Sr. Software Engineer, AI Platform & Infrastructure
Core
Build the backend and AWS platform for autonomous digital workers that perform identity operations and security tasks for Okta's customers.
Role type
Senior IC backend platform engineer (AI infrastructure)
Builds
Autonomous agent services, workflow execution, data pipelines, and production reliability systems
Domain
Identity security, AI infrastructure, cloud-native distributed systems
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Python, AWS (Step Functions, SQS, EventBridge, Lambda, RDS), PostgreSQL, SQL, Infrastructure as Code, Observability, Distributed Systems
Preferred skills
ClickHouse, BigQuery, Multi-tenant SaaS, OAuth/OIDC/SAML/SCIM, Agent frameworks (LangGraph, Claude Agent SDK)
Technologies
Python FastAPI, AWS Step Functions, Amazon Bedrock AgentCore, Lambda, SQS, EventBridge, API Gateway, React, AWS Amplify, RDS PostgreSQL, pgvector, S3, KMS, Secrets Manager, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, ClickHouse, BigQuery
Responsibilities
Design and build Python FastAPI services and reusable connectors; Implement durable execution and safe retry logic; Manage PostgreSQL schemas and query performance; Build model API access with cost controls; Create analytics pipelines for worker events; Build deployment pipelines and observability; Implement scoped write services and audit retention.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
