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Okta is seeking a Senior Software Engineer in Test (SET) to join the Access Essentials team in Bengaluru. The Access Essentials team owns core control plane backend services, cloud configuration APIs, security and access frameworks, and unified administrative web applications that power authentication, telemetry pipelines, feature flagging, telephony, certificate management, and admin UI console experiences across Okta's enterprise footprint.
In this role, you will take end-to-end ownership of test strategy, test automation, and quality engineering for backend services, cloud APIs, and web frontend applications. You will work closely with local engineering teams, architects, product managers, and cross-functional US partners to design, build, and optimize scalable, automated test solutions that keep release cadences reliable and low-risk for mission-critical cloud infrastructure and admin portal experiences.
Key responsibilities include:
**Test Automation Framework Architecture:** Design and scale highly reusable test automation frameworks and performance test suites for backend microservices, REST/gRPC APIs, and modern web applications. Develop automated functional, integration, and end-to-end regression tests covering complex backend security workflows, cloud-config APIs, authentication protocols, and web UI console journeys. Lead initiatives to systematically triage and eliminate flaky UI and API tests, driving deterministic quality gates in build and deployment pipelines.
**Quality Engineering & Product Strategy:** Embed early into product ideation, technical architecture, and specification reviews with Software Development Engineers, Product Managers, and Architects to define quality criteria and perform technical risk analysis. Drive comprehensive test strategy, test case creation, execution, and effort estimations for backend services and web applications. Build automated infrastructure to facilitate service refactoring, API version migrations, and seamless database/service optimizations.
**CI/CD & DevOps Synergy:** Maintain and optimize local CI/CD pipelines (leveraging tools like CircleCI, Spinnaker, or GitHub Actions) to enforce rapid, reliable release gates. Partner with Infrastructure and Site Reliability Engineering teams to optimize mock service environments, manage test data, and maintain robust alert mechanisms for regression detection.
This role requires a deep understanding of backend microservices architecture, REST/gRPC APIs, web automation frameworks, distributed cloud systems (AWS), continuous integration/continuous deployment pipelines, and enterprise security standards.
**Requirements:**
- 5+ years of experience in Software Engineering in Test (SET/SDET) roles, with strong focus on backend microservices, REST APIs, and Web UI application validation
- Strong coding skills in Java, Python, or JavaScript/TypeScript with proven ability to write clean, scalable, and maintainable automation code
- Hands-on expertise with web UI automation frameworks (Selenium, Cypress, Playwright) and API testing frameworks (Rest Assured, Karate, Postman, or gRPC tools)
- Deep understanding of distributed systems architecture, cloud infrastructure (AWS), relational/NoSQL databases, and security protocols (OAuth, OIDC, SAML)
- Direct experience working with CI/CD systems (CircleCI, Jenkins, Spinnaker), containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and logging/observability platforms (Splunk, Datadog, Sentry)
- B.Tech / B.E. in Computer Science, Information Technology, or closely related technical field
**Preferred Qualifications:**
- Familiarity with using AI/LLM tools to accelerate test case generation, automation authoring, or defect triage
- Experience testing security software, enterprise Identity and Access Management (IAM) systems, MDMs, or multi-tenant SaaS platforms
- Familiarity with modern frontend JavaScript frameworks (React) and enterprise Admin Console UX patterns
- Experience with performance and load testing frameworks (JMeter, Locust) and security/vulnerability testing practices
