Sr Software QA Engineer - Contractor

PlayStation Global•San Mateo, CA

7d•Onsite

About The Position

Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) is seeking a self-motivated, quick-starter, and highly proactive Sr Software QA Engineer (Contractor) to join their Client QA team. This role is responsible for ensuring the delivery of features on PlayStation's Mobile App. At PlayStation, the company is passionate about innovation, collaboration, and technology, building systems used by millions and striving to be at the forefront of development technologies with diverse teams across four continents.

Requirements

Minimum BS degree in CS or a related field, or ability to demonstrate equivalent knowledge
5+ years of experience in building and executing test plans and test cases
Experience testing mobile applications(iOS and Android)
Extensive background in QA methodologies and experience developing and implementing comprehensive test suites
Ability to estimate effort and size of features
Experience with test case management systems & JIRA database systems
Experience with agile development methodologies and TDD processes
Understanding of automation test framework like pytest
Practical experience using development and deployment tools like Git, Jenkins, Docker
Experience with Selenium or Appium
Strong technical, analytical and problem-solving skills
Able to work independently and as part of a team
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Experience with at least one modern web application framework, preferably React Native

Responsibilities

Review product requirements and design documents to understand how the feature works on the PlayStation mobile app and build effective testing strategies.
Drive the QA Plan for UI testing; build concrete test plans, write test cases, and implement them to ensure the quality of features. Identify testing needs for l10n, a11y, and performance testing.
Write and maintain automated test scripts, review code for quality and testability, and leverage metrics to drive continuous improvement in product reliability.
Responsible for release activities and be involved in post-release QA activities.
Ownership of maintaining test cases and the defect backlog. Report, track and verify defects.
Provide status reports to QA Manager and other partners.
Understanding of layered architecture of a software and how to optimally test such a system.
Passionate about Quality and strives to improve process, proposes standard methodologies and drives their usage across multiple teams.
Mentor other team members to level-up the skills and quality of the team, and provide advice to teams within engineering.
Promote use of automation across teams to improve speed of testing. Ability to debug failures.
Monitor and maintain various Jenkins Jobs and report statuses.
Work with globally distributed teams to engage early and provide continuous delivery of high quality software products that delight Sony customers.
Interact and work on a day-to-day basis with various team members outside of QE organization.