Software Engineer in Test II

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Okta is seeking an experienced Senior Software Test Engineer as an infrastructure test engineer for our Data Platform team. We are looking for a candidate who embraces total ownership and is passionate about automated infrastructure, engineering process, and quality assurance in the whole CI/CD pipeline with AI adoption to best serve the quality of our data streaming processing and ML platform.

• Automate API tests, End-to-End tests, reliability/scale tests
• Review requirements and design specs to develop relative test plans and test cases
• Work with engineering management to scope and plan engineering efforts
• Clearly communicate and document QE plans for scrum teams to review and comment
• Automate all critical features to maintain zero‑debt cadence
• Release features with solid quality to customers
• Respond to Production issues/alerts and customer issues during on‑call rotation
• Work with ETL frameworks such as Apache Airflow, dbt, or Informatica and message queues like Apache Kafka, Rabbit
  
  MQ, or similar tools for data ingestion.
• Familiarity with modern data warehouses like Snowflake, Big Query, or Redshift, and traditional systems like Hive or PostgreSQL
• Help with mentoring new hires and interns.

• 3+ years of quality engineering with hands‑on test automation experience
• 3+ years experience with Selenium and/or API testing using Java
• 3+ years of experience with observability tools (Splunk, Datadog, Grafana)
• B.S. Computer Science or related field (or equivalent experience)
• Proficiency in SQL and Python for data validation, scripting, and automation.
• Experience developing high‑quality automation and software tests with minimum supervision and guidance
• Ability to leverage AI tools (e.g., Git Hub Copilot, Gemini, OpenAI API, Claude, ChatGPT, etc.) to enhance productivity and problem‑solving.
• Ability to integrate AI‑powered assistants into daily workflows to improve efficiency in research, documentation, coding, and communication.
• Continuous learning mindset with the ability to adapt to new and evolving AI technologies
• Ability to quickly learn new technologies and provide input

• 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.

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.

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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: $107,000 — $161,000 USD

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