Senior Software Engineer, AI Agentic Experience

Responsibilities

• Design and build developer tooling that helps developers 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, both within Auth0 and across the broader AI + identity ecosystem.
• Write and maintain high-quality documentation including API references, quickstarts, and best practices for both developers and AI-native tooling (e.g., llm.txt).
• Drive integration with emerging AI frameworks by creating adapters, utilities, and interfaces for agent runtimes and orchestration layers.
• Collaborate with design, product, and security teams to align on developer needs, roadmap direction, and compliance requirements.
• Mentor and support other engineers, setting strong examples in code quality, testing practices, and architectural thinking.
• Influence engineering standards by leading design discussions and contributing to team-wide architectural decisions.
• Ensure resilience and security of systems involved in agent-to-agent or model-to-service communication.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in software engineering with a proven track record in building tools, frameworks, or platforms for other developers.
• Proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript, Golang and/or Python, and the ability to move fluidly between front-end and back-end contexts.
• Experience working with LLM APIs, agent runtimes, orchestration layers, or prompt pipelines.
• Familiarity with authentication and authorization systems, especially standards like 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.
• A passion for documentation as part of the developer experience—not just writing code, but making it understandable and usable.
• Ability to thrive in highly collaborative environments with cross-functional stakeholders.

Nice-to-Haves

• Experience with React, Next.js, FastAPI.
• Familiarity with Model APIs, orchestration runtimes, prompt management systems, agent toolkits.
• Experience with Auth0 Stack: Token Vault, Async Authorization, Fine-Grained Authorization (FGA).

Compensation

The annual base salary range for this position for candidates located in California (excluding San Francisco Bay Area), Colorado, Illinois, New York, and Washington is between $147,000–$202,000 USD. In addition, Okta offers equity (where applicable), bonus, and benefits, including health, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), flexible spending account, and paid leave (including PTO and parental leave).