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.
Job Duties and Responsibilities:
- Own and deliver complex, cross-team quality initiatives end-to-end — from ambiguous problem definition through architecture, implementation, and production rollout with minimal oversight
- Lead technical design discussions and drive stakeholder alignment on test strategy, architecture, and quality standards across engineering, product, and design
- Generate original solutions to ambiguous or previously unsolved quality problems; use sound engineering judgment when there is no obvious answer
- Anticipate, communicate, and manage quality and release risk across team boundaries; make prioritization trade-offs in partnership with engineering leadership
- Champion CI/CD, observability, monitoring/alerting, and production-hygiene practices, and drive their adoption beyond your own team
- Guide new and existing engineers on execution of sub-tasks within larger quality initiatives; raise the bar on code review standards for reliability, performance, security, and maintainability
- Partner with Engineering, Product, Design, Support, and Field/CSM teams to identify recurring customer issues and drive systemic product and process improvements
- Respond to and help resolve critical production issues/customer escalations during on-call rotation, driving root-cause analysis
- Mentor engineers, contribute to hiring and interviewing, and help improve engineering culture across the team and adjacent teams
- Drive adoption of AI powered testing capabilities — such as AI-assisted test case/script generation, self-healing test automation, and AI-driven test coverage or anomaly/log analysis — to improve quality engineering efficiency and coverage across teams
- Evaluate emerging AI tooling and agentic testing frameworks, and lead pilots to integrate them into existing automation and CI/CD pipelines
Minimum REQUIRED Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- 8+ years of quality/test engineering experience with deep, hands-on test automation expertise across API, end-to-end, and performance/scale testing
- 8+ years of experience building and scaling automation frameworks using Java (or equivalent object-oriented language), including UI and/or API testing tooling
- 5+ years of experience designing and executing performance, load, and reliability testing (e.g., JMeter, Gatling) and using results to influence engineering decisions
- 5+ years of experience with observability and diagnostic tooling (Splunk, Datadog, Grafana), SQL, and Unix/Linux systems
- Demonstrated ability to independently own and deliver cross-team, ambiguous technical projects without oversight, including planning, scoping, and production readiness (scalability, monitoring, alerting, resource efficiency)
- Proven track record of influencing technical direction and driving alignment across multiple teams and stakeholders (engineering, product, design)
- Strong written and verbal communication skills; experience leading technical design discussions and building stakeholder buy-in
- Experience mentoring engineers and contributing to team hiring/interviewing processes
- Hands-on experience applying AI/ML tools to quality engineering — e.g., LLM-based test/code generation, AI coding assistants (Copilot, Cursor, Claude Code), self-healing test frameworks, or AI-driven anomaly/log analysis
- Ability to quickly learn new technologies, evaluate trade-offs, and provide technical direction to others
Education and Training:
B.S. in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent practical experience. Advanced degree a plus.
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Skills Required
- 8+ years of quality or test engineering experience with hands-on API, end-to-end, and performance or scale testing automation
- 8+ years building and scaling automation frameworks using Java or an equivalent object-oriented language, including UI or API testing tools
- 5+ years designing and executing performance, load, and reliability testing using tools such as JMeter or Gatling
- 5+ years of experience with Splunk, Datadog, Grafana, SQL, and Unix/Linux systems
- Ability to independently own and deliver ambiguous, cross-team technical projects through production readiness
- Experience influencing technical direction and driving alignment across engineering, product, and design teams
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including leading technical design discussions
- Experience mentoring engineers and contributing to hiring and interviewing
- Hands-on experience applying AI/ML tools to quality engineering, including LLM-based test or code generation, AI coding assistants, self-healing frameworks, or anomaly analysis
- Ability to learn new technologies quickly, evaluate trade-offs, and provide technical direction
- B.S. in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
- Advanced degree
Okta Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Okta and has not been reviewed or approved by Okta.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage spans medical, dental, vision, mental-health support, and income protection, complemented by preventive care options and wellness resources. These elements indicate robust coverage for both routine needs and more complex situations.
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Parental & Family Support — Policies include paid parental leave, adoption and surrogacy assistance, and fertility and family‑building benefits. Caregiving resources and flexible arrangements help employees navigate family responsibilities.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Flexible or unlimited PTO, separate sick time, paid holidays, and a company Wellbeing Week provide multiple avenues for time away. This breadth supports rest, recovery, and work‑life balance.
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What We Do
Okta is the leading independent identity provider. The Okta Identity Cloud enables organizations to securely connect the right people to the right technologies at the right time. With more than 7,000 pre-built integrations to applications and infrastructure providers, Okta provides simple and secure access to people and organizations everywhere, giving them the confidence to reach their full potential. More than 10,000 organizations, including JetBlue, Nordstrom, Siemens, Slack, T-Mobile, Takeda, Teach for America, and Twilio, trust Okta to help protect the identities of their workforces and customers.
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