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Secure Every Identity, from AI to Human Identity 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 relentless drive to solve complex challenges with real-world stakes. We are looking for builders and owners who operate with speed and urgency and execute with excellence. This is an opportunity to do career-defining work. We're all in on this mission. If you are too, let's talk. The Technology, Data, and Intelligence (TDI) Team Okta is the leading independent identity provider. The Technology, Data, and Intelligence (TDI) organization is the engine that powers Okta's global workforce, providing the technology and systems that enable our employees to do their best work. The Staff Security Engineer Opportunity We are seeking a highly skilled and hands-on Staff Security Engineer with a DevSecOps & Issue Management focus to join the TDI Security team. In this role, you will be embedded directly within our technical environments , working side-by-side with engineering and operations teams to strengthen Okta’s security posture across infrastructure, cloud, and business systems. This is a tactical and strategic role; you will build a centralized Security Posture Analytics and Reporting capability that aggregates findings, remediation status, and risk data across Okta's security tools to improve visibility, accountability, and execution. The focus is on automating issue tracking and ownership assignment, identifying and routing unowned findings, partnering with remediation teams to accelerate closure, and developing remediation solutions where none currently exist. Longer term, leverage AI to simplify security posture management, increase trust in the data, automate analysis and prioritization, and provide actionable insights that help TDI proactively manage security risk at scale. The ideal candidate combines deep technical security e

Secure Every Identity, from AI to Human Identity 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 relentless drive to solve complex challenges with real-world stakes. We are looking for builders and owners who operate with speed and urgency and execute with excellence. This is an opportunity to do career-defining work. We're all in on this mission. If you are too, let's talk. The Agent Gateway Team The Agent Gateway team owns the identity-aware infrastructure that connects enterprise AI agents to the tools, data, and services their organizations authorize. Every call from Claude, Agentforce,, Codex, and internal/homegrown agents to a resource flows through us. We enforce authorization, isolate credentials, mint the right token per target, and produce the audit trails that security teams rely on. We are early in a rapidly evolving space. The standards (MCP, XAA, ID JAG, DCR for agents,CIMD) are being built under our feet. Our roadmap includes hardening the data plane for on-premises customer deployments, extending policy semantics beyond tool-level allowlists, adding native support for Agent-to-Agent brokered delegation, XAA and scaling to tenants with thousands of virtual MCP servers. The Staff Software Engineer Opportunity Okta is looking for a Staff Software Engineer to serve as a technical anchor for the Agent Gateway team. You will own critical parts of the data and control planes and drive architectural design as the MCP and agent identity specs evolve. In this role, you will work close to the metal on request routing, token exchange, credential resolution, and policy evaluation. You will work equally close to the identity control plane on config bundles, tenant fanout, and operational rollouts. You are expected to make sharp technology choices, prototype with agentic tooling, and turn rough product ideas into product

Secure Every Identity, from AI to Human Identity 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 relentless drive to solve complex challenges with real-world stakes. We are looking for builders and owners who operate with speed and urgency and execute with excellence. This is an opportunity to do career-defining work. We're all in on this mission. If you are too, let's talk. The Auth0 Team Auth0 is an easy-to-implement authentication and authorization platform designed by developers for developers. We make access to applications safe, secure, and seamless for the more than 100 million daily logins around the world. Our modern approach to identity enables this Tier-Ø global service to deliver convenience, privacy, and security so customers can focus on innovation. This team focuses on providing tenant-level protections to our customers, at scale. From bot detection to brute-force to suspicious IP throttling and beyond, this team often provides the first line of defense for Auth0 customers. The Staff Software Engineer At Okta, we’re building the next generation of authentication for the GenAI era. We’re looking for a Staff Software Engineer to join the AI DevEx team at Auth0. This role is pivotal in extending and complementing our Auth for GenAI offering by building the infrastructure, tooling, and developer experiences that empower both human developers and AI agents to build secure, intelligent applications. Auth0 Emerging Tech is the Engineering organization where we take care of the hottest technology out there: we ship fast, we don't break things. We are a dynamic and collaborative distributed and diverse team. We value ownership, learning and innovation. This is an ideal role for an engineer who enjoys building for other engineers, working across stacks, and shaping the

