Senior Software Engineer in Test

Okta · Toronto, Ontario, Canada · Engineering

Posted 2026-09-23

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We are looking for an experienced Staff Software Engineer in Test to join our Identity Management Engineering (IDM) team serving the Privileged Access Team (PAM). 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 at large scale and be highly available. As part of the team, you’ll be ensuring projects are completed with the highest quality and reliability using automation at every level for fast, robust and secure releases.

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

Review requirements and design specs to develop relative test plans and test cases

Automate API tests, end-to-end tests, reliability/scale tests

Work with engineering management to scope and plan engineering efforts

Communicate and document QE plans for scrum teams to review

Review application code, identify bug and other areas of weakness, architect tools for future coverage

Automate all critical features to maintain zero-debt cadence

Release features with solid quality

Respond to production issues/alerts and customer issues during on-call rotation

Be a strong customer advocate with a strong quality DNA.

Requirements:

5+ years of QE experience preferably in an enterprise SaaS company

3+ years experience in quality engineering for enterprise level software.

5+ years of experience in Python/Java-based automation development

Familiarity with - Selenium, TestCafe, Postman, Jmeter, Locust, Splunk, AWS, Kubernetes

Expertise in test planning and cross team collaborative efforts.

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 non HTTP-based protocols (SSH, RDP, TLS, LDAP, etc)

Experience with networking (IP addressing, routing, firewalls)

Experience with Performance testing is a huge plus

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Below is the annual salary range for candidates located in Canada. Your actual salary will depend on factors such as your skills, qualifications, and experience. In addition, Okta offers equity (where applicable), bonus, and benefits, including health, dental, and vision insurance, RRSP with a match, healthcare spending, telemedicine, 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/can.

The annual base salary range for this position for candidates located in Canada is between:

$118,000—$162,000 CAD

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