Senior Software Engineer in Test, UI Platform

Okta
Toronto, Canada
On-siteCareer-pivot friendly

Who this role is best for

Geared toward candidates with deep test automation expertise and a background in frontend development, comfortable with designing test frameworks and leading cross-team initiatives in Toronto.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with a strong background in JavaScript/TypeScript and experience building UI test frameworks from scratch
    — “designing test architecture and frameworks from the ground up”
  • Candidates who are experienced in cross-browser and visual regression testing with tools like Playwright or Cypress
    — “Hands-on expertise with modern UI testing technologies (e.g., Playwright, Cypress, Selenium WebDriver)”

Things to consider

  • On-call rotation is expected, requiring availability for production and customer issues
    — “Respond to Production issues/alerts and customer issues during on-call rotation”
  • Mentoring and influencing engineering-wide quality standards is part of the role
    — “Mentor SDETs, new hires, and interns; influence engineering-wide quality standard”

How to stand out

  • Highlight your experience in leading test framework design and cross-team collaboration
    — “setting technical direction across teams rather than just executing within one”
  • Showcase your ability to integrate accessibility and localization testing into CI/CD pipelines
    — “Establish automated and manual accessibility (a11y/WCAG) testing practices integrated into CI”
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · HighAutonomy · HighDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • Design and maintenance of UI test frameworks
  • Ensuring UI release quality
Typical background
5+ years of quality engineering experience

Skills & requirements

Required

Javascript/typescriptUI Testing Technologies (playwright, Cypress, Selenium Webdriver)Cross-browser TestingVisual Regression TestingAccessibility TestingLocalization/globalization TestingTest Architecture And Frameworks

Preferred

MentoringTechnical Direction Setting

Stack & domain

JavaScriptTypeScriptPlaywrightCypressSelenium WebdriverCollaborationProblem SolvingCommunicationNone Explicitly MentionedSoftware EngineeringUI Testing

About the role

Original posting from Okta

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.

Okta is seeking an experienced Senior Software Engineer in Test for our UI Engineering team. As a senior member of product quality engineering, you will own the test framework and quality strategy for our frontend and platform surfaces, ensuring every UI release meets the highest bar for functional correctness, visual consistency, accessibility, and global usability. The ideal candidate has deep experience in JavaScript/TypeScript, has designed and scaled UI test frameworks, and has a track record of setting technical direction across teams rather than just executing within one.

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

Design and own scalable UI test architecture and frameworks used across multiple frontend teams

Build and maintain cross-browser (CB) and visual regression testing (VRT) suites to catch UI regressions before release

Establish automated and manual accessibility (a11y/WCAG) testing practices integrated into CI

Design and maintain localization/globalization (L10n/G11n) test coverage across locales, languages, and RTL layouts

Ensure out-of-the-box (OOB) configurations and default behaviors are verified across all supported environments

Review requirements and design specs to develop test plans and test strategy for platform-level and frontend initiatives

Work with engineering management to scope and plan cross-team quality engineering efforts

Clearly communicate and document QE architecture and plans for scrum teams to review and adopt

Respond to Production issues/alerts and customer issues during on-call rotation

Mentor SDETs, new hires, and interns; influence engineering-wide quality standard

Minimum REQUIRED Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: 

5+ years of quality engineering experience with deep, hands-on test automation expertise

Strong proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript, with the ability to read and write production-quality frontend code

Hands-on expertise with modern UI testing technologies (e.g., Playwright, Cypress, Selenium WebDriver)

Proven experience with cross-browser testing (CBT), visual regression testing (VRT), accessibility testing, and localization/globalization testing

Demonstrated experience designing test architecture and frameworks from the ground up, not just writing tests within an existing one

Ability to operate and lead with minimal supervision, setting technical direction for other engineers

Ability to quickly learn new technologies and provide input at an architectural level

Education and Training: 

B.S. Computer Science or related field

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Below is the annual salary range for candidates located in Canada. Your actual salary will depend on factors such as your skills, qualifications, and experience. In addition, Okta offers equity (where applicable), bonus, and benefits, including health, dental, and vision insurance, RRSP with a match, healthcare spending, telemedicine, and paid leave (including PTO and parental leave) in accordance with our applicable plans and policies. To learn more about our Total Rewards program, please visit: https://rewards.okta.com/can.

The annual base salary range for this position for candidates located in Canada is between:$118,000—$162,000 CADThe Okta Experience

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We are intentional about connection. Our global community, spanning over 20 offices worldwide, is united by a drive to innovate. Your journey begins with an immersive, in-person onboarding experience designed to accelerate your impact and connect you to our mission and team from day one.

Okta is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, marital status, age, physical or mental disability, or status as a protected veteran. We also consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and convictions records, consistent with applicable laws.

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