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From the employer's careers site First seen 10 Nov 2026

Senior Software Engineer in Test

Okta Toronto, Ontario senior full-time

Salary

$118,000-$162,000 CAD per year

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Description

Okta is seeking a Senior Software Engineer in Test to join the Identity Security engineering team. You will own test strategy and automation for real-time detection pipelines, risk signal correlation, and third-party integrations. Your goal is to ensure new capabilities ship with zero-debt quality across every new cell and platform upgrade.

Responsibilities:

  • 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
  • Automate API, end-to-end, and reliability/scale tests for real-time detection pipelines
  • Simulate real-world attack vectors and benchmark latency for detection pipelines
  • Validate new cell rollouts across OIE orgs
  • Own test support for platform-wide initiatives
  • Triage and drive resolution of P0 defects
  • Continuously improve automated regression coverage
  • Review application code and identify bugs
  • Own release sign-off and respond to production issues

Requirements:

  • Minimum of a Bachelor's degree in software engineering
  • 4+ years of SDET experience with enterprise SaaS backend distributed systems
  • Experience in test engineering for enterprise-level software
  • Strong programming proficiency in Java or Python
  • Familiarity with automation and observability tools
  • Hands-on experience testing event-driven or streaming platforms
  • Experience with automation and testing of complex signal and product integrations
  • Expertise in test planning and cross-team collaborative efforts
  • Experience with continuous integration/continuous deployment practices

Nice to have:

  • Experience with threat detection, fraud, or attack/bot mitigation systems
  • Experience with cloud security posture management or identity security posture management concepts
  • Familiarity with non-human identity or entitlement risk models

The annual base salary range for this position for candidates located in Canada is between: $118,000-$162,000 CAD

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Skills

Required

  • Java
  • Python
  • Playwright
  • Selenium
  • TestCafe
  • API
  • Postman
  • JMeter
  • Runscope
  • Splunk
  • Grafana
  • AWS toolset
  • Apache Kafka
  • Kinesis
  • KDA
  • DynamoDB
  • Redis
  • BigTable

Nice to have

  • TypeScript
  • threat detection
  • fraud
  • attack/bot mitigation systems
  • cloud security posture management
  • identity security posture management
  • non-human identity
  • entitlement risk models
  • third-party threat-intel integrations
  • IAM solutions
  • SAML/OIDC protocols
  • AI-native Software Development Life Cycle standards and practices

Ready to apply?

You apply with the employer directly. Their original posting is here: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/okta/jobs/8301847

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