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The Associate Software Engineer in Test at Okta is responsible for ensuring the quality, reliability, performance, and security of deployment tools and infrastructure. This role involves developing and maintaining test plans, executing various testing types, and collaborating with teams to integrate quality assurance early in the development lifecycle.
Salary Range
$128k - $192k/year
Experience Level
Mid Level
Software Engineer in Test II- TCORE
Posted 3 weeks ago
Full-Time
Employment Type
Remote
Work Location
$128,000 - $192,000
per year
About This Role
Get to know Okta
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.
About The Sdet Ii Opportunity
As a
Software Engineer in Test
, you aren’t just "testing infrastructure"—you are our first line of defense. You will own the quality and resilience of our
Global Edge
, ensuring that our 99.99% uptime is unshakeable as traffic hits our edge services. If you want to build the systems that protect millions of users before their requests even hit our core servers, this is your stage.
Please note this is an
operations
focused role
.
Key Responsibilities
Edge Guardian
Drive end-to-end validation of our global traffic entry points
Resilience At Scale
Partner with Technical Operations to simulate regional failovers and "black hole" scenarios across our
ALB/NLB
and routing tiers.
Engineering Over Toil
We wage war against manual testing. You’ll design sophisticated automation that validates infrastructure changes before they reach production.
Global Influence
Support quality initiatives across a distributed team (SF, Bangalore, Sydney & London), acting as the SME for "Edge Readiness."
What You'll Do
Provide on-call support (non customer facing) for our high availability SaaS platform
Provide assurance for infrastructure changes going into production by reviewing process and determining impact on production
Review infrastructure requirements and design relative test plans and test cases
Develop automation plans and write test code to execute the plan
Work with engineering management to scope and plan engineering efforts
Work closely with the team to evangelize optimal quality practices
Participate in the design and implementation of reliable cloud components
Enhance and maintain existing test automation and CM frameworks
Continuously review and optimize test coverage
Interface with Development, Architects and Technical Operations
Clearly communicate and document QE plans for scrum teams to review and comment
Types of testing we carry out includes and not limited to: Configuration; Component; Integration; DR; Functional; Chaos & Performance
Strong problem solving, troubleshooting, and analytic skills in a multi-tier SaaS environment
Excellent verbal and written communication
What You'll Bring
Quality Engineer experience preferably in an enterprise SaaS company and/or working closely with technical operations teams
Technically sound candidates who may be looking to transition into Quality Engineering will also be considered
Minimum work experience of 2-4 Years
On-call is mandatory
so any experience is a big plus
Experience With Network Security And Routing Is A Plus
Experience In Testing, Monitoring Of Distributed, Highly Available Cloud Services
Experience In Building Test Automation Framework From Scratch
Experience In At Least One Oo Language And Shell Scripting
Experience In Cm Tools, Namely; Ansible Or Chef
Administration of complex custom applications on UNIX/Linux and Enterprise Java Platforms
Experience With Some Of The Following Technologies And Services
Education And Training
B.S. or M.S. in
Comp Sci, Comp Engineering, Software Engineering or a closely related technical field
2 - 5 years of experience as a
quality engineer or software engineer
Additional Requirements
This position requires the ability to access federal environments and/or have access to protected federal data. As a condition of employment for this position, the successful candidate must be able to submit documentation establishing U.S. Person status (e.g. a U.S. Citizen, National, Lawful Permanent Resident, Refugee, or Asylee. 22 CFR 120.15) upon hire.
1
requisition ID-
P16278_3318172
Below is the annual base salary range for candidates located in California (excluding San Francisco Bay Area), Colorado, Illinois, New York and Washington. Your actual base salary will depend on factors such as your skills, qualifications, experience, and work location. In addition, Okta offers equity (where applicable), bonus, and benefits, including health, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), flexible spending account, and paid leave (including PTO and parental leave) in accordance with our applicable plans and policies. To learn more about our Total Rewards program please visit:
https://rewards.okta.com/us
.
The annual base salary range for this position for candidates located in California (excluding San Francisco Bay Area), Colorado, Illinois, New York, and Washington is between:
$120,000
—
$180,000 USD
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
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to request an accommodation.
Okta is committed to complying with applicable data privacy and security laws and regulations. For more information, please see our Personnel and Job Candidate Privacy Notice at
https://www.okta.com/legal/personnel-policy/.
Compensation
$128,000 - $192,000
Annual salary
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