Senior Software Engineer in Test

TorontoFull-timeCA$118k–CA$162k2026-11-09 → 2026-11-10

On-site

Core

Designing and automating test strategies for real-time identity threat detection pipelines and security posture management systems.

Role type

Senior SDET (Identity Security)

Builds

Automated test suites for detection pipelines, risk signal correlation, and third-party integrations within the Identity Cloud.

Domain

Cybersecurity / Identity Management / Distributed Systems

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Java, Python, API testing, Kafka, DynamoDB, BigTable, CI/CD, Test planning, Distributed systems testing

Preferred skills

Threat detection, CSPM, ISPM, Non-human identity, Third-party threat-intel integrations, IAM/SAML/OIDC, AI-native SDLC

Technologies

Playwright, Selenium, TestCafe, Rest Assured, Karate, Postman, JMeter, Splunk, Grafana, AWS, Kafka, Kinesis, KDA, Redis

Responsibilities

Develop test plans and cases for detection/protection features; Automate API, end-to-end, and scale tests; Simulate attack vectors and benchmark latency; Validate new cell rollouts; Triage P0 defects; Own release sign-off and production issue response.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

About Okta

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