Senior Software Engineer, Performance Tuning (Auth0)

18 hours, 30 minutes ago
Full-time
Senior
Software Development
Okta

Okta

Okta is a leading independent provider of identity solutions for enterprises, offering a comprehensive range of products and services to connect and protect employees, partners, and customers. With a focus on secure access, authentication, and automati...

Professional Services
5K-10K
Founded 2009

Description

  • Analyze software and remove performance bottlenecks across the stack.
  • Develop production software in Node.js and some Golang for multiple services.
  • Write decision records and RFCs to explain technical tradeoffs and build alignment.
  • Collaborate with service owners, architects, project managers, and platform and quality teams to improve performance.
  • Partner with staff performance engineers to optimize application architecture, implementation, and telemetry.
  • Promote a shift-left performance culture by improving awareness of performance tools, patterns, and practices across Engineering.
  • Work across code, infrastructure, and architecture within the Customer Identity Cloud service offering.
  • Design and execute performance experiments to validate improvements in key system metrics.

Requirements

  • Experience in senior software engineering roles in a remote work environment.
  • Strong self-motivation and an aptitude for investigation and experimentation.
  • Experience developing application software in Node.js using frameworks such as Hapi.js or Fastify.
  • Familiarity with Golang is a plus.
  • Experience with API-driven cloud-native distributed system architecture running in Kubernetes, AWS, and Azure.
  • Experience with APM tools such as Datadog APM, Splunk, Honeycomb, New Relic, Dynatrace, or similar.
  • Familiarity with PostgreSQL and MongoDB.
  • Experience designing and executing performance experiments for metrics such as RPS, P95 and P99 latency, query performance, request concurrency, CPU/memory utilization, and cost efficiency.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, especially for communicating technical issues and solutions in writing.
  • Excellent collaboration skills and a track record of cross-functional collaboration.
  • Passion for improving software performance without sacrificing reliability or security.

Benefits

  • Annual base salary range of $118,000 to $161,700 CAD for candidates located in Canada.
  • Equity may be offered where applicable.
  • Bonus eligibility.
  • Health, dental, and vision insurance.
  • RRSP with a match.
  • Healthcare spending account and telemedicine.
  • Paid leave, including PTO and parental leave.
  • Immersive in-person onboarding experience designed to accelerate impact and connection.

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