Staff AI Security Engineer
Senior
Agent
Agentic Security
Ai Security
Ai Workflows
Application Security
Cloud Platforms
Data Security
Enterprise Risk
Information Security
Information Technology (IT)
InfoSec
Risk Governance
Security
Security Automation
Security Compliance
Security Operations
Security Standards
Security Testing
Solution Architecture
Job Description
Okta is seeking a Staff AI Security Engineer to define the technical vision, architecture, and hands-on controls for AI models, agentic workflows, and autonomous systems, enabling secure AI at scale. This senior individual contributor role is based in Chicago, IL with a hybrid work arrangement, offering a salary range of USD 180,000 - 247,500 per yearly and requiring a Bachelor's degree and at least eight years of experience in security engineering or backend software development.
Responsibilities
- Develop and deploy enterprise-grade AI guardrails, gateways, and controls to safeguard agentic workflows from evolving threats.
- Create security architectures for both local and hosted agents to mitigate tool-calling, prompt injection, goal misalignment, and data exfiltration risks.
- Define secure design patterns and developer tooling that let engineering teams ship AI features safely and rapidly.
- Lead threat modeling and security reviews for agentic AI systems, enterprise deployments, and agent ecosystems.
- Build systems to discover, inventory, and monitor AI usage and data flows across the organization.
- Design and operate internal AI security platforms and develop integrated AI capabilities that automate complex security operations.
- Provide technical leadership, align efforts across product, security, and infrastructure teams, and mentor engineers and security practitioners across domains.
Requirements
- Extensive AI security expertise covering OWASP, MITRE ATLAS, and NIST AI RMF, with hands-on experience addressing prompt injection, excessive agency, and other AI-related threats.
- Minimum eight years of experience in security engineering or backend software development, with strong coding skills in Python or Go and practical cloud experience.
- Experience securing or auditing agentic frameworks (such as LangChain, Strands, Claude Agent SDK, or custom tool-calling agents) operating within sandboxed environments.
- Proven ability to design scalable cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP), API gateways, proxy architectures, and access controls for enterprise systems.
- Track record of building developer-first security tools and platform controls that maintain engineering velocity.
- Strong technical leadership with a history of driving strategy, influencing engineering leaders, and mentoring engineers.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Security, or equivalent practical experience.
Technologies
- Python
- Go
- AWS
- GCP
- LangChain
- Strands
- Claude Agent SDK
- OWASP
- MITRE ATLAS
- NIST AI RMF
Benefits
- Supporting Your Well-Being
- Driving Social Impact
- Developing Talent and Fostering Connection + Community
The Okta Experience
- Supporting Your Well-Being
- Driving Social Impact
- Developing Talent and Fostering Connection + Community
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