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Okta is The World's Identity Company. We free everyone to safely use any technology, anywhere, on any device or app. Our flexible and neutral products, Okta Platform and Auth0 Platform, provide secure access, authentication, and automation, placing identity at the core of business security and growth.

At Okta, we celebrate a variety of perspectives and experiences. We are not looking for someone who checks every single box - we're looking for lifelong learners and people who can make us better with their unique experiences.

Join our team! We're building a world where Identity belongs to you.

We seek an experienced Staff Software Engineer in Test to join our SOAR (Secure Onboarding Access Recovery) group in the Access Management (AM) pillar. This team is passionate about delivering large-scale, mission-critical software in a fast-paced Agile environment. In this role, you'll be working with a team of highly skilled and talented engineers responsible for delivering sophisticated backend solutions that help Okta reliably operate on a large scale and be highly available. As part of the team, you'll ensure projects are completed with the highest quality and reliability using automation at every level for fast, robust, secure releases.

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

Collaborate with cross-functional teams to review requirements, define test strategies, and ensure seamless, high-quality releases.
Partner with engineering management to plan, prioritise, and deliver high-impact projects with zero-debt quality cadence.
Design, implement, and maintain Automated API tests, end-to-end tests, reliability/scale tests
Automate all critical features to maintain zero-debt cadence
Leverage Generative AI tools and frameworks to enhance productivity, accelerate test development, and improve overall engineering efficiency.
Conduct code reviews, identify defects, and build tools to strengthen test coverage and product stability.
Participate in on-call rotations to effectively address production and customer issues.
Champion a quality-first culture and act as a strong advocate for customer experience and continuous improvement.

Requirements:

Minimum of a Bachelor's degree in software engineering (or related)
10+ years of QE/SDET experience, preferably in an enterprise SaaS company or any product-based company
10+ years of Strong programming experience with Java or Python;
Familiarity with automation tools like Selenium, TestCafe, API (Rest Assured, Karate, etc.), Postman, Jmeter, Splunk, and AWS toolset.
Experience with Amazon Web Services Stack (Elastic Cloud Compute instances, Security Groups; Lambda) is a plus
Expertise in test planning, strategy, and cross-functional collaboration.
Experience with continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) practices.
Able to write and review designs and code with other team members
Able to deliver well-designed, high-quality code on time
Some knowledge of Identity and Access Management protocols and technologies: OAuth, OpenID Connect, SAML, Federation, SSO, etc.
Enthusiastic learner and ability to context switch between development platforms

Nice to have:

Experience with shell scripts (bash), a strong plus
Experience using, maintaining, and deploying/testing Linux-based systems. Experience with Terraform, Docker is a plus.
Good understanding of Networking, Firewalls, DNS.
Some experience working with proxy or other web servers, preferably with nginx

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What you can look forward to as a Full-Time Okta employee!

Amazing Benefits
Making Social Impact
Developing Talent and Fostering Connection + Community at Okta

Okta cultivates a dynamic work environment, providing the best tools, technology and benefits to empower our employees to work productively in a setting that best and uniquely suits their needs. Each organization is unique in the degree of flexibility and mobility in which they work so that all employees are enabled to be their most creative and successful versions of themselves, regardless of where they live. Find your place at Okta today! https://www.okta.com/company/careers/.

Some roles may require travel to one of our office locations for in-person onboarding.

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.

If reasonable accommodation is needed to complete any part of the job application, interview process, or onboarding please use this Form to request an accommodation.

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