Staff Developer Advocate

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.

The Auth0 Team:

As a Staff Developer Advocate, you will be a strategic leader in empowering developers by shaping and delivering compelling, deeply technical content across various in person and digital channels. You will not only shine in public speaking settings but also drive the advocacy strategy, identify emerging trends, and influence the overall developer experience. You are a great match if you can demonstrate a strong ability to craft engaging developer-oriented content, especially about AI, coupled with deep technical proficiency, exceptional communication, and a proven passion for anticipating and addressing complex developer needs and trends.

Auth0 secures more than 100 million logins each day for customers worldwide—and we're growing fast! To help drive this growth, our mission is to become the customer identity and access management (CIAM) provider of choice for developers building small and large applications. To advance this mission, the Developer-Led Growth team engages with developer communities to help them adopt Auth0 and advocate on their behalf across Okta.

What you'll be doing:

As a Staff Developer Advocate, you will define and execute a comprehensive developer advocacy strategy, identifying key channels, events, and partners to maximize developer engagement and adoption. You will actively champion best practices by engaging with technical communities and mentor other advocates to elevate team capabilities. You will collaborate closely across Product, Engineering, Developer Content, and Developer Marketing to advocate for developer needs. Additionally, you will proactively identify and solve complex technical challenges to deliver innovative solutions and digital content.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Community Engagement:

• Cultivate and grow relationships with developers and technical leaders through online platforms, championing their needs and driving awareness of our platform/technology.
• Inspire developers at in person or remote events, including big industry conferences, panels, meetups, etc.
• A proven track record of thought leadership and influencing technical communities through high-impact content, presentations, and community engagement. This includes the ability to identify nascent trends and proactively develop educational strategies around them

• Developer Advocacy:

• Advocate for developers' needs and pain points within the Auth0 product unit, actively improving the developer experience.
• Proactively collaborate with counterparts in Product and Engineering/Technical teams as a representative of the Developer-Led Growth team.
• Collaborate on the development and launch of capabilities - reviewing early documentation, SDKs, and product capabilities from a content perspective.
• Bring insights and developer feedback back into the company to inform and shape product development and improvements, with an emphasis on how content can address these.

• Content Strategy & Creation:

• Collaborate on the development and execution of content strategies to effectively reach and engage developers.
• Develop and share high-quality technical content such as blog posts, tutorials, documentation, videos, and code samples.
• Translate complex technical concepts into clear, concise, and engaging content that is easily understood by developers.

• Trend Observation and Analysis:

• Monitor industry trends, emerging technologies, and developer community interests to identify opportunities for relevant and impactful content.
• Gather and analyze feedback from the developer community to identify gaps and areas for improvement.

We would love to hear from you if you have:

• Technical background and hands-on experience. Familiarity with identity standards and best practices is a plus.
• AI tooling and vibe coding experience
• Deep understanding of architectural patterns and best practices for integrating identity and security solutions into complex, large-scale applications, particularly within cloud-native or distributed environments.
• A demonstrated passion for inspiring developer audiences or creating content that serves the developer community and helps fellow developers get better at their jobs, with the ability to explain and translate complex technology concepts into simple and intuitive communications.
• Demonstrated ability to drive cross-functional initiatives and influence stakeholders across engineering, product, and marketing to improve the developer experience and align content strategies with business goals.
• Strong analytical skills with a proven ability to define metrics, analyze data sets, and derive actionable insights to refine content strategy and measure impact.

We'd be incredibly excited if you have:

• Experience in a developer advocacy, senior technical content, or technical customer success role.
• Experience with at least one authentication or authorization protocol (OAuth, OAuth2, OIDC, SAML, LDAP).
• Understanding of core security concerns within a typical application (password hashing, SSL/TLS, encryption at rest, XSS, XSRF).
• Experience building web, mobile, and IoT applications, incorporating both front and back end languages/frameworks.

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Below is the annual base salary range for candidates located in San Francisco Bay Area. Your actual base salary will depend on factors such as your skills, qualifications, experience, and work location. In addition, Okta offers equity (where applicable), bonus, and benefits, including health, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), flexible spending account, and paid leave (including PTO and parental leave) in accordance with our applicable plans and policies. To learn more about our Total Rewards program please visit: https://rewards.okta.com/us.The annual base salary range for this position for candidates located in the San Francisco Bay area is between: $168,000—$252,000 USD

What you can look forward to as a Full-Time Okta employee!

• Amazing Benefits
• Making Social Impact
• Developing Talent and Fostering Connection + Community at Okta

Okta cultivates a dynamic work environment, providing the best tools, technology and benefits to empower our employees to work productively in a setting that best and uniquely suits their needs. Each organization is unique in the degree of flexibility and mobility in which they work so that all employees are enabled to be their most creative and successful versions of themselves, regardless of where they live. Find your place at Okta today! https://www.okta.com/company/careers/.

Some roles may require travel to one of our office locations for in-person onboarding.

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.

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