Staff Software Development Engineer in Test
Staff Software Development Engineer in Test
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$ 204200 - 306200
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Why PlayStation
PlayStation isnt just the Best Place to Play its also the Best Place to Work. Today were recognized as a global leader in entertainment producing The PlayStation family of products and services including PlayStation5 PlayStation4 PlayStationVR PlayStationPlus 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.
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 PlayStations 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 softwares 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.
- Bachelors 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
At PlayStation we believe that our teams varied backgrounds experiences and perspectives help us create games that resonate with a diverse audience.
Please refer to ourCandidate Privacy Noticefor more information about how we process your personal information and your data protection rights.
At SIE we consider several factors when setting each roles 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 SIEs 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. Clickhere to learn more.
The estimated base pay range for this role is listed below.
$204200 - $306200 USD
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 maternity or parental status 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.
Required Experience:
Staff IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
