Staff/Principal Software Development Engineer in Test
Job Description
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 Corporation.
Do you want an opportunity to work on next-gen PlayStation products? Do you have a passion for software quality and automation? Are you the sort of person that enjoys analyzing a network protocol one moment, debugging a ReactNative application the next? Do you want to work at a company where customers have a real connection to the products you help create? We are looking for engineers to join a global initiative in robust test automation and Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment systems.
At PlayStation, we are passionate about both collaboration and technology. We love building the systems that millions of people use and are our own first customers and strive to be at the forefront of development technologies and are a diverse company with developers on four continents.
What you'll do:● Provide hands-on leadership for a team of quality engineers to drive quality engineering initiatives
with an automation-first approach in an agile development environment
● Establish quality engineering metrics, best practices and standards to drive quality and
excellence. Create and enhance documentation for the same
● Being an evangelist for quality, operational readiness, managing technical debts
● Develop or Enhance test plans, test strategies and processes with an automation driven mentality
● Work with multi-functional teams to create, maintain, and improve automated test suites for
applications on the PlayStation console, web and mobile platforms
● Set up, develop and enhance test frameworks, and help teams set up automation infrastructure to
build end-to-end environments
● Author common APIs and libraries for test automation
● Work full-stack to ensure that all features and bug fixes come with automated test coverage
● Collaborate with distributed teams for automation design, architecture and functionality
development championing quality
● Work with infrastructure and tooling teams to build and maintain common tools and services.
● Analyze gaps and bring innovative solutions
● Play a major role by working on proof of concepts and driving innovation/ideas to completion
● Coaching and mentoring other QE engineers
● Recruit, develop, and retain top engineering talent
● Stay up to date with industry and technology trends to continuously drive quality innovation
across the organization
● Validated experience delivering quality goals for projects in an agile development environment
● Ability to lead driving of QA Strategy across large projects/organization
● Experience with version control solutions (both centralized and distributed)
● Experience setting up and maintaining CI systems (Jenkins preferred)
● Strong knowledge of SDLC, testing methodologies, Quality processes
● Strong experience with end-to-end tests, API Automation for on-premise, web and mobile
environments
● Strong foundational skills such as algorithms, data structures, OOPs
● Excellent written and verbal communication skills
● Partners with teams across the organization
● Can do demeanor; yet challenges status quo
● Works independently under minimal direction with strong work ethic
● Able to learn, work quickly and productively in a fast-paced environment; Adept at balancing
multiple efforts simultaneously
● A passion for robust code
● Strong analytical problem solving and debugging skills
● Adept project Management skills
● Big picture thinking
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Equal Opportunity Statement:Sony is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All persons will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender (including gender identity, gender expression and gender reassignment), race (including colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin), religion or belief, marital or civil partnership status, disability, age, sexual orientation, pregnancy or trade union membership or membership in any other legally protected category.
We strive to create an inclusive environment, empower employees and embrace diversity. We encourage everyone to respond.
At SIE, we consider several factors when setting each role’s base pay range, including the competitive benchmarking data for the market and geographic location.
Please note that the base pay range may vary in line with our hybrid working policy and individual base pay will be determined based on job-related factors which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location.
In addition, this role is eligible for SIE’s top-tier benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, matching 401(k), paid time off, wellness program and coveted employee discounts for Sony products. This role also may be eligible for a bonus package. Click here to learn more.
Equal Opportunity Statement:
Sony is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All persons will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender (including gender identity, gender expression and gender reassignment), race (including colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin), religion or belief, marital or civil partnership status, disability, age, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity, trade union membership or membership in any other legally protected category.
We strive to create an inclusive environment, empower employees and embrace diversity. We encourage everyone to respond.
PlayStation is a Fair Chance employer and qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records will be considered for employment.
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Date Posted
08/31/2023
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