Secure Every Identity, from AI to Human Identity 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 relentless drive to solve complex challenges with real-world stakes. We are looking for builders and owners who operate with speed and urgency and execute with excellence. This is an opportunity to do career-defining work. We're all in on this mission. If you are too, let's talk. The Okta Secures AI Team The Okta Secures AI Team is building the future of digital identity management. The way companies are using agents and allowing them access is undergoing a fundamental shift, enabling teams to move fast while staying secure. Our North Star is clear: To get AI right, you have to get identity right. We are not just managing identities; we are building the industry's first Identity Security Fabric for the agentic era. As organizations rapidly deploy AI, these non-human entities are acting with access to critical tools, often bypassing traditional perimeters and creating a 'Shadow AI' crisis. Our mission is to move identity from a reactive gatekeeper to a unified control plane, transforming AI risk into business ROI. We are tackling this by implementing a comprehensive four-pillar maturity model: Discover, Onboard, Protect, and Govern. We are driving innovation by defining the standards for Agent Identity—including pioneer work with the AI Agent Tool Registry and support for protocols like MCP and IPSIE. You will be helping us build the infrastructure that allows enterprises to scale AI safely, ensuring every access decision—whether made by a human or an automated agent—is authenticated, authorized, and audited at scale. We are a diverse team of engineers, product managers, and designers who are bringing Okta’s expertise in identity to define the future of Agent Identity management, focusing on enablement while staying secure. The

Secure Every Identity, from AI to Human Identity 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 relentless drive to solve complex challenges with real-world stakes. We are looking for builders and owners who operate with speed and urgency and execute with excellence. This is an opportunity to do career-defining work. We're all in on this mission. If you are too, let's talk. The Identity Security Posture Management (ISPM) Team At ISPM (formerly Spera Security), we are revolutionizing identity security for modern organizations. Our platform provides security leaders with end-to-end contextual visibility into their identity landscape—reducing risk, enhancing operational efficiency, and ensuring continuous compliance. We’re a fast-moving, high-impact team looking for an exceptional Staff Software Engineer to help shape the future of identity security and platform architecture. Hybrid work - 3 days a week from the office. What You’ll Be Doing As a Staff Software Engineer, you will serve as a technical authority and play a pivotal role in scaling our core platform. Your focus will span architecture, security research, and engineering excellence: Lead & Architect: Design, build, and scale high-performance software while driving architectural best practices across the R&D organization. Security & AI Innovation: Drive deep-dive research into cloud, SaaS ecosystems, and AI agents to build proactive detection models, mitigation strategies, and threat intelligence. Engineering Excellence: Elevate code quality, testing standards, system monitoring, and documentation across teams. Cross-Functional Ownership: Partner closely with Product and R&D to translate complex security requirements into scalable technical solutions. Scale & Optimize: Identify and resolve systemic performance bottlenecks and architectural challenges.

Secure Every Identity, from AI to Human Identity 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 relentless drive to solve complex challenges with real-world stakes. We are looking for builders and owners who operate with speed and urgency and execute with excellence. This is an opportunity to do career-defining work. We're all in on this mission. If you are too, let's talk. Required Skills: 9+ years in Python and its libraries (e.g., Pandas, Boto3) for data manipulation, ETL processes, and developing serverless functions to interact with foundational AI services on platforms like AWS Bedrock . 6+ years with modern front-end frameworks (e.g., React, Next.js, TypeScript), and an ability to collaborate effectively with Product & Design. Deep hands-on experience with AWS solutioning , including designing and deploying production applications using core services such as AWS EC2, AWS Lambda, Amazon S3, Amazon RDS, and API Gateway . Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like CloudFormation or Terraform is essential. Proven experience building and deploying production-grade AI applications and services. Experience with agentic frameworks like LangChain, LangGraph, and LangSmith is a strong plus. Strong background in building distributed systems, microservices, and resilient APIs (REST/GraphQL) on cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure). Demonstrated ability to influence technical strategy and lead architecture decisions across global teams. Excellent communication skills with experience working effectively across time zones and cultures. Working experience with foundational AI services, with a desire to use a unified platform like AWS Bedrock for Generative AI development and deployment Education and Certifications A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent years of industry experience AWS cl

