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How would you like to influence the most successful gaming platform of all time, by desiginig, driving, implementing and executing the test strategy for our PC and Console platform?

Sony Interactive Entertainment (PlayStation) has an exciting career opportunity! We are looking for a Staff Software Development Engineer in Test who will be responsible for driving the effort to research and develop the next generation of PlayStation's testing technology. This technology - including automation tools, framework for both Console and PC- is used to analyze the quality of front end and back end workflows on the PS5 and PC.

At PlayStation, we are passionate about both teamwork and technology. We love building the systems that millions of people use and are our own first customers. We strive to be at the forefront of development technologies and are a diverse company with developers on four continents. Join us and coordinate with our internal software quality engineering teams in analyzing the core technology behind PlayStation console user experiences of tomorrow. This is a hybrid role with some opportunities for travel. If this sounds exciting, please apply!

Responsibilities:

• Constructing future-facing software testing/automation architecture including infrastructure, technology stack, tools and pipelines.
• Develop telemetry systems and dashboards in order to make data-driven decisions about technical feature development.
• Facilitate communication and feedback between software engineers and quality engineering teams, capturing requirements for the tools and infrastructure that will tackle future test automation challenges.
• Realize the software quality architectural vision: directly contribute to and provide technical leadership for that software's development, and onboard engineering teams to successfully use this software in production.
• Write and coordinate plans, processes, samples, and documentation with our global software development, documentation, and remote offshore engineering teams.
• Lead day-to-day activities of engineering team using Agile/Scrum methodology, potentially as scrum master.
• Participate in recruitment to further develop the team. Foster their professional development.
• Build an inclusive environment dedicated towards creativity and innovation.
• Testing – the study and practice a variety of test techniques and methodologies, and are familiar with prominent voices in the online testing community
• Test automation – an interest in test automation to a level where pros and cons of various automation approaches are shown. To support this, solid understanding of a modern programming language is vital.
• Agile software development – understand the common methodologies and can articulate how a strong tester can best support their team in that context
• Coach and mentor junior & senior level engineers cross organization to help raise the bar in innovation, efficiency and technical capability.
• Performance - passionate about application performance and care about application load time, perceived performance and user retention

Qualifications

• At least eight years of professional coding experience in automation.
• At least 4 years of professional programming experience.
• Practical experience using development and deployment tools: Git, Jenkins, Docker
• Proficient in Python programming, along with software debugging expertise.
• Robust understanding of computer and software architecture.
• Experience with Selenium or Appium or UI Automation technologies
• Knowledge and experience testing APIs, Libraries, SDK / Application Frameworks, Native Applications
• Strong technical, analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to estimate effort and size of features
• Experience using project and test case management tools.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent.

Skills and Characteristics

• Proficient in written and verbal communication, with excellent presentation skills.
• Ability to present technical information in a clear and concise manner to executives and non-technical leaders
• Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to communicate problems in advance and tackle them rather than responding to them afterwards.
• Creative and ambitious leader who embraces change and has a desire to continually improve

Nice to Have

The following technical qualifications are a plus (but not required):

• Past experience with cloud computing and containerization (Docker).
• JavaScript (especially with React Native), Java, C++.
• Machine learning, Game development, Mobile and PC app development background.
• Experience with AI/ML

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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.

The estimated base pay range for this role is listed below.

$204,200—$306,200 USD

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