Senior Software Engineer in Test
Okta · Posted Oct 12
Cloud-based identity and access management solutions for workforce and customer security
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About the role
Okta builds the trusted, neutral identity infrastructure that secures AI and human identities for organizations. The engineering team focuses on enterprise-scale quality engineering, test automation, and developer productivity tooling. This Senior Software Engineer in Test role is UI automation heavy, building scalable Playwright/Cypress frameworks in TypeScript/JavaScript, API and performance testing, CI/CD integration, and AI-assisted engineering.
What you will do
- Design and maintain scalable UI automation frameworks using Playwright and/or Cypress with TypeScript/JavaScript.
- Build comprehensive UI, API, integration, and end-to-end automation for enterprise-scale applications.
- Develop API automation using REST Assured and REST APIs.
- Design and execute performance/load testing using JMeter and analyse performance bottlenecks.
- Build and integrate automated tests into CircleCI, Jenkins, or GitHub Actions pipelines.
- Develop reusable testing libraries, utilities, and developer productivity tools.
- Leverage GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, and other GenAI tools to accelerate automation development, debugging, test generation, refactoring, and improve test coverage.
- Identify, troubleshoot, and eliminate flaky tests, automation failures, and test infrastructure issues.
- Work with DevOps/SRE on Docker, Kubernetes, cloud environments, and test orchestration.
- Participate in on-call rotation and provide support for critical automation and production incidents.
- Perform RCA for production and automation issues and drive preventive actions.
- Collaborate closely with developers, architects, product managers, and distributed/North America engineering teams to drive quality ownership.
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field.
- 5–8 years of experience in SDET/Software Test Engineering or equivalent.
- Strong programming skills in TypeScript/JavaScript; Java/Python is a plus.
- Strong hands-on experience with Playwright and/or Cypress.
- Experience with REST Assured/API automation.
- Hands-on experience with JMeter or equivalent performance testing tools.
- Strong knowledge of CI/CD, particularly CircleCI, Jenkins, or GitHub Actions.
- Experience with Git, Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud environments.
- Strong debugging skills with logs, monitoring, and distributed systems.
- Experience with AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot or Claude Code.
- Strong ownership, communication, and problem-solving skills.
- Willingness to participate in on-call and production support.
Preferred qualifications
- Experience building test frameworks or developer productivity tools at scale.
- Experience with microservices, distributed systems, and cloud-native applications.
- Experience with advanced JMeter, Gatling, or Locust.
- Knowledge of observability, tracing, and performance monitoring.
- Experience building or adopting AI-driven testing solutions.
Benefits and support
- Compensation and benefits are detailed in the job posting
About Okta
Okta is a leading independent provider of cloud-based identity and access management solutions that securely connect people and technologies to the right applications. The company powers both Workforce Identity and Customer Identity platforms, allowing organizations to securely manage user access and navigate modern challenges like agentic AI security.
- Industry
- Enterprise Software
- Company size
- 7500+ employees
- Founded
- 2009
- Location
- San Francisco, California, USA
- Funding stage
- Public Company
Funding
Public Company · $228M raised
- 2010-02-01Series A$10M
- 2011-08-01Series B$16.5M
- 2012-12-01Series C$25M
- 2013-09-01Series D$27M
- 2014-06-01Series E$75M
- 2015-09-01Series F$75M
- 2018-02-21Post IPO Debt$300M
Leadership
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Co-Founder and Executive Vice Chairman
Chief Marketing Officer
Chief Legal Officer
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