Secure Every Identity, from AI to Human Identity 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 relentless drive to solve complex challenges with real-world stakes. We are looking for builders and owners who operate with speed and urgency and execute with excellence. This is an opportunity to do career-defining work. We're all in on this mission. If you are too, let's talk. Staff Backend Engineer We’re redefining Privileged Access Management (PAM) from the ground up, purpose-built for Cloud, SaaS, Databases, Containers, and any virtualized environment. Our mission is to simplify and secure workforce access with seamless, secure-by-default workflows that adapt dynamically to modern infrastructure. We eliminate standing privileges, enforce least privilege, and embed Zero Trust principles into every access workflow by default. About the Role We are seeking a Staff Backend Engineer to serve as the core technical anchor and senior Individual Contributor (IC) for our newly established engineering pod in India. At the P4 level, your primary sphere of influence will be at the team level —taking ownership of complex, ambiguous problems and defining how to solve them cleanly, securely, and efficiently. In this role, you will lead by example through hands-on architecture, high-velocity coding, and end-to-end execution. You will drive the implementation of secure database and network device connectors (routers, switches, firewalls) on top of our core Zero Standing Privileges (ZSP) platform. You will work closely with our local Technical Team Lead to elevate the pod’s engineering craft, acting as a technical multiplier for mid-level developers while ensuring tight architectural alignment with our global team. What You’ll Be Doing Execution & Technical Impact End-to-End Ownership: Consistently design, code, debug, test, moni

Secure Every Identity, from AI to Human Identity 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 relentless drive to solve complex challenges with real-world stakes. We are looking for builders and owners who operate with speed and urgency and execute with excellence. This is an opportunity to do career-defining work. We're all in on this mission. If you are too, let's talk. 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. Access Essentials - Core Product The Access Essentials organization at Okta builds the platform features for authentication and authorization across Okta-protected resources. Our mission is to enable customers to access these resources seamlessly & securely. We develop Okta cloud services and client software that allow users to seamlessly login to devices and use Okta authenticators to access applications securely. The Access Management team is part of Okta R&D Engineering. Learn more about Okta’s Engineering on our blog .x The First Party Apps Platform team First Party Apps Platform team is part of the larger Access Essential - Core Product organization. We develop Okta’s secure web experiences for end-user authentication and access . Our products and features are high-impact and high-visibility. Our team develops the Okta Sign-in Widget,

Secure Every Identity, from AI to Human Identity 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 relentless drive to solve complex challenges with real-world stakes. We are looking for builders and owners who operate with speed and urgency and execute with excellence. This is an opportunity to do career-defining work. We're all in on this mission. If you are too, let's talk. 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. Access Essentials The Access Essentials organization at Okta builds the platform features for authentication and authorization across Okta-protected resources. Our mission is to enable customers to access these resources seamlessly & securely. We develop Okta cloud services and client software that allow users to seamlessly login to devices and use Okta authenticators to access applications securely. This team is part of Okta R&D Engineering. Learn more about Okta’s Engineering on our blog . The Access Frameworks team We build the foundational authentication and access frameworks that secure how every Okta customer signs in and verifies identity. Our products and features are deeply embedded across Okta's platform, making them high-impact and high-visibility. Our team owns the Authenticator Platform ( Authenticator Admin API , MyAccount Au

