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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 organizations to safely embrace this new era. This work requires a relentless drive to solve complex challenges with real-world stakes. We are looking for builders and owners who operate with speed and urgency and execute with excellence. This is an opportunity to do career-defining work. We're all in on this mission. If you are too, let's talk. The Staff AI Security Engineer Opportunity Identity is the key to unlocking the potential of AI. Okta secures AI by building the trusted, neutral infrastructure that enables organizations to safely embrace this new era. This work requires a relentless drive to solve complex challenges with real-world stakes. We are looking for builders and owners who operate with speed and urgency and execute with excellence. This is an opportunity to do career-defining work. We're all in on this mission. If you are too, let's talk. At Okta, we’re building the future of secure, enterprise-grade AI Agents. We’re looking for a Staff AI Security Engineer to join our dedicated Security team. In this role, you will define the technical vision, architecture, and hands-on security controls for AI models, agentic workflows, and autonomous systems across Okta. This is a senior individual contributor role for a hands-on engineer who can design scalable AI security infrastructure, mentor engineers, and partner with cross-functional teams to build secure "paved roads" for AI innovation. What you’ll be doing Secure AI Implementations: Design and deploy enterprise AI guardrails, gateways, and other controls to protect our agentic workflows from emerging threats Agent Hardening & Sandboxing: Establish security architectures for local and hosted agents to mitigate tool-calling, prompt injection, goal misalignment, and data exfiltration risks. Define Paved Roads & Security Standards: Develop secure design patterns and developer tools that allow engineering teams to build and deploy AI features safely and quickly. Threat Modeling for AI Workflows: Lead threat modeling and security reviews for agentic AI systems, enterprise deployments, and agent ecosystems. AI Discovery & Visibility: Build systems to discover, inventory, and assess AI usage and data flows across the enterprise. Agentic Platform Infrastructure: Design and operate internal AI security platforms and develop integrated AI capabilities that automate complex security operations. Technical Leadership & Mentorship: Drive technical alignment across product, security, and infrastructure teams. Mentor engineers and security practitioners across domains What you’ll bring to the role AI Security Expertise: Deep knowledge of the AI threat landscape, including OWASP, MITRE ATLAS, NIST AI RMF with practical experience prompt injection, excessive agency, and other AI-related threats. Software Engineering: 8+ years of experience in security engineering or backend software development, with strong coding proficiency in Python or Go and hands-on cloud experience. Agentic Framework Knowledge: Experience securing or auditing agentic frameworks (such as LangChain, Strands, Claude Agent SDK, or custom tool-calling agents) operating within sandboxed environments. Architectural Expertise: Proven ability to design scalable cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP), API gateways, proxy architectures, and access controls for enterprise systems. Paved Road Construction: Track record of building developer-first security tools and platform controls that maintain engineering velocity. Technical Leadership: Strong communication skills with a history of driving technical strategy, influencing engineering leaders, and mentoring engineers. Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Security, or equivalent practical experience #LI-SM1 #LI-Hybrid P25518_3502406 The annual base salary range for this position for candidates located in the San Francisco Bay area is between: $180,000 — $247,500 USD Below is the annual base salary range for candidates located in California (excluding San Francisco Bay Area), Colorado, Illinois, New York and Washington. Your actual base salary will depend on factors such as your skills, qualifications, experience, and work location. In addition, Okta offers equity (where applicable), bonus, and benefits, including health, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), flexible spending account, and paid leave (including PTO and parental leave) in accordance with our applicable plans and policies. To learn more about our Total Rewards program please visit: https://rewards.okta.com/us . The annual base salary range for this position for candidates located in California (excluding San Francisco Bay Area), Colorado, Illinois, New York, and Washington is between: $161,000 — $221,000 USD The Okta Experience Supporting Your Well-Being Driving Social Impact Developing Talent and Fostering Connection + Community We are intentional about connection. Our global community, spanning over 20 offices worldwide, is united by a drive to innovate. Your journey begins with an immersive, in-person onboarding experience designed to accelerate your impact and connect you to our mission and team from day one. Okta is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, marital status, age, physical or mental disability, or status as a protected veteran. We also consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and convictions records, consistent with applicable laws. If reasonable accommodation is needed to complete any part of the job application, interview process, or onboarding please use this Form to request an accommodation. Notice for New York City Applicants & Employees: Okta may use Automated Employment Decision Tools (AEDT), as defined by New York City Local Law 144, that use artificial intelligence, machine learning, or other automated processes to assist in our recruitment and hiring process. In accordance with NYC Local Law 144, if you are an applicant or employee residing in New York City, please click here to view our full NYC AEDT Notice.
Here's how to pick the right one and stand out in your application.
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That number is real. WorkMundi's database shows 144,883 open engineer roles across the world. India has the most with 31,687 jobs, followed by the United States with 30,084. If you just finished reading one job ad and felt paralyzed by choice, you're not alone—but this scale is actually an advantage. It means you can afford to be selective.
Start by geography and language. The majority of engineer ads—117,837 of them—have the job posting text written in English. Use that as one filter, but remember: the ad text language tells you nothing about whether the role actually requires you to speak English day-to-day. Read the job description carefully. Then check which countries have the volume you're targeting. Singapore, Poland, and Australia round out the top five after India and the US.
Next, learn who's hiring. Accenture has posted 2,801 engineer roles. andurilindustries, speechify, and jobgether are also actively recruiting. If you're applying to one of these names, research their hiring patterns and interview style before you apply. That homework pays off.
When you interview, expect the question every engineer hears: 'Tell me about a time you had to debug a problem that wasn't in your job description.' Have a specific story ready—not a general one. Name the tools, the deadline pressure, and what you learned. Hiring managers listen for whether you see problem-solving as part of the role itself, not a favour.