Principal AI Engineer, Applied AI & Agent Platforms

Okta Inc.; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 224,000 - 308,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k)

Paid parental leave

Job summary

Okta Inc. in San Francisco, CA, is seeking a Principal Software Engineer for Applied AI. You will build and scale autonomous agents for identity operations, integrating OpenAI/Anthropic APIs, and ensuring robust evaluation, security, and reliability in production.

The role emphasizes ownership, speed, and real-world impact, with exposure to a startup-like pace inside a public company and collaboration with senior leadership on a high-stakes, enterprise-ready platform.

Qualifications

• Shipped AI software with real-user impact.
• Experience building agent workflows or evaluation systems for tool-using LLM apps.
• Experience integrating model APIs (OpenAI/Anthropic) with structured outputs.

Responsibilities

• Build the agent harness for planning, tool use, memory, and recovery during long-running work.
• Integrate model APIs and select models based on quality, latency and cost.
• Ensure approvals and sensitive writes are behind policy checks and evidenced-based completion.

Skills

Python

LLM integration

Agent workflows

Evaluation systems

Tools

Claude Agent SDK

OpenAI Codex SDK

LangChain

LangGraph

Job description

Okta Inc. in San Francisco, CA, is seeking a Principal Software Engineer for Applied AI. You will build and scale autonomous agents for identity operations, integrating OpenAI/Anthropic APIs, and ensuring robust evaluation, security, and reliability in production.

The role emphasizes ownership, speed, and real-world impact, with exposure to a startup-like pace inside a public company and collaboration with senior leadership on a high-stakes, enterprise-ready platform.