Senior Software Development Engineer in Test

PlayStation; Southwestern Ontario; Hybrid; CAD 114,000 - 173,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading gaming company is seeking a Software Development Engineer in Test to drive automation efforts. The ideal candidate will have over 6 years of experience in test case development, strong skills in JavaScript, and a passion for delivering high quality software applications. This role will involve collaborating closely with teams across the globe to ensure the highest standards of testing and quality assurance.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision benefits

Matching 401(k)

Paid time off

Employee discounts for Sony products

Bonus package eligibility

Qualifications

• 6+ years or equivalent experience in automated test case development for full stack applications.
• Experience leading a team through testing of complex features.
• Strong technical, analytical and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Design test frameworks and guide teams in building automation infrastructure.
• Lead in the development and implementation of standard methodologies for automation.
• Collaborate with Product Owners and Managers to understand feature requirements.

Skills

Test automation

Agile software development

Strong communication skills

Analytical skills

Problem-solving skills

Education

6+ years in automated test case development

Tools

JavaScript

Selenium WebDriver

Appium

PyTest

Git

Job description

Overview

PlayStation isn’t just the Best Place to Play — it’s also the Best Place to Work. Today, we’re recognized as a global leader in entertainment producing The PlayStation family of products and services including PlayStation5, PlayStation4, PlayStationVR, PlayStationPlus, acclaimed PlayStation software titles from PlayStation Studios, and more.

PlayStation also strives to create an inclusive environment that empowers employees and embraces diversity. We welcome and encourage everyone who has a passion and curiosity for innovation, technology, and play to explore our open positions and join our growing global team.

The PlayStation brand falls under Sony Interactive Entertainment, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation.

Have a passion for automation? Desire to work at a company where millions of customers have real excitement for the products you help implement? At PlayStation, we are looking for engineers to join a global initiative in robust test automation, accessibility, and Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment systems.

We are searching for a Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) who can help ensure we’re able to continue to grow our capabilities without negatively impacting our enthusiastic user base.

In this role you will collaborate very closely with other QE and Devs on the team to ensure high-quality for our applications and content delivery across multiple platforms. You will be responsible for contributing to the automation and overall quality of critical applications used by our game developing partners, as well as actively engaging with the team in identifying defects of new features and helping to identify their root cause while bringing them to resolution. The ideal candidate will be an emerging leader and have a solid foundation in automation development and software testing principles, strong experience in end-to-end testing enterprise applications with complex business rules, and be passionate about delivering high-quality software applications.

Responsibilities

• Design test frameworks and guide teams in building automation infrastructure
• Lead in the development and implementation of standard methodologies for automation, continuous build and deploy, automated testing, multi-functional end-to-end testing, including device testing, and performance testing
• Work with globally distributed teams to engage early and provide continuous delivery of high quality software products that delight Sony customers
• Collaborate with Product Owners and Product Managers to understand feature requirements, identify testing requirements and estimates, and develop new features in QE testing architecture
• Audit and maintain various Jenkins Jobs and report statuses
• Identify and implement opportunities to improve the QE process
• Expand testing and automation across teams to promote ownership of quality
• Maintain and improve existing JavaScript based automation framework
• Assist with production deployment support and post release
• Report and verify defects

Knowledge and Skills

This role requires knowledge of testing approaches and automation strategies, as well as Agile software development context.

Test automation – passion for robust, maintainable code and knowledge of test automation to a level where the pros and cons of various automation approaches can be discussed.

Agile software development – understand the common methodologies and can articulate how a strong tester can best support their team in that context

Qualifications

• 6+ years or equivalent experience in automated test case development for full stack applications including test framework development
• Some experience leading a team through testing of complex features
• Experience architecting testing frameworks from scratch
• Automation development using JavaScript and Selenium WebDriver or Appium and PyTest
• Moderate knowledge of Python, JavaScript, HTML, CSS
• Average knowledge of Git
• Good understanding of modern software engineering including web technologies, continuous integration, and automation development
• Curious about learning new software testing methodology and technologies
• Strong technical, analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ambitious with an ability to take initiative
• Strong communication and documentation skills
• End-to-end testing experience

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Compensation and benefits

At SIE, we consider several factors when setting each role’s base pay range, including the competitive benchmarking data for the market and geographic location. The base pay range may vary in line with our hybrid working policy and individual base pay will be determined based on job-related factors which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location.

In addition, this role is eligible for SIE’s top-tier benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, matching 401(k), paid time off, wellness program and employee discounts for Sony products. This role also may be eligible for a bonus package. The estimated base pay range for this role is $114,900 — $172,300 CAD.

Equal Opportunity

Sony is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All persons will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender (including gender identity, gender expression and gender reassignment), race, religion or belief, marital or civil partnership status, disability, age, sexual orientation, pregnancy or parental status, trade union membership or membership in any other legally protected category.

We strive to create an inclusive environment, empower employees and embrace diversity. PlayStation is a Fair Chance employer and qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records will be considered for employment.