Senior Software Engineer in Test at Okta in Bengaluru, India

Job description

• 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.
• We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer in Test. An individual who takes ownership and builds viable solutions. A team oriented individual who can demonstrate working independently, as an individual contributor, in a distributed working environment. Detail oriented and methodical in approaching tasks with excellent research and analytical skills.
• An ideal candidate will be someone who is passionate about automation & appling those automation skills in testing, cloud native, large-scale, mission-critical software in a fast-paced agile environment while partnering with cloud Infrastructure and operations teams. Okta engineering strongly believes in automated testing, and an iterative process to build high-quality next generation software.
• This role is mainly focused on automation of Cloud Infrastructure testing and supporting SREs, including bespoke solutions rolled out by Developer Productivity teams. The Quality Engineering team works closely with Technical Operations and Engineering Leadership to deliver high quality solutions and as such requires excellent communication & technical skills.
• Experience with implementing AI/ML solutions in the testing domain will be a big plus!
• Please note this is an operations focused role.

Responsibilities

• Automate Automate Automate
• Work with multiple teams in Scrum/Agile environment within Cloud Operations and infrastructure domain
• Provide Quality Assurance and Testing Services to our SREs (Site Reliability Engineers); Development Productivity teams and other cross functional teams
• Interface with Developers/SREs, Product Management & Customer Excellence & Support teams
• Build tools to facilitate QA/testing tasks therefore removing manual effort - we wage war against manual testing
• Automate functional and non-functional testing of software applications and systems
• Develop and execute test cases, test plans, and test scripts
• Participate in the software development process to identify defects and ensure timely resolution
• Collaborate with developers to reproduce and diagnose software issues
• Identify areas for improvement in the test automation process
• Learn new technologies and techniques to stay current with industry trends and advancements
• Provide on-call support for our SaaS platform

Requirements

• Experience with Agentic AI
• 5+ years of experience of working on cloud providers e.g. AWS/GCP. Ideally certified
• 5+ years of experience as a quality engineer or software engineer
• 2+ years of experience working in a SaaS based environment
• 5+ years of experience with some of the following technologies and services:
• Preferred programming languages: golang, python, ruby, shell scripting
• Monitoring tools (Splunk/Grafana/Kibana)
• Containerisation, Kubernetes & Terraform
• Linux based OS with proficient command line skills
• SQL & NoSQL databases
• 5+ years of experience with test automation development of integrated tests
• 3+ years of experience with developing and executing end to end or system test plans
• 2+ years of experience setting up and maintaining test configurations and lab environments
• On-call support, ideally is SaaS environment
• Exposure to Performance testing
• Good understanding of scalable design principles
• B.S. or M.S. in Comp Sci, Comp Engineering, Software Engineering or a closely related technical field, from a highly reputable institution
• Specialized training in: SDLC & any certifications in cloud technologies and programming languages will be desirable

Skills

Required

• golang
• python
• ruby
• shell scripting
• Splunk/Grafana/Kibana
• Kubernetes
• Terraform
• SQL & NoSQL databases
• test automation development
• Performance testing
• scalable design principles

Preferred

• Agentic AI
• AI/ML solutions in the testing domain