SDET: Automation & Quality Engineer for Gaming Platform

Playstatio; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 141,000 - 211,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

401(k) match

Paid time off

Wellness program

Employee discounts

Bonus potential

Job summary

Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) is seeking a Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) to join the PlayStation engineering team in San Francisco. You’ll partner with engineers, PMs, and QA to deliver high-quality features across PlayStation platforms and services.

You’ll design scalable automation frameworks, automate UI/API tests, and contribute to CI/CD pipelines while aligning with agile practices and quality metrics. Hybrid work options may apply.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or a related technical field or equivalent practical experience.
• 3–5 years of experience in SDET, Quality Engineering or Test Automation.
• Experience building and maintaining automated test frameworks.
• Hands-on experience with UI automation tools such as Playwright, Selenium, Cypress, Appium or similar technologies.
• Experience testing RESTful APIs using tools such as Postman, REST Assured or custom automation frameworks.
• Experience testing SDKs, libraries, backend services, and native applications.
• Familiarity with modern web technologies such as React, Angular or Vue.js.
• Experience with Git and CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitHub, CircleCI, Azure DevOps, or similar.
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum software development environments.
• Strong analytical, debugging, and troubleshooting skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Self-motivated with the ability to work both independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Design comprehensive test strategies, test plans, and test cases for new features and platform enhancements.
• Review product requirements, functional specifications, and technical design documents to identify test scenarios and quality risks early in the development lifecycle.
• Design, develop, and maintain scalable automation frameworks for UI, API, integration, and end-to-end testing.
• Develop automated tests to improve regression coverage and reduce manual testing efforts.
• Execute automated and manual testing across multiple platforms, devices, and environments.
• Investigate, reproduce, document, and verify software defects while collaborating with development teams to drive timely resolution.
• Monitor automation pipelines, analyze test results, and continuously improve test reliability and execution efficiency.
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines to support continuous integration and continuous delivery.
• Collaborate with globally distributed engineering teams to deliver high-quality releases.
• Contribute to quality engineering best practices, coding standards, and automation strategy across the organization.
• Participate in code reviews for automation frameworks and test infrastructure.
• Provide regular quality metrics, risk assessments, and project status updates to engineering leadership and stakeholders.

Skills

SDET experience

Automation frameworks

UI automation tools

REST API testing

CI/CD pipelines

Git

Agile/Scrum

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/CE

Tools

Playwright

Selenium

Cypress

Appium

Job description

Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) is seeking a Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) to join the PlayStation engineering team in San Francisco. You’ll partner with engineers, PMs, and QA to deliver high-quality features across PlayStation platforms and services.

You’ll design scalable automation frameworks, automate UI/API tests, and contribute to CI/CD pipelines while aligning with agile practices and quality metrics. Hybrid work options may apply.