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Product Architect, AI (Auth0)

Okta - Toronto, ON, Canada - Hybrid - posted 2026-10-07

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Salary: CAD 208,000 - 286,000 / annual

Okta (which owns Auth0) is seeking a Product Architect, AI to define how Auth0 and Okta lead the market in agentic identity, secure AI application development, and standards-based access for agents. This is a senior, highly strategic, and deeply hands-on role. You will work across Product, Engineering, Security, Developer Relations, Design, Go-to-Market, and the customer community to shape the technical and product direction for AI-native identity capabilities. Key responsibilities include: - Define and evolve Auth0's strategy for building, operating, and securing AI agents and agentic applications - Shape product and technical strategy for agentic identity, including agent authentication, delegated authority, resource access, trust establishment, and auditable boundaries - Define approaches for securely exposing protected resources (APIs, tools, data services, MCP servers) to authorized agents - Partner with Product Management and Engineering leaders to translate strategic opportunities into product bets, architectural principles, and platform capabilities - Design and implement core identity capabilities enabling secure agent-to-resource and agent-to-agent interactions - Develop informed perspective on emerging technologies and standards (MCP, agent-to-agent protocols, agentic commerce, AAuth, authorization frameworks, workload identity) - Stay ahead of the AI landscape, distinguishing durable shifts from hype and articulating implications for customers and product strategy - Identify industry shifts early and communicate clear points of view internally and externally - Work directly with strategic customers to understand AI and identity architectures, uncover unmet needs, and validate product direction - Collaborate with Security, Legal, Privacy, and Trust teams to ensure AI-related identity capabilities are secure, responsible, and compliant - Represent Auth0 and Okta in developer and identity communities through technical content, speaking, standards participation, and open-source engagement - Build prototypes and reference implementations using Node.js, React, Python, and Go - Partner with Developer Relations and Go-to-Market teams to make complex concepts approachable - Mentor others and raise the technical bar across the organization Requirements: - Significant experience in product architecture, technical product management, software architecture, platform engineering, developer platforms, or similar customer- and technology-facing leadership role - Experience building and shipping AI-powered applications, agentic systems, developer tools, or platforms - Deep expertise in modern identity and authorization standards (OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, workload identity, token exchange, delegated authorization, API authorization) - Strong understanding of secure API, tool, data, and service access design in distributed systems - Practical familiarity with emerging agent ecosystem (MCP, agent-to-agent interactions, tool invocation, AI application architectures, agent identity, authorization, delegation, consent, intent, auditability) - Demonstrated ability to develop strategy in ambiguous, quickly evolving markets and translate to concrete product and technical decisions - Experience working directly with enterprise customers, developers, and partners on complex technical problems - Excellent communication skills for technical and non-technical audiences - Strong external presence in relevant technical communities (speaking, standards work, open-source, technical writing) - Ability to operate as senior individual contributor across organizational boundaries, influencing without direct authority - Strong software development skills in Node.js/TypeScript, React, Python, or Go Desirable experience: - Contributing to or participating in identity, security, AI, or agent-related standards organizations and open-source projects - Designing developer-facing authentication, authorization, API security, or identity platform products - Enterprise SaaS, B2B platforms, or consumer-facing applications - Authorization policy systems, fine-grained authorization, consent, entitlements, delegated access models - Building or operating MCP servers, AI agent platforms, AI-enabled workflows, or agent-to-agent systems - Cloud security, workload identity, zero trust, API gateways, service-to-service authorization, secure software supply chains - Helping organizations navigate major platform shifts (cloud, mobile, API-first, AI) - Pragmatic approach to innovation balancing emerging technology with security, customer value, and adoption barriers

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