This role pays more than
60%
of similar roles. Most pay
$186,672–$254,562
— the shaded band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$230k
versus about
$221k
for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
Employer
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.
Staff Software Engineer, AI-Core (Federal) joins the AI-Core team to build a scalable Agentic AI platform for automated engineering tasks like code generation, incident triage, and vulnerability remediation. This role involves designing backend APIs, building agent identity and machine-to-machine authentication systems, developing knowledge base memory layers, and creating observability tools for tracing and cost tracking. The engineer will also develop governance layers for policy enforcement and multi-step workflow orchestration. Candidates should possess over five years of experience in production backend systems, with at least one year of exposure to AI/ML or agentic applications. Required skills include proficiency in Python, TypeScript/Node.js, or Go, alongside expertise in distributed systems, microservices, and container orchestration. Preferred experience includes LLM integration, RAG pipelines, LangChain, and policy-as-code tools like Cedar or OPA.
What does a Software Engineer earn in California?
Median $214000 from 830 postings across 69 companies.