This role pays more than
72%
of similar roles. Most pay
$167,449–$240,800
— the shaded band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$238k
versus about
$204k
for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
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About Okta Inc
Okta, Inc. is an American identity and access management company based in San Francisco. It provides cloud software that helps companies manage and secure user authentication into applications, and for developers to build identity controls into applications, websites, web services, and devices.[
Okta Inc currently has
137 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$174,000–$239,000
across 137 roles with salary data.
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer - Okta for AI Agents serves as a builder-consultant embedded within strategic enterprise accounts to provide dedicated technical partnership for agent identity. You will act as a trusted technical voice, collaborating with customer engineering teams to write production code, debug systems, and architect bespoke solutions that integrate the Okta security stack into their infrastructure. Key responsibilities include designing end-to-end identity, delegation, and audit architectures while ensuring compliance with frameworks like OWASP Top 10 for Agentic Applications, NIST AI RMF, and MITRE ATLAS. You will utilize technologies including OAuth 2.0, OIDC, SAML, SCIM, and policy engines like OPA or Cedar. Experience with LangChain, CrewAI, and various LLM integrations is required to solve the complex problem of securing non-traditional software in an increasingly agentic enterprise landscape.
What does a Forward Deployed Engineer earn?
Median $215000 from 45 postings across 23 companies.