Staff Software Engineer in Test, iOS

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The Okta Verify Team

The Okta iOS platform team is responsible for building Okta's iOS Apps and SDKs. Okta Verify is a mobile app that allows you to securely access your apps via 2-step verification, ensuring that you, and only you, can access your app accounts. It integrates with iOS system features by communicating with our backend to and grant proper application access.c)

The Staff Software Engineer in Test Opportunity

We are looking for an experienced Software Engineer in Test to join the iOS platform team. The team is responsible for developing and maintaining Okta Verify and SDKs across iOS, iPadOS and WatchOS platforms.

In this role you would report to the Manager, Quality Assurance and be responsible for robust, secure releases and test automation of Okta Verify application and SDKs on the  iOS platform. You will also be responsible for developing the test case scripts, building the test automation framework and working collaboratively with application developers to execute tests, log, track and validate test results.

What you’ll be doing 

Technical Leadership: 

• Define and own the iOS test automation strategy and framework architecture for Okta Verify and its SDKs
• Mentor and technically guide engineers across quality and development teams; write and review designs and code in Swift with colleagues of varying seniority
• Establish and drive quality metrics, including test coverage, flakiness rates, and CI pipeline health and hold teams accountable to targets 
• Partner with Security to define and execute security and privacy test coverage for authentication flows
• Represent quality in architecture and design reviews for new Okta Verify app and SDK features
• Define and communicate quality plans for the iOS platform and dependency scrum teams 

Testing and Automation:  

• Design and build structured test automation frameworks using XCTest and deliver robust XCUI UI automated tests using Swift. 
• Develop and maintain high-quality functional, regression, and end-to-end tests for Okta Verify on iOS, iPadOS, and watchOS
• Validate bug fixes and recommend product improvements on iOS, iPadOS and watchOS to ensure seamless user experiences for iPhones, iPads and Apple Watch for Apple’s major and minor upgrades to their operating systems.
• Leverage CircleCI, digital.ai, jira, XRay and other tools to raise quality issues with development teams in a timely manner
• Collaborate with product management, development and cross functional teams using jira and confluence tools to define test plans grounded in business requirements and application software designs

What you’ll bring to the role

• 5+ years of software test experience for iOS mobile applications, with 3+ years of hands-on experience with iOS UI test automation frameworks 
• Experience in developing iOS test tools using Swift/Obj-C
• Experience defining test strategy at a platform or product-area level, leading release testing and managing product issues
• Experience building and maintaining Mobile CI/CD pipelines (e.g., CircleCI, GitHub Actions, Xcode Cloud)
• Experience with collaboration tools like JIRA, Confluence
• Experience with scripting languages like shell, python etc

And extra credit if you have experience in any of the following! 

• Familiarity with iOS security frameworks (Keychain, Secure Enclave, biometrics) is a plus
• Experience with integration tools like CircleCI, Bitbar, BrowserStack is a plus 
• Objective-C familiarity for legacy codebase navigation

The Okta Experience

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• Driving Social Impact 
• Developing Talent and Fostering Connection + Community

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