Sony Interactive Entertainment (PlayStation) is looking for a Staff Software Development Engineer in Test to drive the effort to research and develop the next generation of PlayStation's testing technology, including automation tools and frameworks for both Console and PC platforms, to analyze the quality of front-end and back-end workflows on PS5 and PC.
Requirements
- At least eight years of professional coding experience automation.
- At least 4 years of professional programming experience.
- Professional coding, testing on backend services.
- Deep technical understanding of test pipeline and all the backend testing capabilities within CICD pipeline.
- 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.
Responsibilities
- Constructing future-facing software testing/automation architecture including infrastructure, technology stack, tools and pipelines.
- Define and develop critical metrics 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.
- Testing – the study and practice a variety of test techniques and methodologies, and are familiar with prominent voices in the online testing community
Other
- 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.
- Coach and mentor junior & senior level engineers cross organization to help improve in innovation, efficiency and technical capability.
- Proficient in written and verbal communication, with excellent presentation skills.
