Senior Software Engineer, Data Platform

This Senior Software Engineer, Data Platform job is with Okta in Washington. This is full-time work at Okta's location. The salary range published with the job is $165,000 to $227,000 a year.

Okta describes the job as follows.

Secure Every Identity, from AI to Human

Identity is the key to unlocking the potential of AI. Okta secures AI by building the trusted, neutral infrastructure that enables organizations to safely embrace this new era. This work requires a relentless drive to solve complex challenges with real-world stakes. We are looking for builders and owners who operate with speed and urgency and execute with excellence.

This is an opportunity to do career-defining work. We're all in on this mission. If you are too, let's talk.

About the Team

The Data Platform team is responsible for the foundational data services, systems, and data products for Okta that benefit our users. Today, the Data Platform team solves challenges and enables:

Streaming analytics

Interactive end-user reporting

Data and ML platform for Okta to scale

Telemetry of our products and data

Our elite team is fast, creative and flexible. We encourage ownership. We expect great things from our engineers and reward them with stimulating new projects, new technologies and the chance to have significant equity in a company. Okta is about to change the cloud computing landscape forever.

About the Position

This is an opportunity for experienced Software Engineers to join our fast growing Data Platform organization that is passionate about scaling high volume, low-latency, distributed data-platform services & data products. In this role, you will get to work with engineers throughout the organization to build foundational infrastructure that allows Okta to scale for years to come. As a member of the Data Platform team, you will be responsible for designing, building, and deploying the systems that power our data analytics and ML. Our analytics infrastructure stack sits on top of many modern technologies, including Kinesis, Flink, ElasticSearch, and Snowflake.

We are looking for experienced Software Engineers who can help design and own the building, deploying and optimizing the streaming infrastructure. This project has a directive from engineering leadership to make OKTA a leader in the use of data and machine learning to improve end-user security and to expand that core-competency across the rest of engineering. You will have a sizable impact on the direction, design & implementation of the solutions to these problems.

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

Design, implement and own data-intensive, high-performance, scalable platform components

Work with engineering teams, architects and cross functional partners on the development of projects, design, and implementation

Conduct and participate in design reviews, code reviews, analysis, and performance tuning

Coach and mentor engineers to help scale up the engineering organization

Debug production issues across services and multiple levels of the stack

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

4+ years of experience of software development

Proficient in at least one language while comfortable in more than one of the backend languages, preferably Java or Typescript, Ruby, GoLang, Python.

Have experience working with at least one of the database technologies - MySQL, Redis, or PostgreSQL.

Demonstrable knowledge of computer science fundamentals with strong API Design skills.

Comfortable working on a geographically distributed extended team. Brings the right attitude to the team: ownership, accountability, attention to detail, and customer focus.

Track record of delivering work incrementally to get feedback and iterating over solutions.

Comfortable in React or similar front-end UI stacks; if not comfortable yet, you are willing to learn

Nice to have

Experience using a cloud-based distributed computing technologies such as

Messaging systems such as Kinesis, Kafka

Data processing systems like Flink, Spark, Beam

Storage & Compute systems such as Snowflake, Hadoop

Coordinators and schedulers like the ones in Kubernetes, Hadoop, Mesos

Maintained security, encryption, identity management, or authentication infrastructure

Leveraged major public cloud providers to build mission-critical, high volume services

Hands-on experience in developing Data Integration applications for large scale (petabyte scale) environments with experience in both batch and online systems.

Contributed to the development of distributed systems or used one or more at high volume or criticality such as Kafka or Hadoop

Additional requirements

There is no citizenship requirement. The Okta employee must be on US Soil, which means the 50 states, the District of Columbia, or outlying areas of the United States, as defined in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 2.101

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The annual base salary range for this position for candidates located in the San Francisco Bay area is between: $165,000 to $227,000 USD

Below is the annual base salary range for candidates located in California (excluding San Francisco Bay Area), Colorado, Illinois, New York and Washington. Your actual base salary will depend on factors such as your skills, qualifications, experience, and work location. In addition, Okta offers equity (where applicable), bonus, and benefits, including health, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), flexible spending account, and paid leave (including PTO and parental leave) in accordance with our applicable plans and policies. To learn more about our Total Rewards program please visit: https://rewards.okta.com/us .

The annual base salary range for this position for candidates located in California (excluding San Francisco Bay Area), Colorado, Illinois, New York, and Washington is between: $147,000 to $202,000 USD

The Okta Experience

Supporting Your Well-Being

Driving Social Impact

Developing Talent and Fostering Connection + Community

We are intentional about connection. Our global community, spanning over 20 offices worldwide, is united by a drive to innovate. Your journey begins with an immersive, in-person onboarding experience designed to accelerate your impact and connect you to our mission and team from day one.

Okta is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, marital status, age, physical or mental disability, or status as a protected veteran. We also consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and convictions records, consistent with applicable laws.

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Questions about this job

How much does this Senior Software Engineer, Data Platform job pay?

Okta advertises $165,000 to $227,000 a year for this role.

Can I work remotely in this job?

No, it is an on-site job in Washington.

What does Okta look for in candidates?

The posting mentions at least 4 years of relevant experience and skills such as Python, Java, TypeScript and Go. Read the full description above for the complete list.

Where do I send my application to Okta?

Use the apply button on this page. It takes you to Okta's own application form, so your CV goes directly to their hiring team.

Is this job still open?

Okta published the role on September 29, 2026. We check the employer's job board every day and take this page down when the role closes, so if you can read it, the job was still listed at our last check.

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