Staff Software Engineer, AI-Core (Federal)

What this role involves

Okta is hiring a Staff Software Engineer for its AI-Core (Federal) team to build a scalable agentic AI platform. The role involves designing backend APIs, agent identity systems, knowledge bases, observability, governance, and orchestration layers. Candidates should have backend engineering experience and exposure to AI/ML or agentic applications.

Skills this posting asks for

• python
• typescript
• node.js
• go
• distributed systems
• apis
• microservices
• container orchestration
• serverless
• oauth
• oidc
• langchain
• langgraph
• llm
• rag
• mcp
• cedar
• opa
• agent orchestration
• credential management
• policy enforcement
• observability
• tracing

Requirements

• 5 years of experience
• Level: staff

From the employer’s posting

Secure Every Identity, from AI to HumanIdentity is the key to unlocking the potential of AI. Okta secures AI by building the trusted, neutral infrastructure that enables organizations to safely embrace this new era. This work requires a relentl…