Staff Software Engineer in Test

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Okta

Bengaluru, India

Hybrid

Posted March 23, 2026

Job Description

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.

This role is mainly focused on automation of cloud infrastructure testing, including bespoke solutions to reduce toil for our SREs. The QA team works closely with Technical Operations and Engineering Leadership to deliver high quality solutions and as such requires excellent communication & technical skills.

As a Staff Software Engineer in Test, you aren’t just "testing infrastructure"—you are our first line of defense. You will own the quality and resilience of our world class SaaS platform, ensuring that our 99.99% uptime is unshakeable as traffic hits our services.

An ideal candidate will be someone who is passionate about automation & appling those automation skills in testing cloud native software in a fast-paced agile environment while partnering with cloud Infrastructure & operations teams. Okta engineering strongly believes in automated testing, and an iterative process to build high-quality next generation software.

Experience with implementing AI/ML solutions in the testing domain will be a big plus!

Please note this is an operations focused role.

Key Responsibilities:

Work with multiple teams in the Scrum/Agile environment within the Cloud Operations domain.
Provide Quality Assurance and Testing Services to our SREs (Site Reliability Engineers) and cross functional teams.
Interface with SREs, Product Management & Customer Support teams.
Build tools to facilitate QA/testing tasks therefore removing manual effort - we wage war against manual testing.
Conduct 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 software development process.
Learn new technologies and techniques to stay current with industry trends and advancements.
Provide on-call support for our SaaS platform.

Job Duties:

Major areas of responsibility include:

Provide on-call support (non customer facing) for our high availability SaaS platform
Provide assurance for infrastructure changes going into production by reviewing process and determining impact on production
Review infrastructure requirements and design related test plans and test cases
Develop automation plans and write test code to execute the plan
Work with engineering management to scope and plan engineering efforts
Work closely with the team to evangelize optimal quality practices
Participate in the design and implementation of reliable cloud components
Enhance and maintain existing test automation and CM frameworks
Continuously review and optimize test coverage
Interface with Development, Architects and Technical Operations
Clearly communicate and document QE plans for scrum teams to review and comment
Types of testing we carry out includes and not limited to: Configuration; Component; Integration; DR; Functional; Chaos & Performance
Strong problem solving, troubleshooting, and analytic skills in a multi-tier SaaS environment