Senior Software Engineer, AI Agentic Experience

Okta Inc

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
San Francisco, CA
Salary
$159,000–$239,000 / yr
Posted
66 days ago
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Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $183k
This role $199k
$117k most similar roles pay here $252k

This role pays more than 68% of similar roles. Most pay $153,123–$213,250 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $199k versus about $183k for comparable roles.

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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 87 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $174,000–$239,000 across 87 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior Software Engineer, AI Agentic Experience

Senior Software Engineer, AI Agentic Experience (Auth0) joins the Auth0 team to build infrastructure, tooling, and developer experiences that empower both human developers and AI agents to create secure applications. This role involves designing and building developer tools for managing MCP servers, creating demo applications for identity-powered AI use cases, contributing to open source projects, and maintaining high-quality documentation like API references and llm.txt files. The position requires integrating with emerging AI frameworks by developing adapters and utilities for agent runtimes and orchestration layers while ensuring the security of model-to-service communications. Candidates should be proficient in JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, React, Next.js, and FastAPI. They must have experience with LLM APIs, authentication standards like OAuth2, OIDC, and JWT, and a background in building tools for other developers within the AI and identity ecosystem.

What does a Software Engineer earn in California?

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What you'll do

  • Design and build developer tooling to help users secure and manage infrastructure like MCP servers.
  • Build demo applications that showcase secure, identity-powered AI use cases in real-world environments.
  • Contribute to open source projects within the Auth0 ecosystem and the broader AI and identity space.
  • Write and maintain high-quality technical documentation including API references and best practices for AI-native tooling.
  • Develop adapters, utilities, and interfaces to integrate with emerging AI frameworks and orchestration layers.
  • Ensure the resilience and security of systems involved in agent-to-agent or model-to-service communication.
  • Lead architectural design discussions and influence engineering standards across the team.

What we're looking for

  • 5+ years of experience in software engineering building tools, frameworks, or platforms for other developers.
  • Proficiency in JavaScript, TypeScript, Golang, and/or Python across front-end and back-end contexts.
  • Experience working with LLM APIs, agent runtimes, orchestration layers, or prompt pipelines.
  • Familiarity with authentication and authorization systems including OAuth2, OIDC, and JWT.
  • Demonstrated experience leading architecture and design efforts for scalable, production-grade systems.
  • Comfort contributing to and maintaining open source projects and engaging with developer communities.
  • Passion for creating high-quality documentation as part of the developer experience.

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