Software Development Engineer in Test - Contractor

The role

This person will contribute to the quality of new and existing features across multiple platforms and devices. They will perform hands-on testing, test automation, and quality engineering practices.

What you will do

• Plan and execute Quality Engineering activities including developing test strategies, test plans, test cases and test scenarios.
• Review product requirements, technical specifications, and design documents.
• 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.
• Analyze automated test results, investigate failures, and identify root causes.
• Identify, document, track, and verify defects throughout the development lifecycle.
• Monitor automated test executions and CI/CD jobs.
• Collaborate with cross-functional and geographically distributed teams.
• Identify opportunities to improve test coverage, automation, tooling and overall QE processes.

Required qualifications

• BS or MS in Engineering, Computer Science or related field, or equivalent
• 3-5 years or equivalent experience in UI automation for web applications
• Solid experience writing automated tests in Python, JavaScript, C ++ or any other Programming Language
• 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

Nice to have

• 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.)

Benefits

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

Before you apply

• Sony Interactive Entertainment conducts background checks at the offer stage for all new employees

About the company

Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) is the company behind the PlayStation brand. It is a subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation and a dynamic technology company.