Okta for Developers · 1 day ago
Senior Software Engineer, Applied AI (FE)
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$165K/yr - $247K/yr
5+ years expOkta is The World’s Identity Company, focusing on secure access and authentication solutions. The Senior Software Engineer, Applied AI will design and build GenAI-powered applications to enhance internal experiences and operations, collaborating with cross-functional teams to create user-friendly tools.
Computer Software
Responsibilities
Design and build end-to-end GenAI-powered applications, including web-based UIs, API services, and backend orchestration
Implement and integrate LLM-based experiences using frameworks like LangChain, LlamaIndex, and tools like OpenAI, Claude, or Gemini
Define, implement, and champion operational excellence standards (SLOs, observability, incident response frameworks) for all services deployed
Develop responsive, accessible, and modern frontend interfaces using frameworks like React or Vue — with a focus on usability, performance, and trust in AI outputs
Build and maintain a library of reusable frontend components and hooks that allow other business delivery teams to easily 'drop in' GenAI capabilities into their own applications
Build and maintain retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) pipelines with vector search and embedding strategies (e.g., Pinecone, FAISS, Qdrant)
Collaborate with designers and product managers to rapidly iterate on UX patterns for AI-powered experiences (e.g., prompt inputs, citations, summaries)
Ensure security, privacy, observability, and test coverage across the full stack
Contribute to architecture decisions, engineering standards, and best practices for AI/automation systems
Partner with platform and infrastructure teams to ensure services scale reliably across the org
Qualification
Required
5–8 years of software engineering experience with full-stack development, including 2+ years of building AI/ML-driven applications
5+ years of experience in frontend technologies like React, TypeScript, or Vue, and comfort working on UI/UX for internal tools or enterprise applications
Strong Python development skills and 2+ years experience building cloud-based services using AWS, Docker, and RESTful APIs
Hands-on experience with LLM integration, RAG pipelines, prompt engineering, or orchestration frameworks like LangChain or LlamaIndex
Strong background in distributed systems, APIs, microservices, container orchestration (ECS/EKS), and cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure)
Familiarity with secure coding, authentication/authorization, and internal data governance best practices
Ability to collaborate across engineering, design, and product teams — with a strong sense of user empathy and technical ownership
Preferred
Exposure to design systems, AI evaluation tooling, or real-time application performance monitoring
Benefits
Health, dental and vision insurance
401(k)
Flexible spending account
Paid leave (including PTO and parental leave)
Company
Okta for Developers
Resources for developers using Okta’s Identity services: Okta's Customer Identity Cloud (aka Auth0 by Okta or CIC) and Workforce Identity Cloud (WIC).
1001-5000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageCompany data provided by crunchbase