Senior iOS QA Engineer - Hybrid Contract

PlayStation Global; San Mateo (CA); Hybrid; USD 96,432 - 165,312; Part time

Job summary

Sony Interactive Entertainment in San Mateo, CA is seeking a Senior Software Quality Engineer (Contract) to drive end-to-end quality for iOS mobile applications. You will collaborate with engineers, SDETs, and product teams to validate features, execute test plans, and expand automation coverage in CI/CD pipelines.

The role emphasizes test execution and automation, with experience in Appium, Pytest, and modern automation tools. Hybrid work model in the Bay Area is available.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in software quality engineering.
• Hands-on testing of iOS mobile applications.
• Experience creating test plans and executing manual and automated tests.
• Familiarity with iOS release lifecycle incl. TestFlight and CI pipelines.
• Ability to review automated tests and work with automation engineers.
• Strong debugging and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication across distributed teams.

Responsibilities

• Execute end-to-end testing for iOS mobile applications, including functional and regression testing.
• Review requirements, UX flows and designs to identify test scenarios.
• Collaborate with developers and SDETs to increase automation coverage.
• Execute and validate automated test suites; investigate failures.
• Analyze logs, reproduce issues, and support root-cause analysis.
• Create clear defect reports with steps, logs, and evidence.
• Validate interactions with backend services via API/integration testing.
• Support CI/CD validation by running automated and manual tests in pipelines like Jenkins/GitHub Actions.
• Work with cross-functional teams in an agile environment.

Skills

iOS testing

Automation testing

Test planning

Collaboration

Tools

Appium

Pytest

WebdriverIO

Playwright

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Job description

Sony Interactive Entertainment in San Mateo, CA is seeking a Senior Software Quality Engineer (Contract) to drive end-to-end quality for iOS mobile applications. You will collaborate with engineers, SDETs, and product teams to validate features, execute test plans, and expand automation coverage in CI/CD pipelines.

The role emphasizes test execution and automation, with experience in Appium, Pytest, and modern automation tools. Hybrid work model in the Bay Area is available.