Okta's Technology, Data, and Intelligence organization is on a mission to simplify and secure internal operations through automation, analysis, and scale. The Productivity Engineering team is responsible for developing internal tooling, infrastructure and services that empower Okta employees to work as effectively as possible. This role will play a key role in designing and developing platforms and services that support Okta's internal transformation, helping to build the infrastructure and applications that make intelligent automation and GenAI real for our workforce.
Requirements
- 5+ years of software engineering experience, including building and maintaining production services at scale
- Experience working with distributed systems, cloud-native architectures, and API-based integrations
- Exposure to AI/ML concepts, and interest in applying LLMs, NLP, or automation tools in practical use cases
- Experience with containerized environments (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)
- Experience deploying cloud infrastructure to GCP & AWS using IAAS like Terraform, OpenTofu, or similar
- Experience with languages like Python or Go
Responsibilities
- Design and build production grade internal services that integrate GenAI and automation into core business workflows (e.g., virtual agents, RAG, enterprise search)
- Work closely with product, engineering, and data science teams to deliver features from prototype to production, with a focus on quality and user experience
- Contribute to platform architecture decisions, especially around LLM integration, API design, and system observability
- Write clean, maintainable code in languages like Python or Go, and build services using containerized environments (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)
- Deploy cloud infrastructure to GCP & AWS using IAAS like Terraform, OpenTofu, or similar
- Promote engineering best practices around testing, security, CI/CD, and operational readiness
- Participate in design reviews, troubleshooting sessions, and peer mentorship to support a strong, collaborative engineering culture
Other
- A collaborative mindset, strong communication skills, and desire to work across team boundaries
- Curiosity and a desire to learn — especially around AI technologies, enterprise platforms, and building responsibly
- Okta is on a mission to become the most secure company in the world, while also looking to adopt the most cutting edge technologies in AI, help us achieve both goals to accelerate our mission
- Build With Purpose: Work on meaningful problems that simplify and secure how Okta operates
- Grow in a Human-Centered Culture: Join a supportive, humble team that values technical excellence and personal development
