Senior Software Engineer in Test
- Toronto, ON, Canada
$118,000 - $162,000 CAD · Full-time
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- $118,000 - $162,000 CAD
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- 4+ years of SDET experience, with a deep focus on enterprise SaaS backend distributed systems, REST APIs, and asynchronous data pipelines
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Senior Software Engineer in Test
Okta
Okta secures AI by building trusted, neutral identity infrastructure that enables organizations to safely embrace this new era.
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Secure Every Identity, from AI to Human
Identity is the key to unlocking the potential of AI. Okta secures AI by building the trusted, neutral infrastructure that enables organizations to safely embrace this new era. This work requires a relentless drive to solve complex challenges with real-world stakes. We are looking for builders and owners who operate with speed and urgency and execute with excellence.
This is an opportunity to do career-defining work. We're all in on this mission. If you are too, let's talk.
The Identity Security Pillar
Our Identity Security Organization Keeps Okta Customers Safe By Detecting, Preventing, And Responding To Identity-based Attacks In Real Time, At The Scale Of The World's Largest Identity Cloud. We Have Multiple Open Positions Across Teams That Own
- Identity Threat Protection (ITP) and Identity Security Posture Management (ISPM), including the integration of Permiso's non-human identity and cloud entitlement risk detection into Okta's threat detection stack
- Essential Security, the core threat detection and protection capabilities every Okta customer relies on, including Threat Insight, the Orbit detection engine, enriched proxy/anonymizer intelligence, breached-credential detection (SpyCloud), Attack Protection, and Adaptive OIE
Senior Software Engineer in Test - Identity Security (Multiple Positions)
We seek experienced Senior Software Engineers in Test to join our Identity Security engineering teams. You'll own test strategy and automation for real-time detection pipelines, risk signal correlation, and third-party integrations, and ensure new capabilities ship with zero-debt quality across every new cell and platform upgrade. Team placement will be based on experience and business needs.
Job Duties And Responsibilities
- Review requirements and design specs to develop test plans and test cases for detection, protection, and posture management features
- Own end-to-end test coverage for complex signal and product integrations, including data ingestion, risk signal correlation, and detection pipelines (e.g., ITP-Permiso integration)
- Automate API, end-to-end, and reliability/scale tests for real-time detection pipelines (Kafka → KDA → DynamoDB & BigTable)
- Simulate real-world attack vectors, generate synthetic load, and benchmark latency for detection pipelines
- Validate new cell rollouts across OIE orgs (e.g., Orbit enforcement, Threat Insight detection, ITP/ISPM features, data-lake IP allowlists)
- Own test support for platform-wide initiatives (e.g., Monolith Spring library upgrades) affecting Identity Security surfaces
- Triage and drive resolution of P0 defects, working cross-functionally with product engineering and integrated partner teams
- Continuously improve automated regression coverage, in partnership with development teams
- Review application code, identify bugs and other areas of weakness, and architect tools for future coverage
- Own release sign-off and respond to production issues, P0/P1 alerts, and customer issues during on-call rotation
- Be a strong customer advocate with a strong quality DNA
- Minimum of a Bachelor's degree in software engineering (or related)
- 4+ years of SDET experience, with a deep focus on enterprise SaaS backend distributed systems, REST APIs, and asynchronous data pipelines
- Experience in test engineering for enterprise-level software, ideally in the identity or security domain
- Strong programming proficiency in Java or Python (TypeScript a plus)
- Familiarity with automation and observability tools like Playwright, Selenium, TestCafe, API (Rest Assured, Karate, etc.), Postman, JMeter, Runscope, Splunk, Grafana, and AWS toolset
- Hands-on experience testing event-driven or streaming platforms (e.g., Apache Kafka, Kinesis, KDA) and distributed databases/caches (e.g., DynamoDB, Redis, BigTable)
- Experience with automation and testing of complex signal and product integrations
- Expertise in test planning and cross-team collaborative efforts, including across integrated third-party or acquired tech stacks
- Experience with continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) practices
- Experience working with distributed systems at large scale
- Able to write and review designs and code with other team members
- Able to deliver well-designed, high-quality code on time
- Experience with threat detection, fraud, or attack/bot mitigation systems
- Experience with cloud security posture management (CSPM) or identity security posture management (ISPM) concepts
- Familiarity with non-human identity or entitlement risk models
- Familiarity with third-party threat-intel integrations (e.g., breached credential feeds)
- Experience integrating an acquired company's tech stack into an existing platform
- Good understanding of IAM solutions along with SAML/OIDC protocols
- Experience with AI-native Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) standards and practices
The annual base salary range for this position for candidates located in Canada is between:
$118,000 - $162,000 CAD
The Okta Experience
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- Developing Talent and Fostering Connection + Community
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.
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Responsibilities
Own test strategy and end-to-end automation for identity security detection pipelines, integrations, and platform upgrades, including API, reliability, scale, and attack-simulation testing. Triage critical defects, support releases and production incidents, and improve regression coverage while collaborating with engineering and partner teams.
Requirements
Requires a bachelor's degree in software engineering or a related field and at least four years of SDET experience focused on enterprise SaaS backend systems, distributed systems, REST APIs, and asynchronous data pipelines. Candidates need strong Java or Python skills, experience with test automation, CI/CD, and large-scale event-driven systems, and the ability to plan tests and collaborate across teams.
Skills
- Test Strategy
- Test Automation
- Java
- Python
- REST APIs
- Distributed Systems
- Apache Kafka
- Amazon Kinesis Data Analytics
- DynamoDB
- Bigtable
- CI/CD
- Playwright
- Selenium
- JMeter
- Threat Detection
- Identity Security
Benefits
- Equity
- Bonus
- Health Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- RRSP With Employer Match
- Healthcare Spending Account
- Telemedicine
- Paid Time Off
- Parental Leave
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Categories
- Software
- Technology
- Engineering
- Security & Safety
Keywords
- Identity Security
- Identity Threat Protection
- Identity Security Posture Management
- Threat Detection
- Test Strategy
- Test Automation
- Java
- Python
- TypeScript
- REST APIs
- Distributed Systems
- Apache Kafka
- Amazon Kinesis
- Kinesis Data Analytics
- DynamoDB
- Bigtable
- Redis
- Playwright
- Selenium
- TestCafe
- Rest Assured
- Karate
- Postman
- JMeter
- Splunk
- Grafana
- CI/CD
- SAML
- OIDC