SDET Contractor

PlayStation Global • Aliso Viejo, CA

4d • $62 - $93

About The Position

Why PlayStation? PlayStation isn’t just the Best Place to Play — it’s also the Best Place to Work. Today, we’re recognized as a global leader in entertainment producing The PlayStation family of products and services including PlayStation®5, PlayStation®4, PlayStation®VR, PlayStation®Plus, acclaimed PlayStation software titles from PlayStation Studios, and more. PlayStation also strives to create an inclusive environment that empowers employees and embraces diversity. We welcome and encourage everyone who has a passion and curiosity for innovation, technology, and play to explore our open positions and join our growing global team. The PlayStation brand falls under Sony Interactive Entertainment, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation. SDET (Contractor) Responsibilities: We are looking for a highly skilled Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) to design, develop, and maintain automated test frameworks for backend services and APIs. The ideal candidate is a strong Java engineer with deep testing expertise, capable of working closely with developers, product owners, and scrum teams to ensure high-quality delivery of complex services and integrations. This role involves building robust automation, validating API contracts and flows, working with microservice-based systems, and contributing to continuous integration and quality strategies.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field—or equivalent practical experience.
• 3+ years of experience in software QE, test automation, or development roles.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently as well as part of a collaborative Scrum team
• Interest in working as part of an agile, collaborative and cross-functional team that works on modern software design and development
• Exposure to version control systems (preferably Git)
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Strong experience with Java programming (advanced OOP concepts, collections, generics, lambdas).
• Hands-on experience writing tests with JUnit (JUnit5 preferred).
• Expertise in API testing for REST-based services (familiarity with gRPC is a plus).
• Solid understanding of API schema validation, including OpenAPI/Swagger specifications.
• Experience building and maintaining automation frameworks for backend or microservice architectures.
• Familiarity with Git, branching strategies, and CI/CD tools (e.g. Jenkins, GitHub Actions).
• Strong problem-solving and debugging skills. Including analyzing logs and diagnosing service failures.

Nice To Haves

• Experience designing test plans, writing detailed test scenarios, and performing domain-driven test analysis.
• Familiarity with Spring Boot–based micro services and common backend service patterns.
• Experience using IntelliJ IDEA or similar Java-focused development environments.
• Hands-on experience with log analysis and observability tools (Splunk preferred).
• Understanding of gRPC service testing and related tooling.
• Familiarity with cloud environments (AWS).
• Exposure to writing scripts using Python or Node.js
• Exposure to a web-front-end technology such as JavaScript, HTML and CSS

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain automated test frameworks and backend test suites using Java.
• Write high-quality JUnit tests for RESTful APIs, service layers, and backend components.
• Validate API schemas, request/response structures, and error-handling scenarios.
• Create and execute API automation covering functional, regression, and integration layers.
• Collaborate with developers to ensure testability, observability, and quality in new feature design.
• Analyze logs, metrics, and service behavior to diagnose and troubleshoot failures.
• Participate in Agile processes: refinement, planning, retrospectives, and daily scrums.
• Drive improvements in CI/CD pipelines through automation and quality gates.
• Contribute to scaling QE across microservices by building reusable test components and libraries.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Mid Level