Software Quality Engineer (Contract)

Why PlayStation

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Are you passionate about delivering outstanding product quality Were searching for a Senior Software QA Engineer (Contract) to join our System Integration Testing team where youll test innovative features across diverse apps and platformsensuring everything works flawlessly together.

What Youll Do

We work closely with teams across engineering product and architecture and youll play a key role in connecting those pieces. Your work will focus on understanding how systems interact crafting smart test strategies and reporting issues that surface across platforms.

You will:

• Review product requirements technical specs and architecture diagrams to understand system behavior and identify integration points.
• Develop and maintain test plans and test cases with a strong focus on manual testing for complex cross-system scenarios.
• Lead test case reviews and help organize our test suites so theyre clear scalable and easy to maintain.
• Collaborate with product managers developers and QE partners to align on integration risks test coverage and quality expectations.
• Identify triage and verify defects while digging into logs APIs and services to uncover why issues occur.
• Run automation test suites and supervise CI pipelines (such as Jenkins) sharing insights when failures appear.
• Represent the System Integration Testing team in feature discussions and planning sessions offering thoughtful quality insights!

What You Bring

Were looking for someone who cares deeply about system behavior enjoys unraveling complex interactions and takes pride in well-designed test strategies. If you love discovering how things connectand how they breakyoull feel right at home with us!

You bring:

• 5 years of QA experience with a strong foundation in modern testing practices and methodologies.
• Expertise in System Integration Testing and comfort navigating architecture diagrams.
• Experience crafting test plans and scenarios based on product requirements and technical designs.
• Familiarity with Jira qTest QMetry or similar tools for planning and tracking work.
• Hands-on API testing experience (e.g. Postman)
• Ability to run automated tests and interpret CI pipeline results (Jenkins experience is a plus).
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills for diagnosing issues across systems and environments.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills for optimally partnering with product development and QA teams.
• Experience leading small to medium testing efforts and collaborating closely with engineering partners.
• A BS in Computer Science or equivalent professional experience.

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