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.

We are a security company and Auth0's Security team is in the privileged position of supporting a security-first culture for a company that wants to make the internet safer.

We are looking for a Principal Security Engineer to join the Security Engineering team to work directly with our engineering partners to build Auth0’s future infrastructure stack. 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, a solid understanding of architecture-based security issues, how to design enterprise systems for security, deep architectural threat modeling experience, and the ability to collaborate with others to drive initiatives forward.

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

In this role you will:

• Collaborate with Security and Engineering leadership to develop a strategy that informs technical and product planning.
• Develop and drive the implementation of a security architecture that supports Engineering’s platform goals, through strategy, design, requirements, and code.
• 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 get us there.
• Implement technical prototypes to understand new technologies as well as assess and manage risks for projects in active development.
• Mentor security engineers at all levels and develop the next generation of technical security leaders

You may be a good fit if you:

• Understand what it takes to build and operate secure systems at scale.
• Are passionate about building reliable, secure, scalable services in collaboration with multiple teams.
• Are excellent at creating clarity and alignment for technical initiatives. 
• Can lead and resolve company-wide technical discussions.
• Can provide technical leadership and influenceHave experience working in large scale cloud environments and container deployments.

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!