This role pays less than
75%
of similar roles. Most pay
$190,162–$241,450
— the shaded band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$191k
versus about
$216k
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 - Federal joins the Defensive Cyber Engineering team to support the Public Sector roadmap by building data and infrastructure platforms. This role involves developing custom automation, managing security solutions, and creating scalable, fault-tolerant data pipelines for security event processing. You will serve as a subject matter expert for architecture reviews, implement policy-as-code, and manage cloud-native technologies to protect corporate data and endpoints. The position requires extensive experience with Python, Terraform, and infrastructure-as-code tools to automate security controls and integrate log sources into the security data lake. Key technical requirements include proficiency in Bash or Go, familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, and experience with AWS, GCP, and Azure platforms. This role addresses critical security challenges within highly regulated environments such as FedRAMP High, IL4, IL5, and IL6 to ensure robust detection and response capabilities.
What does a Software Engineer earn?
Median $197500 from 2196 postings across 133 companies.