Staff Data Engineer

Okta Inc

Quick summary

Work type
On-site
Location
Bellevue, WAChicago, ILNew York, NYWashington, DC
Salary
$174,000–$238,700 / yr
Posted
58 days ago

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Salary context

Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

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This role $206k
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This role pays more than 68% of similar roles. Most pay $142,375–$216,000 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $206k versus about $179k 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 152 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $184,000–$253,000 across 152 roles with salary data.

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At a glance

TL;DR · Staff Data Engineer

As a Staff Data Engineer on the Auth0 Data Engineering Pipeline team, you will serve as a technical leader for strategic platform initiatives, focusing initially on making the data platform FEDRamp compliant. Your day-to-day involves leading architectural design and evolution, collaborating with cross-functional teams to define and execute the roadmap for scalable, reliable, and secure systems. You’ll work extensively with Python, SQL, Snowflake, dbt, and Airflow in a cloud environment (AWS preferred), producing technical artifacts like threat models and specifications. Additionally, you will mentor team members through code reviews and best practice sharing, ensuring high standards are maintained across the organization. This role requires 8+ years of software development experience with deep expertise in data engineering and security compliance frameworks.

What you'll do

  • Lead the architectural design and evolution of the data platform.
  • Define and execute the technical roadmap for large-scale platform enhancements.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to create a unified architecture.
  • Produce detailed architectural artifacts like threat models and specifications.
  • Mentor and guide team members through code reviews and best practices.
  • Implement foundational components of new architecture through hands-on coding.

What we're looking for

  • 8+ years of software development experience with at least 5 in data engineering.
  • Proven experience designing and delivering large-scale technical projects.
  • Extensive cloud environment (AWS) data infrastructure architecting and deployment.
  • Deep knowledge of modern data stack including warehouses, transformation tools, orchestrators.
  • Strong proficiency in Python and SQL with high code quality standards.

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