Principal Data Engineer — HR Data Platform Architect

Okta; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 190,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Bonus

Health insurance

Job summary

Okta is seeking a Principal Data Engineer to architect, build, and maintain scalable data platforms supporting employee lifecycle analytics from recruiting through employment. You will partner with People (HR), product, analytics, and science teams to ensure data availability and quality across global programs.

The role emphasizes mentoring senior engineers, defining data contracts, and driving governance while aligning engineering with business impact.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in a data engineering role, senior/lead capacity.
• Experience with Federal government compliance and security requirements desirable.
• Proficient in data modeling, governance, and data contracts.

Responsibilities

• Design and evolve high-scale data solutions for enterprise data access.
• Develop data quality frameworks, monitoring, and governance for reporting numbers.
• Lead cross-functional initiatives across data verticals to accelerate delivery.

Skills

SQL

Airflow

dbt

Snowflake

Redshift

AWS

Spark

Kafka

Databricks

AI tools

Education

Bachelor's or Master’s in CS/Math/Related

Tools

S3

Lambda

EMR

ECR

EKS

Job description

Okta is seeking a Principal Data Engineer to architect, build, and maintain scalable data platforms supporting employee lifecycle analytics from recruiting through employment. You will partner with People (HR), product, analytics, and science teams to ensure data availability and quality across global programs.

The role emphasizes mentoring senior engineers, defining data contracts, and driving governance while aligning engineering with business impact.