Software Engineer, Infrastructure
Company websiteopal.dev (Opal, opens in new tab)
Base salary $140K to $215K
Employer-published annual base salary, USD. Advertised base range in San Francisco, CA
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- LocationSan Francisco, CA
- WorkplaceHybrid
- Status at last checkSource accepting applications when checked
- Last checked (35 min ago) · observed since
About this job
About Opal Security:
At Opal, we’re building modern identity governance for the AI era—intelligent access management that empowers enterprises to move fast while staying secure. Our mission is to bring clarity, control, and confidence to complex enterprise environments, helping teams govern access without slowing down innovation.
About the Role:
Identity is having a moment. Every company is deploying agents, spinning up service accounts, and realizing their IAM stack can't keep up. We're building AI-native security that scales with this chaos and companies like Databricks and Figma are betting on us to get it right.
You will build customer solutions across the entire stack. You'll talk directly to security and eng teams at Fortune 500s and startups alike, understand their messy reality, and architect systems that actually solve their problems. You'll own the problem, not just the solution, which means you get to be creative, challenge assumptions, and build things that don't exist yet.
Please note: We've built a team that works exceptionally well together and has fun doing so. We're looking to bring on new teammates who will both add to and grow with what we're building 🙂
Your responsibilities
Ensure the stability, security, scalability, and performance of Opal Security’s platform
Take ownership of critical components of Opal Security’s Infrastructure
Empower product engineers with the tools and systems they need
Work closely with leadership, our product team, and other engineers in roadmap, architecture, and product discussions
Create and improve engineering best practices and processes
Interact directly with customers on product feedback and issues
Our ideal candidate
Familiarity with our tech stack: Kubernetes, Golang, Postgres, Redis, Terraform, GraphQL, TypeScript, and React
Experience with cloud providers (e.g., AWS / GCP) and scaling cloud infrastructure
Has 4+ years experience as a full-time software engineer or equivalent experience building large distributed systems
Thrives in ambiguous environments with significant ownership and with the opportunity to make decisions that have a huge impact on the business
Source: Opal on Ashby · View original posting (opens in new tab)
Pay in context
This role's base floor ($140,000) is above 17% of the 4,314 Software Engineering roles in California listed on this site; 101 others list the same floor. Their median floor is $176,100; the middle half runs from $149,100 to $203,000.
Only jobs on this site count, and each one publishes a base salary of $100,000 or more, so this compares six-figure jobs with each other, not with the whole market. Computed Nov 6, 2026.
This listingSoftware Engineer, Infrastructure$140K to $215K
Software Engineer$140K to $250K
Senior Field Marketing Manager$160K to $220K
Security & Compliance Lead$120K to $200K
Recruiter$120K to $180K
Senior Customer Success Engineer$120K to $180K
Chart as a table
| Role | Published base |
|---|---|
| Software Engineer, Infrastructure (this listing) | $140K - $215K |
| Software Engineer | $140K - $250K |
| Senior Field Marketing Manager | $160K - $220K |
| Security & Compliance Lead | $120K - $200K |
| Recruiter | $120K - $180K |
| Senior Customer Success Engineer | $120K - $180K |
Observed changes
- Began meeting the published-salary criteria
- First observed on the employer's board
- Observed since
- Employer-stated posting date
- 2026-05-19
Where this pay comes from
Location as the employer wrote it: San Francisco
USD 140,000 – 215,000 · 1 YEAR · Salary
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What we verified
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- The pay is an annual base salary in US dollars with a minimum of at least $100,000.
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