# Staff Software Engineer, AI Agentic Experience (Auth0)

**Company**: Okta
**Location**: San Francisco, California
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: staff
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $188,000-$282,000 USD
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

### 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 organisations to safely embrace this new era.

### The Role

We are 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.

### 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

- 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

- 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 authorisation 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

### Technologies

- Languages: JavaScript, TypeScript, Python

- Frameworks: React, Next.js, FastAPI

- AI Ecosystem: Model APIs, orchestration runtimes, prompt management systems, agent toolkits

- Auth0 Stack: Token Vault, Async Authorisation, Fine-Grained Authorisation (FGA)

### Compensation and Benefits

The annual base salary range for this position for candidates located in the San Francisco Bay area is between: $188,000-$282,000 USD. Okta offers equity, bonus, and benefits, including health, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), flexible spending account, and paid leave.

## Skills

### Required
- JavaScript
- TypeScript
- Python
- Golang
- LLM APIs
- agent runtimes
- orchestration layers
- prompt pipelines
- OAuth2
- OIDC
- JWT

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