Software Development Engineer in Test - Contractor

PlayStation Global•San Mateo, CA

10h•$140,500 - $210,700

About The Position

Sony Interactive Entertainment is seeking a highly motivated and proactive Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) contractor to join its Quality Engineering team. The role contributes to the quality of new and existing features across multiple platforms and devices through hands-on testing, test automation, and quality engineering practices. The successful candidate will bring a strong technical foundation, experience developing and maintaining automated tests and test frameworks, and the ability to collaborate with engineering, product, and QE teams in a fast-paced development environment. The role supports PlayStation systems and experiences used by millions of players worldwide, with an emphasis on improving product quality, reliability, and the efficiency of development processes. It includes planning and executing quality engineering activities, testing features, creating and maintaining automation, analyzing results and defects, monitoring CI/CD jobs, communicating quality risks, and supporting release readiness across distributed teams.

Requirements

BS or MS in Engineering, Computer Science, or a 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 another programming language.
Experience with Selenium, Appium, or UI automation technologies.
Knowledge and experience testing RESTful APIs, libraries, SDKs/application frameworks, and 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.
Ability to work efficiently both as part of a team and independently.
Strong initiative and outstanding verbal and written communication skills.

Nice To Haves

Experience developing or writing test code or scripting for a game console.
Experience developing an application; game application experience is an additional bonus.
Practical experience using development and deployment tools such as Git, Jenkins, and Docker.
Experience using source control, especially Git, and CI/CD tools such as Jenkins or CircleCI.
Familiarity with ML infrastructure, data pipelines, or model-serving platforms such as Seldon, KServe, or Ray Serve.

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.