Okta

Senior Software Engineer in Test (SET) — Access Essentials

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19 hours ago
Bengaluru, IndiaSenior

Responsibilities

  • Design, maintain, and scale reusable automation frameworks and performance test suites for backend microservices, REST/gRPC APIs, and web applications.
  • Develop automated functional, integration, end-to-end, and regression tests for security workflows, cloud configuration APIs, authentication protocols, and administrative UI journeys.
  • Lead efforts to triage and eliminate flaky UI and API tests and establish deterministic quality gates in build and deployment pipelines.
  • Participate in product ideation, architecture, PRFAQ, and specification reviews to define quality criteria and analyze technical risks.
  • Own test strategy, test cases, execution, and effort estimation across the Access Essentials platform.
  • Build automation supporting service refactoring, API version migrations, and database or service optimizations.
  • Maintain and optimize CI/CD pipelines using tools such as CircleCI, Spinnaker, or GitHub Actions.
  • Partner with Infrastructure and SRE teams on mock service environments, test data, alerting, and regression detection.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience in Software Engineering in Test, SET, or SDET roles focused on backend microservices, REST APIs, and web UI validation.
  • Strong programming ability in Java, Python, or JavaScript/TypeScript.
  • Hands-on experience with Selenium, Cypress, or Playwright and API testing tools such as Rest Assured, Karate, Postman, or gRPC tools.
  • Deep understanding of distributed systems, AWS cloud infrastructure, relational and NoSQL databases, and OAuth, OIDC, or SAML security protocols.
  • Experience with CircleCI, Jenkins, or Spinnaker; Docker or Kubernetes; and Splunk, Datadog, or Sentry.
  • Bachelor-level technical education, specifically a B.Tech or B.E. in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
  • Preferred experience includes AI/LLM-assisted testing, security or identity and access management software, MDMs, multi-tenant SaaS, React, JMeter, Locust, performance testing, and security or vulnerability testing.

Benefits

  • Hybrid work arrangement is indicated by the #LI-Hybrid designation.
  • Okta highlights well-being support, social impact, talent development, and community connection.
  • The role includes an immersive, in-person onboarding experience.

Tech Stack

Apache JMeterAWSCircleCICypressDatadogDockerGitHub ActionsgRPCJavaJavaScriptJenkinsKubernetesPostmanPythonReactSeleniumSpinnakerSplunkTypeScript

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About Okta

5,001-10,000 employees

Okta builds cloud-based identity and access management for enterprises and developers, including single sign-on, multi-factor authentication, and lifecycle management. It sells subscription SaaS as the Okta Workforce Identity and Customer Identity Clouds; the latter incorporates Auth0, acquired in 2021. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in San Francisco, Okta is a public company traded on Nasdaq.

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