Toolchain QA Engineer: Automation & Diagnostics

Sony Interactive Entertainment; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Sony Interactive Entertainment is seeking a Software Engineer in Test to join the Quality Engineering team in the UK. You will help design tests, tooling, and infrastructure for PlayStation toolchains, collaborating across development teams to embed quality from the start.

The role emphasizes Python automation, test framework development, and maintaining CI/CD pipelines, with mentorship and opportunities for continuous learning in a cutting-edge tooling environment.

Qualifications

• Strong software engineering fundamentals and ability to design, implement, debug, and maintain code used for testing.
• Experience with writing and maintaining unit and system tests for software applications.
• Proficiency in Python to automate test cases, diagnostics, and reporting.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement tests, tooling, and test systems for new ToolChain features from the start.
• Develop internal tools to improve test execution, diagnostics, reporting, and workflow efficiency.
• Contribute to testing tools and frameworks to validate the ToolChain and communicate quality risks.
• Maintain and improve Jenkins CI test jobs for reliable execution and feedback.
• Collaborate across teams to analyze automated test results and identify failures and patterns.
• Investigate issues across test, build, tooling, and execution environments.
• Support improvements to testability and diagnostics to help teams act on quality signals.
• Participate in code and documentation reviews to improve quality and maintainability.
• Learn and apply Quality Engineering practices, including risk-based thinking and automation design.

Skills

Python scripting

Test design

Debugging

Software engineering fundamentals

Education

BSc in Computer Science/Engineering/Mathematics

Tools

Jenkins

Job description

Sony Interactive Entertainment is seeking a Software Engineer in Test to join the Quality Engineering team in the UK. You will help design tests, tooling, and infrastructure for PlayStation toolchains, collaborating across development teams to embed quality from the start.

The role emphasizes Python automation, test framework development, and maintaining CI/CD pipelines, with mentorship and opportunities for continuous learning in a cutting-edge tooling environment.