Software Development Engineer in Test - Contractor

Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 141,000 - 211,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Matching 401(k)

Paid time off

Wellness program

Sony product discounts

Bonus package

Job summary

Sony Interactive Entertainment is seeking a Software Development Engineer in Test contractor in San Mateo, CA. You will contribute to quality across features via hands-on testing, test automation, and QE practices, collaborating with engineering, product, and QE teams in a fast-paced environment.

The role emphasizes developing and maintaining automated tests and frameworks, with hybrid work considerations and a strong focus on test coverage, automation, and tooling improvements.

Qualifications

• BS or MS in Engineering, Computer Science or related field.
• 3-5 years or equivalent experience in UI automation for web applications.
• Experience with Selenium or Appium or UI Automation technologies.
• Knowledge and experience testing APIs (RESTful), Libraries, SDK/Application Frameworks, Native Applications.
• Experience with AI evaluation tooling, prompt evaluation frameworks, model monitoring, or human-in-the-loop review workflows.
• Experience with at least one modern web application framework.
• Strong technical, analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Able to work efficiently as part of a team and independently.

Responsibilities

• Plan and execute Quality Engineering activities for new and existing features, including test strategies and plans.
• Review requirements and design documents to identify quality risks and testing strategies.
• Perform functional, integration, regression and end-to-end testing across platforms.
• Design and maintain test automation frameworks and automated test suites.
• Develop automated UI and API tests to improve coverage and reliability.
• Analyze test results and work with engineering to resolve issues.
• Identify, document, track, and verify defects throughout the lifecycle.

Skills

UI automation

Selenium

Appium

REST API testing

AI evaluation tooling

Web app frameworks

Education

BS or MS in Engineering/CS

Tools

Git

Jenkins

Docker

CI/CD tools

Job description

Software Development Engineer in Test - Contractor

United States, San Mateo, CA

Why Sony Interactive Entertainment?

Sony Interactive Entertainment isn’t just the Best Place to Play - it's also the Best Place to Work. Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) is the company behind the PlayStation brand. As a subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation, we're part of a proud legacy of innovation and excellence. SIE is a dynamic technology company, delivering cutting-edge hardware and network services to more than 100 million people and an entertainment leader, home to some of the most beloved and recognizable intellectual properties (IP) in the world. Our role at SIE is to create and nurture the experiences under the PlayStation brand, a name synonymous with entertainment excellence and creativity.

We are looking for a highly motivated and proactive Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) contractor to join our Quality Engineering team. In this role, you will contribute to the quality of new and existing features across multiple platforms and devices through a combination of hands-on testing, test automation, and quality engineering practices.

The ideal candidate has a strong technical foundation, experience developing and maintaining automated tests and test frameworks, and the ability to collaborate effectively with engineering, product, and QE teams in a fast-paced development environment.

At PlayStation, we are passionate about collaboration and technology. We build systems and experiences used by millions of players around the world and continuously strive to improve the quality, reliability, and efficiency of our products and development processes.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Plan and execute Quality Engineering activities for new and existing features, including developing test strategies, test plans, test cases and test scenarios.
• Review product requirements, technical specifications, and design documents to understand feature functionality, identify potential quality risks, and develop effective testing strategies.
• Perform functional, integration, regression and end-to-end testing across supported platforms and devices.
• Design, develop, maintain and enhance test automation frameworks and automated test suites.
• Develop automated UI and API tests to improve test coverage, reliability, and overall testing efficiency.
• Analyze automated test results, investigate failures, identify root causes, and work with engineering teams to resolve issues.
• Identify, document, track, and verify defects throughout the development lifecycle.
• Monitor automated test executions and CI/CD jobs, investigate failures, and communicate quality status, risks, and blockers to key stakeholders.
• Collaborate with cross-functional and geographically distributed teams on test strategy, test planning, execution and release readiness.
• Identify opportunities to improve test coverage, automation, tooling and overall QE processes.

Requirements:

• BS or MS in Engineering, Computer Science or related field, or equivalent
• 3-5 years or equivalent experience in UI automation for web applications
• Experience with Selenium or Appium or UI Automation technologies
• Knowledge and experience testing APIs (RESTful), Libraries, SDK/Application Frameworks, Native Applications
• Experience with AI evaluation tooling, prompt evaluation frameworks, model monitoring, or human-in-the-loop review workflows.
• Experience with at least one modern web application framework
• Strong technical, analytical and problem-solving skills
• Able to work efficiently as part of a team and independently
• Strong initiative and outstanding verbal and written communication skills

Bonus Qualifications:

• Experience developing or writing test code/scripting for a game console
• Experience developing an application (game application is extra bonus)
• Practical experience using development and deployment tools: Git, Jenkins, Docker
• Experience using source control (esp. Git) and CI/CD tools (Jenkins or Circle CI)
• Familiarity with ML infrastructure, data pipelines, or model-serving platforms (Seldon, KServe, Ray Serve, etc.).

At SIE, we consider several factors when setting each role’s base pay range, including the competitive benchmarking data for the market and geographic location.

Please note that the base pay range may vary in line with our hybrid working policy and individual base pay will be determined based on job-related factors which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location.

In addition, this role is eligible for SIE’s top-tier benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, matching 401(k), paid time off, wellness program and coveted employee discounts for Sony products.

• medical
• dental
• vision
• matching 401(k)
• paid time off
• wellness program
• coveted employee discounts for Sony products
• bonus package

This role also may be eligible for a bonus package.

$140,500 - $210,700 USD

Please note, Sony Interactive Entertainment conducts background checks at the offer stage for all new employees (which may include criminal background checks for some roles) and will need to process personal information to support these checks.

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Equal Opportunity Statement:

Sony is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All persons will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender (including gender identity, gender expression and gender reassignment), race (including colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin), religion or belief, marital or civil partnership status, disability, age, sexual orientation, pregnancy, maternity or parental status, trade union membership or membership in any other legally protected category.

We strive to create an inclusive environment, empower employees and embrace diversity. We encourage everyone to respond.

Sony Interactive Entertainment is a Fair Chance employer and qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records will be considered for employment.

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