Software Development Engineer in Test II (SDET)

PlayStation Global•San Mateo, CA

About The Position

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 Group Corporation. Do you have a passion for development and automation as well as driven vision for delivering the best experiences to users? Do you want to work at a company where customers have real passion and excitement for the products you help build? At PlayStation, we are looking for engineers to join a global initiative in building innovative test automation and CI/CD systems. We are looking for self-motivated, quick-starter and highly proactive individuals to join our Client QA team, who would be responsible for ensuring delivery of features on PlayStation platform. At PlayStation, we are passionate about innovation, 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 teams on four continents.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree or equivalent
Experience in building and executing test plans and test cases
Experience writing automated tests in Python, Java Script or any other Programming Language
Understanding of automation test framework like pytest
Experience in setting or configuring up test pipelines as part of Continuous Integration(CI), Jenkins preferred
Practical experience using development and deployment tools like Git, Jenkins, Appium
Experience with test case management systems & JIRA, QTest/QMetry systems
Ability to estimate effort and size of features
Experience with Agile methodologies
Strong technical, analytical and problem-solving skills
Able to work independently and as part of a team
Excellent verbal and written communication skills. comfortable with cross functional collaboration

Responsibilities

Review product requirements and design documents to understand how the feature works on the PlayStation applications and create effective testing strategies.
Plan and complete QA related activities for UI testing; build and execute test plan and test cases to ensure the quality of new features.
Build and enhance test automation for applications, automate test cases, own their maintenance, and ensure optimized and reliable test execution, including upkeep of PS5 test devices.
Responsible for setting up and maintaining test pipelines, managing Jenkins jobs, and reporting execution status
Drive quality improvements by proposing best practices and ensuring their adoption within the team
Work with Developers, Product Owners to ensure that all features and bug fixes come with automated test coverage
Assist with production deployment support and post release activities
Report, track and verify defects
Use AI/ML-powered tools and code generation frameworks (e.g., Copilot, LLM-based test generators) to assist in creating, maintaining, and optimizing test cases and automation scripts, improving test coverage, reducing manual effort, and accelerating execution within CI/CD pipelines