Secure Every Identity, from AI to Human Identity 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 relentless drive to solve complex challenges with real-world stakes. We are looking for builders and owners who operate with speed and urgency and execute with excellence. This is an opportunity to do career-defining work. We're all in on this mission. If you are too, let's talk. Job Description Okta’s Auth0 is an easy to implement, adaptable authentication and authorization platform. We make everyone’s login experience awesome. If you are a problem solver who wants to make this login experience even better, then look no further - Okta Auth0 B2C Authentication domain is where you want to be. Our domain’s mission is to provide a simple, secure, standards-compliant and delightful authentication experience for both end users and developers. We work with NodeJS, React, golang, Swift, Java / Kotlin, Postgres/MongoDB databases and our services run on both AWS and Azure. Our tech stack continues to evolve and expand to new technologies and trends. We are proponents of using the right tools for the job. We are looking for an engineer who leverages AI coding assistants (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Google Gemini, Claude) to accelerate the software development lifecycle without compromising security. You should be proficient in using LLMs for rapid prototyping, boilerplate generation, and complex refactoring , effectively cutting down development time. Crucially, you must possess the judgment to audit, debug, and secure AI-generated code, ensuring it meets our strict authentication standards. You will use AI not just to write code, but to generate comprehensive unit tests, document systems, and simulate edge-case scenarios in our auth flows. As a member of the Native Apps team you will: Be a part of fast paced, agile team comprising of engineers, a

Secure Every Identity, from AI to Human Identity 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 relentless drive to solve complex challenges with real-world stakes. We are looking for builders and owners who operate with speed and urgency and execute with excellence. This is an opportunity to do career-defining work. We're all in on this mission. If you are too, let's talk. 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 Workforce and Customer Identity Clouds enable secure yet flexible access, authentication, and automation that transforms how people move through the digital world, putting Identity at the heart 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 Technology Data and Intelligence at Okta At Okta, the Technology Data and Intelligence (TDI) team drives internal efficiency through secure, scalable, and innovative systems. TDI partners with teams across the company to build and support the infrastructure, automation, and enterprise applications that keep operations running smoothly. Focused on enabling productivity and aligning technology with business goals, TDI plays a vital role in both day-to-day operations and long-term strategic growth. The Staff Software Engineer Opportunity We are looking for a Staff Software Engineer to join our growing team in TDI and help scale our internal business solutions with a sharp focus on security, reliability, scalability, and intelligent automation. You will be responsible for designing and developing customization

Secure Every Identity, from AI to Human Identity 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 relentless drive to solve complex challenges with real-world stakes. We are looking for builders and owners who operate with speed and urgency and execute with excellence. This is an opportunity to do career-defining work. We're all in on this mission. If you are too, let's talk. The Identity Threat Protection Team Identity Threat Protection (ITP), powered by cutting-edge Okta AI, shatters the mold of traditional login security. We deliver real-time, surgical defense against the most sophisticated and rapidly evolving threats. By deeply integrating with existing security infrastructure, ITP relentlessly analyzes user behavior and system data to proactively hunt down and neutralize risks before they impact our customers. Join an elite team of full-stack engineers, visionary data scientists, and pioneering ML engineers. We are not just redefining cloud authentication—we are engineering the next-gen security platform that continuously evaluates global threats and constructs a comprehensive, dynamic risk . ITP stands as the uncompromising guardian of trust and security, placing decisive risk prioritization at the core of every authentication and authorization decision. Identity Threat Protection with Okta AI The Staff Software Engineer Opportunity Okta is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to be a driving force on the ITP engineering team. This is your chance to dive into the deep end and solve the most critical and complex security challenges facing enterprises today. We seek a candidate who has not just experience, but a proven record of designing, building, launching, and scaling world-class security products —from concept to global deployment. You will be a technical cornerstone of a team that lives and breathes elegant solutions and

