Senior Developer Support Engineer - Builder Experience (BX)

Secure Every Identity, from AI to Human Identity is the key to unlocking the potential of AI. Okta secures AI by building the trusted, neutral infrastructure that enables organizations to safely embrace this new era. This work requires a relentless drive to solve complex challenges with real-world stakes. We are looking for builders and owners who operate with speed and urgency and execute with excellence. This is an opportunity to do career-defining work. We're all in on this mission. If you are too, let's talk. The Role As a Senior Developer Support Engineer on the Builder Experience team, you are a hands-on technical problem solver passionate about helping Okta’s customers, ISVs, GSIs, and partners seamlessly integrate our secure identity platform.  In this role, you will provide advanced technical assistance, troubleshoot sophisticated issues across Okta SDKs, Okta for AI Agents and protocols such as Cross App Access, OAuth, OIDC, and SCIM recommending robust workarounds and best practices. You own the customer experience and will serve as a key advocate for our customers and partners to our product and engineering teams. You bring a builder mindset and an AI forward approach spotting recurring patterns in customer issues or internal workflows and building solutions to address them. Responsibilities: Drive Complex Technical Ownership: Take end-to-end ownership of sophisticated customer issues and drive to resolution with technical excellence and best customer experience  Technical reproduction & Triage: Reproduce complex customer issues in a local environment and author accurate bug tickets for Engineering to accelerate resolution. Best Practices & Robust Workarounds: Deliver expert technical guidance by recommending robust workarounds and proven best practices to help developers and partners successfully integrate and scale on our platform. Knowledge Sharing & Empowerment: Write high-quality knowledge articles for self-service resolution across customers and developer ecosystem. Champion Partner & Developer Success: Serve as a trusted technical advisor and relentless advocate for customers, ISVs, and strategic partners navigating our secure identity platform. Influence Product & Engineering: Channel real-world customer insights and architectural feedback directly back into cross-functional teams to shape the future of our builder experience. Build Proactive Solutions: Leverage a builder mindset and AI native approach to build internal tooling using AI-assisted development tools like Claude. Requirements: Education & Experience: BA/BS/MS in Computer Science, MIS, or a related technical discipline, paired with 4+ years of experience in developer support, technical support, solutions engineering or software development with significant customer facing experience. Problem Solving & Advocacy: Deep technical troubleshooting skills paired with strong empathy for developers, advocating for customer success in a dynamic, fast-paced environment. Programming Proficiency: Fluency in at least one statically typed language (e.g., C#, C++, Java) and one dynamically typed language (e.g., Python, JavaScript, Ruby). Web & API Architecture: Hands-on experience supporting or building cloud applications, RESTful APIs, and web frameworks (e.g., Node.js, Django/Flask, ASP.NET, Rails). Modern Tech & AI Tooling: Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools and protocols (e.g., Claude, OpenAI Codex/Copilot, MCP servers). Communication & Collaboration: Exceptional written and verbal communication skills across multiple channels (docs, chat, live calls) with the self-direction to work independently or collaborate cross-functionally. Strongly Desired Qualifications: Experience supporting Identity and Access Management (IAM) solutions within enterprise environments. Hands-on experience with modern authentication and authorization protocols (SAML 2.0, OIDC, OAuth 2.0). Deep understanding of enterprise SCIM provisioning, including custom schema design, attribute mapping, lifecycle flows, and troubleshooting common failure patterns. Proven success building, maintaining, or supporting third-party ISV and technology partner integrations at scale. Exposure to modern AI tools and frameworks (e.g., Model Context Protocol / MCP, Claude, OpenAI Codex). Experience supporting multi-tier (n-tier) web application architectures. **Must be able to attend in person orientation at the Toronto office on the first Tuesday of employment.  **Must be able to come into the Toronto office 2 days a week.  #LI-Hybrid #LI-MM P25949_3549622 Below is the annual salary range for candidates located in Canada. Your actual salary will depend on factors such as your skills, qualifications, and experience. In addition, Okta offers equity (where applicable), bonus, and benefits, including health, dental, and vision insurance, RRSP with a match, healthcare spending, telemedicine, 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/can . The annual base salary range for this position for candidates located in Canada is between: $100,000 — $150,000 CAD The Okta Experience Supporting Your Well-Being   Driving Social Impact  Developing Talent and Fostering Connection + Community We are intentional about connection. Our global community, spanning over 20 offices worldwide, is united by a drive to innovate. Your journey begins with an immersive, in-person onboarding experience designed to accelerate your impact and connect you to our mission and team from day one. 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. Notice for New York City Applicants & Employees: Okta may use Automated Employment Decision Tools (AEDT), as defined by New York City Local Law 144, that use artificial intelligence, machine learning, or other automated processes to assist in our recruitment and hiring process. In accordance with NYC Local Law 144, if you are an applicant or employee residing in New York City, please  click here to view our full NYC AEDT Notice.

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