Bellevue, Washington; Chicago, Illinois; San Francisco, California; Toronto, Ontario, Canada Hybrid Full-time USD 240,000 – 369,000 / year

Okta is hiring a Principal Forward Deployed Engineer - Okta for AI Agents

Responsibilities

  • Maintain and evolve the standard reference architecture for agent identity, covering delegation, audit trails, and emergency termination mechanisms as industry standards and technology evolve.
  • Lead implementation efforts for the most complex, regulated, or innovative customer engagements where established procedures do not yet exist.
  • Elevate technical excellence across the field engineering team by reviewing system designs, mentoring senior engineers, and defining best practices for deployment quality.
  • Inform product development priorities by identifying common patterns across customer implementations and collaborating directly with engineering and product leadership.
  • Serve as a recognized technical expert, presenting to executive stakeholders such as CISOs and Chief AI Officers, and contributing to external identity standards and industry frameworks.
  • Intervene in the most challenging technical and organizational situations across customer accounts to unblock progress and deliver solutions.
  • Establish scalable metrics and monitoring practices for evaluating authorization performance, scope management, delegation integrity, audit coverage, and kill-switch reliability.
  • Increase team efficiency by transforming repeatable field activities into reusable tools, internal platforms, and training resources.

Work Arrangement

Hybrid — San Francisco Bay area, California (excluding San Francisco Bay Area), Colorado, Illinois, New York, Washington

The Okta Experience

  • Supporting employee well-being through comprehensive programs and resources.
  • Advancing social impact initiatives across communities and operations.
  • Investing in professional growth and building inclusive, connected teams.

Notice for New York City Applicants & Employees

Automated Employment Decision Tools (AEDT) may be used in accordance with New York City Local Law 144. Applicants and employees residing in NYC can access the full AEDT Notice via the provided link.

Other

  • Willingness to travel up to 35%, including occasional international trips.
  • Equity compensation and benefits package includes health, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k), flexible spending accounts, and paid time off such as PTO and parental leave, per company policies.
  • Notice for New York City Applicants & Employees: Use of Automated Employment Decision Tools (AEDT) in recruitment and hiring, as defined by NYC Local Law 144.
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Okta is a leading identity and access management platform that helps organizations secure their digital interactions and manage user authentication across various systems and applications.
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Posted a month ago