Solutions Engineer, Auth0

Overview

Okta is The World's Identity Company. We free everyone to safely use any technology, anywhere, on any device or app. Our flexible and neutral products – Okta Platform and Auth0 Platform – provide secure access, authentication, and automation, placing identity at the core of business security and growth. At Okta, we celebrate a variety of perspectives and experiences. We are not looking for someone who checks every single box; we’re looking for lifelong learners and people who can make us better with their unique experiences. Join our team! We’re building a world where Identity belongs to you.

Opportunity

Reporting to the Senior Manager of Solutions Engineers, the Solutions Engineer is a functional business consultant, with a passion for technology and the advanced ability to develop, position and demonstrate product‑specific solutions during sales cycles, while achieving quarterly and annual sales goals for an assigned territory.

What you’ll be doing

• Work alongside the sales team as the technical and domain expert of a customer‑facing sales team to help customers understand the value of Okta’s solutions.
• Understand customer challenges and business issues and provide product demonstrations to align our solutions with customer needs.
• Answer product feature and technical questions from customers, partners, and Okta colleagues.
• Plan and deliver Proof‑of‑Concepts for customers who have more complex use cases, collaborating with other Okta engineering teams as needed.
• Provide feedback to product management about product enhancements that can address customer needs and provide additional value.
• Share and learn best practices and reusable assets with other Solutions Engineers to enhance the quality and efficiency of the team.
• Stay current on competitive analysis and market differentiation.
• Support marketing events including executive briefings, conferences, user groups, and trade shows.
• At times, be asked to learn and lead your team as a subject‑matter expert (SME) with various product solutions and/or competitive knowledge.

What you’ll bring to the role

• 3‑5+ years pre‑sales engineering experience.
• A passion to serve the customer, demonstrated in a customer‑facing role, such as consulting or support, but ideally in a pre‑sales capacity.
• An ability to quickly communicate complex ideas around a technical topic, ideally on the fly, using a whiteboard.
• Deployed apps in cloud platforms: AWS, Azure, GCP, Vercel, etc.
• Experience with at least one standard network security protocol (e.g., OAuth, OAuth2, SAML, LDAP).
• Experience working with REST APIs, API gateways, and SDKs.
• Hands‑on experience in one or more of the following areas: web (JavaScript, HTML, frontend frameworks) development, mobile (iOS, Android) development, backend (Java, C#, Node.js, Python, PHP, Ruby) development, IP‑based real‑time communications.
• An understanding of core security concerns within a typical application (password hashing, SSL/TLS, encryption at rest, XSS, XSRF).
• Exceptional communicator.
• Confident dispensing knowledge to a highly skilled and experienced audience, presenting to large rooms filled with experts in the field.
• Territory management skills, including pipeline building and working with sales counterparts to guide execution excellence.
• Typically 25% travel.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, MIS or a comparable field is preferred.

Additional Preferred Skills

• Hands‑on experience with generative AI or LLM technology such as LangChain, GenKit, LlamaIndex, etc.
• Experience integrating with microservices, data lakes, or customer data platforms.
• Developed ReBAC or fine‑grain authorization models.
• Diagramming experience for user journey flows, complex architecture diagrams, etc.

This role requires in‑person onboarding and travel to our San Francisco, CA HQ office during the first week of employment.

Okta is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, marital status, age, physical or mental disability, or status as a protected veteran. We also consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and convictions records, consistent with applicable laws. If reasonable accommodation is needed to complete any part of the job application, interview process, or onboarding, please use this form to request an accommodation.

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