Senior Software Engineer

Okta Inc

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
Virginia
Salary
$147,000–$202,000 / yr
Posted
8 days ago
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This role pays more than 52% of similar roles. Most pay $149,500–$177,512 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $174k versus about $164k for comparable roles.

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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 103 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $174,000–$238,000 across 103 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior Software Engineer

The Senior Software Engineer (TS/SCI) joins the Okta Identity Governance team to adapt the OIG product for government customers. This role involves designing, building, and maintaining robust backend services and intuitive frontend interfaces while supporting operations in disconnected, air-gapped, and top-secret defense environments. You will architect cloud and on-premises infrastructure across high-compliance security baselines, ensuring software meets stringent governmental standards. Key responsibilities include managing tech debt, improving CI/CD, and mentoring peers. The role requires hands-on expertise in Java, Python, or TypeScript, along with experience in REST, gRPC, Docker, Kubernetes, and Playwright. You must navigate FedRAMP and Impact Level 6 compliance frameworks to solve complex identity governance problems, such as access requests and entitlement enforcement, while applying AI-native engineering practices across the full software development lifecycle.

What does a Software Engineer earn in Virginia?

Median $165000 from 125 postings across 23 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Architect, deploy, and maintain cloud and on-premises infrastructure across high-compliance security baselines.
  • Support operations transitioning into disconnected, air-gapped, and top-secret defense environments.
  • Maintain strict security controls, audit readiness, and continuous monitoring for classified networks.
  • Design, build, and maintain robust backend services and intuitive frontend interfaces.
  • Identify and prioritize tech debt to improve CI/CD, observability, documentation, and reliability.
  • Partner with Product and Design teams to own and deliver desired customer outcomes.
  • Mentor peer engineers to raise the technical bar of the engineering team.

What we're looking for

  • Must possess an active U.S. TS/SCI clearance with Full Scope Poly.
  • Must be able to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance (Secret or Top Secret).
  • Must be physically located on U.S. soil as defined by FAR 2.101.
  • Must have 5+ years of experience in software engineering shipping enterprise cloud software.
  • Must have hands-on coding depth in Java, Python, or TypeScript, plus API (REST, gRPC) and UI automation (Playwright, Selenium, or equivalent).
  • Must have experience with CI/CD (CircleCI or equivalent), containers (Docker, Kubernetes), and a major cloud platform.
  • Must have proven experience navigating Federal and DoD compliance frameworks, specifically FedRAMP and Impact Level 6 (IL6).
  • Must have deep expertise in building reliable, secure, enterprise-grade software in Java or another type-safe language.
  • Must have high proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript with true fullstack range to ship robust frontends.
  • Must understand web authentication and authorization fundamentals and best practices for securing sensitive user data.
  • Must be able to apply AI meaningfully across the full software development lifecycle and establish AI practices for a team.
  • Must have proven experience defining scalable backend architectures and integrating complex APIs with modern web technologies.
  • Must have experience building, scaling, and troubleshooting infrastructure in restricted environments (preferred).
  • Must have a solid understanding of air-gap architectures, zero-trust frameworks, and data diode/secure transfer mechanisms (preferred).
  • Must have experience with Identity Governance and Administration (IGA) or Identity and Access Management (IAM) (preferred).
  • Must have work experience in a compliance context such as SOX, SOC 2, ISO 27001, or FedRAMP (preferred).

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