Software Development Engineer in Test Contractor (SDET Contractor)
About The Position
Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) is seeking a highly skilled Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) Contractor 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.
Benefits
- medical
- dental
- vision
- matching 401(k)
- paid time off
- wellness program
- employee discounts for Sony products
- bonus package
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
