goals that gradually build our expertise in that direction.
• Implement technical prototypes to understand new technologies as well as assess and manage risks for projects in active development.
• Collaborate with teams on designs, from inception to implementation.
• Technically lead entire multi-team programs from inception through shipping code, without regular technical oversight.
• Mentor engineers at all levels and take on sponsorship responsibilities.

You might be a good fit if you:

• Can design and architect large scale distributed systems.
• Are excellent at creating clarity and alignment for technical initiatives. 
• Can lead and resolve company-wide technical discussions with excellent moderation skills.
• Uplifts others in the organization and are adept at ensuring engineers are recognized for their contributions.
• Constantly strive to hit the right balance between simplicity and flexibility.
• Can handle multiple conflicting priorities.
• Have great empathy for customer's needs and continuously iterate on your understanding of a problem space based on their feedback.
• Are passionate about building reliable, secure, scalable services collaborating with multiple teams.
• Understand the technical and cultural challenges of iterating from monolithic code bases towards scalable, reliable independent services architectures.
• Understand the cost implications of cloud systems you design.
• Have 10+ years of software development experience.
• Have 3+ years of experience working on cloud applications.

Preferred Locations:

• #US; #CA; #AR;

Auth0’s mission is to help developers innovate faster. Every company is becoming a software company and developers are at the center of this shift. They need better tools and building blocks so they can stay focused on innovating. One of these building blocks is identity: authentication and authorization. That’s what we do. Our platform handles 2.5B logins per month for thousands of customers around the world. From indie makers to Fortune 500 companies, we can handle any use case.

We like to think that we are helping make the internet safer.  We have raised $210M to date and are growing quickly. Our team is spread across more than 35 countries and we are proud to continually be recognized as a great place to work. Culture is critical to us, and we are transparent about our vision and principles. 

Join us on this journey to make developers more productive while making the internet safer!