SDET: AI-Driven Backend Quality Engineer

PlayStation Global; Aliso Viejo (CA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 99,000; Full time

Job summary

Sony Interactive Entertainment in California is seeking an experienced Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) to ensure quality of Agentic AI systems and backend services. You will design automated testing strategies across AI/LLM-driven apps, APIs, microservices, and distributed systems.

The role emphasizes non-deterministic AI testing, test framework design, CI/CD integration, and collaboration with engineers, product managers, and QE teams to raise testability and release readiness.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS, Engineering, IT, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 4+ years of experience in Software Development Engineering in Test, Quality Engineering, Software Engineering, or related discipline.
• Strong experience testing REST APIs, backend services, microservices, or distributed systems.
• Experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience working in an Agile development environment and collaborating across engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Develop QE strategies and test plans for Agentic AI systems, backend services, APIs, and service integrations.
• Design and maintain scalable automated test frameworks across API, functional, integration, contract, regression, and end-to-end testing.
• Develop testing approaches for non-deterministic AI behavior and establish meaningful evaluation criteria.
• Identify quality risks early and apply risk-based, shift-left testing practices.
• Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines and establish quality gates.
• Partner with Software Engineers, Product Managers, and other QE teams to improve testability and observability.
• Analyze defects and production issues to identify root causes and testing gaps.
• Establish quality metrics and provide visibility into test coverage, reliability, defects, and release readiness.

Skills

Quality Engineering

REST API testing

CI/CD integration

Agile development

Non-deterministic AI testing

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering/IT

Tools

Git

OpenAPI/Swagger

Pact

Kubernetes

Job description

Sony Interactive Entertainment in California is seeking an experienced Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) to ensure quality of Agentic AI systems and backend services. You will design automated testing strategies across AI/LLM-driven apps, APIs, microservices, and distributed systems.

The role emphasizes non-deterministic AI testing, test framework design, CI/CD integration, and collaboration with engineers, product managers, and QE teams to raise testability and release readiness.