This role pays more than
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of similar roles. Most pay
$144,350–$220,850
— the shaded band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$230k
versus about
$183k
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
137 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$174,000–$239,000
across 137 roles with salary data.
Staff Software Engineer, Core Infrastructure joins the Core Engineering team to build and evolve shared infrastructure and services that form the foundation for other engineering teams. This role involves designing, developing, and delivering cloud-based projects while managing common services like search, cache, configuration management, and email pipelines. The engineer will evaluate new features, perform code reviews, monitor systems, and provide technical mentorship. Key technologies include Java, Spring, Spring Boot, Hibernate, Tomcat, Redis, Docker, Terraform, and AWS. Candidates must possess expertise in multithreading, memory management, MySQL, Kubernetes, and RESTful APIs. The work focuses on building a cloud-native platform where redundancy, multi-tenancy, scale, and resiliency are critical for maintaining an "Always On" infrastructure. This role solves complex technical challenges to ensure the underlying systems can support high growth and robust performance.
What does a Software Engineer earn in California?
Median $214000 from 775 postings across 63 companies.
Java
Linux
Terraform
Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
Distributed Systems
Public Cloud
Database Design
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C++
Telemetry
Circuit Breakers
Load Testing
fault-injection
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