Senior SDET: AI-Driven QA for Subscriptions & Streaming

Sony Playstation; San Mateo (CA); On-site; USD 183,000 - 274,600; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Wellness program

Employee discounts

Job summary

Sony Interactive Entertainment is seeking a Senior SDET for Subscription Services to lead design and implementation of scalable test automation frameworks across PlayStation subscription products and streaming experiences.

You will partner with software engineering, product management, QE, and cloud teams to deliver quality across web, mobile, console, and multi-device ecosystems, champion AI-assisted testing, and drive observability with dashboards and CI/CD automation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 10+ years of experience in Software Development Engineering in Test, Quality Engineering, or Test Automation.
• Proven experience leading large-scale automation architecture and QE strategy initiatives.
• Strong hands-on programming experience in Python, JavaScript/TypeScript.
• Strong hands-on experience with XCUITest, Appium, Selenium, and API automation frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive enterprise-level QE and automation strategy for Subscription platform.
• Architect scalable, maintainable, and reusable automation frameworks across web, mobile, console, and connected device ecosystems.
• Promote a shift-left quality engineering mindset through early engagement, automation-first strategies, and scalable testing practices.
• Drive observability initiatives by building dashboards, metrics, and quality visualization systems that improve visibility into release health, automation coverage, and platform reliability.
• Partner across business, product, engineering, and platform teams to align QE strategy with broader organizational and customer experience goals.
• Drive adoption of modern quality engineering practices focused on intelligent automation, AI-assisted testing, and continuous improvement.
• Contribute reusable tools, frameworks, and best practices that improve engineering efficiency and encourage cross-team collaboration.
• Lead automation initiatives for end-to-end subscription and streaming workflows, including authentication, commerce, entitlement validation, lifecycle management, retention journeys, and experiences across multiple platforms.
• Design and implement AI-assisted quality engineering solutions and integrate into day-to-day engineering practices.
• Develop and enhance automation solutions using Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, XCUITest, Selenium/Appium, and API/backend automation tools.
• Lead testing initiatives across cloud gaming experiences, subscription services, gaming console devices, and cross-device ecosystems.
• Build automation and validation strategies for native mobile applications, APIs, backend services, and distributed systems.
• Partner with globally distributed teams to ensure high-quality releases and continuous delivery.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines and automation infrastructure using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud-native tooling.
• Establish quality reporting and operational insights that support data-driven engineering and release decisions.
• Mentor and coach SDETs and QE engineers across teams on automation best practices, AI adoption, and quality engineering excellence.
• Participate in architecture reviews and provide quality-focused technical leadership during feature design and implementation.
• Lead defect triage, root cause analysis, production validation, and release readiness activities.

Skills

Python

JavaScript/TypeScript

AI-assisted testing

Quality engineering leadership

End-to-end automation

API automation

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Tools

XCUITest

Appium

Selenium

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Sony Interactive Entertainment is seeking a Senior SDET for Subscription Services to lead design and implementation of scalable test automation frameworks across PlayStation subscription products and streaming experiences.

You will partner with software engineering, product management, QE, and cloud teams to deliver quality across web, mobile, console, and multi-device ecosystems, champion AI-assisted testing, and drive observability with dashboards and CI/CD automation.