Software Development Engineer in Test II

Description

The company behind the PlayStation brand is a subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation. It makes hardware and network services used by more than 100 million people and also owns well-known entertainment intellectual property (IP). The role focuses on the experiences sold under the PlayStation name.

This is a contract SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT ENGINEER in TEST role lasting 12 months, based in San Mateo or San Diego on a hybrid schedule. You will join the System Integration Team and help test customer-facing applications, checking that new and existing features are reliable, easy to use, and good for the player.

Responsibilities

• Read product requirements and design documents, then build testing strategies from them.
• Write concrete test plans and test cases, then run them to confirm feature quality.
• Write and upkeep automation scripts that widen test coverage and improve stability.
• Build, maintain and improve the test automation framework.
• Log, track and confirm defect fixes, and keep an eye on automation jobs.
• Send status reports to leadership and other key partners.
• Work with the infrastructure team to keep shared services such as CI test pipelines running.

Requirements

• Hold a bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field, or show equivalent knowledge.
• Have at least 3+ years of UI automation experience on web or native applications.
• Have verified experience across the software testing life cycle.
• Have used both centralized and distributed version control systems.
• Have experience running CI systems, with Jenkins preferred.
• Have worked with Selenium or Appium.
• Know one or more programming or scripting languages, preferably Python.
• You have a strong drive for quality and can push teammates toward better engineering results.
• You communicate clearly and professionally with technical teams, product stakeholders and project leads.
• You work well with geographically spread, culturally diverse teams.
• You are curious and proactive, willing to dig deep into the systems you support.
• You are comfortable raising questions, flagging risks early and helping the team make sound quality and release decisions.
• The company runs background checks at the offer stage for all new hires, which may include criminal background checks for some roles, and needs to process personal information for them.

Conditions

Contract role, 12 months.

Hybrid work model, based in San Mateo or San Diego.