Get to know Okta:

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.

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.

About the Team

At Okta, we’re building the future of secure, enterprise-grade AI. We’re looking for a Staff AI Engineer to help design and scale our Agentic AI Platform — the foundation that enables enterprise teams to build, deploy, and manage intelligent AI agents securely and at scale.

As part of a global AI engineering team spanning the US and India, you’ll provide technical leadership, write hands-on code, and mentor peers while shaping platform capabilities that empower applied AI use cases across Okta.

What you'll do :

• Design and develop platform services for AI agents, including orchestration, lifecycle management, observability, and guardrails.

• Collaborate daily with US counterparts to align on architecture, share roadmaps, and ensure global consistency.

• Build scalable APIs, frameworks, and reusable components that enable teams to rapidly create and deploy secure AI agents.

• Contribute to monitoring, evaluation, and governance features that make AI adoption safe, reliable, and enterprise-ready.

• Partner with Applied AI engineers, product managers, and designers to ensure the platform supports real-world use cases.

• Mentor engineers within the India team, raising the bar on technical craftsmanship and platform design.

• Stay current with advances in agentic AI, orchestration frameworks, and enterprise AI infrastructure.

What we are looking for:

• 8+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 3+ years in AI/ML platforms or intelligent automation.

• 5+ years in Python preferred, Java, Node.js, or Go.

• 3+ years with modern front-end frameworks (e.g., React, Vue, Angular), principles of accessibility (a11y), and an ability to collaborate effectively with Product & Design.

• Expertise in AI agent frameworks (Lang Graph preferred), orchestration systems, vector databases, RAG pipelines, and monitoring/observability.

• Strong background in distributed systems, APIs, microservices, container orchestration (ECS/EKS),and cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure).

• Experience building secure, enterprise-grade infrastructure for AI or ML workloads.

• Ability to influence architecture decisions, align with a global team, and set technical direction locally.

• Strong communication and collaboration skills to work effectively across time zones and global teams.

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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.

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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