Staff Software Engineer, AI-Core (Federal)

Okta
San Francisco
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 194,000 - 267,000 annuallyFunction: Software EngineeringExperience: 5+ yearsSkills: ["Python","TypeScript","Node.js","Go","APIs","Microservices","Kubernetes","Serverless","OAuth","OIDC"]

Join the AI-Core team building a scalable agentic AI platform for agents that write code, triage incidents, investigate alerts, remediate vulnerabilities, and orchestrate complex workflows across Okta’s infra. You’ll design and ship backend APIs, identity, memory, observability, governance, and orchestration layers, collaborating with product, SRE, security, and data teams on high-impact, secure systems.

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Okta
Okta
2 months ago

Staff Software Engineer, AI-Core (Federal)

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Job Summary

Join the AI-Core team building a scalable agentic AI platform for agents that write code, triage incidents, investigate alerts, remediate vulnerabilities, and orchestrate complex workflows across Okta’s infra. You’ll design and ship backend APIs, identity, memory, observability, governance, and orchestration layers, collaborating with product, SRE, security, and data teams on high-impact, secure systems.
Location: San Francisco
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering

Key Responsibilities

  • •Design and implement backend APIs and services that make up the agentic platform.
  • •Build the agent identity and machine-to-machine authentication system, including credential management and delegated access flows.
  • •Build the agent knowledge base and memory layer so agents retain context within and across sessions.
  • •Build the observability layer for agents: tracing, cost tracking, audit logs, and dashboards that make agent behavior debuggable in production.
  • •Build the governance and safety layer: policy enforcement on tool calls, content filtering, PII protection, and human-in-the-loop approval flows.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 194,000 - 267,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVision401kPaid LeaveParental LeaveEquity

Key Requirements

  • •5+ years of software engineering experience building production backend systems.
  • •1+ years of exposure to AI/ML or agentic applications, whether through production work, side projects, or hands-on experimentation.
  • •Strong proficiency in one or more backend languages (Python, TypeScript/Node.js, Go, or similar)
  • •Hands-on experience designing and operating distributed systems: APIs, microservices, container orchestration, and serverless technologies
  • •A security-conscious mindset around credential handling, trust boundaries, and what can go wrong at integration points; familiarity with OAuth, OIDC, or other modern auth patterns.
Experience:5+ yearsAI/MLDistributed systemsBackend
Skills:PythonTypeScriptNode.jsGoAPIsMicroservicesKubernetesServerlessOAuthOIDC
Languages:English
Tech Stack:PythonTypeScriptNode.jsGoAPIsKubernetesOAuthOIDC

Company Brief

Okta
Provides identity and access management cloud solutions that help organizations secure and manage user authentication, single sign-on, multi-factor authentication, and lifecycle management across applications and devices.
Industry: Cybersecurity
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: San Francisco, United States
Founded: 2009
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