Secure Every Identity, from AI to Human Identity 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 relentless drive to solve complex challenges with real-world stakes. We are looking for builders and owners who operate with speed and urgency and execute with excellence. This is an opportunity to do career-defining work. We're all in on this mission. If you are too, let's talk. We are seeking an experienced Staff Software Engineer to join Okta's Universal Directory Platform team within the Product Platform Pillar. The team serves as the intelligent core of the enterprise security fabric, maintaining the source of truth for all identity assets and their associated relationships. Opportunity This position will be involved into development, design, and maintenance of our highly performant, reliable, and scalable platform, which is critical for managing user lifecycles, groups, and memberships. The successful candidate will possess experience in building and deploying scalable, reliable software and infrastructure within a cloud environment. What you’ll be doing Understand our identity management group codebase and development process: Jira, Technical Designs, Code Review, Testing, and Deployment. Develop and implement frameworks and toolings for our Universal Directory Service platform. Design and implement high-performance distributed scalable and fault-tolerant software components. Quickly deliver high-quality bug fixes and handle customer-reported issues. Conduct quality code reviews and automated testings. Partner with our Product Development, QA, and Site Reliability Engineering teams for scoping the development and deployment work. What you’ll bring to the role The ideal candidate is someone who is experienced building software systems to manage and deploy reliable and performant infrastructure and prod

Secure Every Identity, from AI to Human Identity 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 relentless drive to solve complex challenges with real-world stakes. We are looking for builders and owners who operate with speed and urgency and execute with excellence. This is an opportunity to do career-defining work. We're all in on this mission. If you are too, let's talk. Secure Every Identity, from AI to Human Identity 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 relentless drive to solve complex challenges with real-world stakes. We are looking for builders and owners who operate with speed and urgency and execute with excellence. This is an opportunity to do career-defining work. We're all in on this mission. If you are too, let's talk. The AI-Core Team The team is building a scalable Agentic AI platform for agents that run real engineering work, agents that write code, triage incidents, investigate alerts, remediate vulnerabilities, upgrade libraries, patch flaky tests, automate runbooks, and other workloads across Okta's infra. Owning this platform means owning the hard cross cutting problems: agent identity, delegated access, secure isolated execution, orchestration, and governance, at the scale and reliability bar that Infra demands. The work is novel and high ownership, and the candidate should be drawn to problems the industry hasn't solved yet. What You'll Work On Design and implement backend APIs and services that make up the agentic platform Build the agent identity and machine-to-machine authentication system, including credential management and delegated access flows Build the agent knowledge base and memory layer so agents retain context within and across sessions Buil

Secure Every Identity, from AI to Human Identity 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 relentless drive to solve complex challenges with real-world stakes. We are looking for builders and owners who operate with speed and urgency and execute with excellence. This is an opportunity to do career-defining work. We're all in on this mission. If you are too, let's talk. The Okta Verify Team Okta Verify Team builds desktop and mobile applications for authentication and authorization across Okta-protected resources. Our mission is to enable customers to access these resources securely. We develop Okta cloud services and client software that allow users to seamlessly login to devices and use Okta authenticators to access applications securely. The Staff Software Engineer in Test Opportunity We seek a passionate and experienced C++ / Linux Staff Software Engineer in Test to join our dynamic team. We are looking for someone who is excited about testing and automation for the Linux Platform and can build for this enterprise setting. Okta Engineering strongly believes in automated testing, UX design, and an iterative process to build high-quality next-generation software. The ideal candidate is passionate about leading quality strategy for large-scale, mission-critical client applications on Linux platform.This is a great opportunity to work in an environment of scale, work in a talented and passionate group, build processes, and be front and center in Okta’s vision of passwordless access to any application. The role gives the candidate an excellent opportunity to learn about interesting problems in security and identity space. It also has a lot of visibility within Okta and has great growth potential. What you’ll be doing Collaborate with the product management, development, and cro