# Senior Software Engineer, AI Agentic Experience

**Company:** [Okta](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/okta)
**Location:** Bellevue, WA, Chicago, IL, New York, NY, San Francisco, CA
**Role:** Fullstack Engineering
**Salary:** $147k – $202k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, Go, React, Next.js, FastAPI, LLM APIs, oauth2, OIDC, jwt, Open Source
**Posted:** 2026-07-28

> Senior Software Engineer building developer tooling, demo applications, and integrations for Auth0's AI Agentic Experience to enable secure authentication and authorization for human developers and AI agents using LLM APIs, agent runtimes, and orchestration frameworks. Requires 5+ years experience, proficiency in JS/TS/Python/Golang, and familiarity with auth standards like OAuth2/OIDC/JWT.

## Job Description

## 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).

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