Senior Engineer - AI and Automation

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Contribute to the development of secure AI platforms that empower enterprise teams while collaborating with a global engineering team across time zones to drive innovation.

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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.

At Okta, we’re building the future of secure, enterprise-grade AI. We’re looking for a Senior 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 work closely with software engineers, product managers, and designers to build secure, intelligent tools for employees across Okta.

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

What we are looking for :

  • 5–8 years of software engineering experience, with at least 3+ years in AI/ML platforms or intelligent automation.
  • 3+ years in Python preferred, Java, Node.js, or Go.
  • 2+ 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 (LangGraph 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.
  • Strong communication and collaboration skills to work effectively across time zones and global teams.

Why join us: 

At Okta, you’ll play a critical role in building the platform foundations that power enterprise AI. Your work will directly enable applied AI solutions that impact thousands of employees and customers, while ensuring AI adoption is smarter, faster, and always secure. As part of a global engineering team, you’ll collaborate seamlessly with peers in the US and India, making an impact at scale.

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

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.

Okta is committed to complying with applicable data privacy and security laws and regulations. For more information, please see our Personnel and Job Candidate Privacy Notice at https://www.okta.com/legal/personnel-policy/.

Perks & Benefits Extracted with AI

  • Talent Development and Community Building: Developing Talent and Fostering Connection + Community at Okta

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