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Principal Engineer · Washington

$221,000

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Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th Full range $155k – $376.2k · outliers off-axis
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Okta

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Okta · Bellevue, Washington; Chicago, Illinois; New York, New York; San Francisco, California; Washington, DC

$274,000 – $376,200 Okta

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Databricks · Bellevue, Washington; Seattle, Washington

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$230,000 – $288,000

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