This role pays more than
87%
of similar roles. Most pay
$174,600–$231,000
— the shaded band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$266k
versus about
$203k
for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
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About Okta Inc
Okta, Inc. is an American identity and access management company based in San Francisco. It provides cloud software that helps companies manage and secure user authentication into applications, and for developers to build identity controls into applications, websites, web services, and devices.[
Okta Inc currently has
87 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$174,000–$239,000
across 87 roles with salary data.
As a Principal Software Engineer on the OIG team, you will drive the architecture, design, and maintenance of products serving enterprise customers at scale. You will take end-to-end ownership of feature areas, moving from technical design through implementation, testing, deployment, and post-launch monitoring to ensure high performance and reliability. The role involves building production-ready features across the OIG system while collaborating with product, QA, and site reliability teams. You will work with technologies including Java, Kotlin, Go, and other cloud-native languages within a microservices and event-driven architecture. Key responsibilities include managing complex data modeling, multi-tenancy, and RBAC/ABAC requirements. The core of this role involves solving technical challenges in the identity and access management domain to help large organizations manage secure access governance for their users.
What does a Software Engineer earn in California?
Median $214000 from 830 postings across 69 companies.