Staff Software Development Engineer in Test (Staff SDET)
PlayStation Global2 months ago
San Mateo, CA, USAStaff+
Base Salary
$208k - $312k/yr
Responsibilities
- Lead overall quality engineering strategy across PlayStation console, mobile, portal, hardware, and service ecosystems.
- Drive architecture-level automation solutions and scalable quality engineering practices across teams and product areas.
- Define enterprise automation standards, CI/CD quality gates, and testing strategies.
- Design, build, and scale UI, API, integration, telemetry, hardware, portal, and end-to-end automation frameworks.
- Lead initiatives for automation stability, flakiness reduction, infrastructure modernization, and QE scalability.
- Partner with Engineering, Product, Program Management, and QE leadership on shift-left testing and shared quality ownership.
- Lead R&D in AI-assisted testing, automated test generation, failure analysis, and coverage improvement.
- Evaluate emerging technologies and AI-driven tooling for quality engineering.
- Improve hardware/device testing, cloud/device-lab orchestration, telemetry validation, observability, and production-like validation environments.
- Mentor and guide SDETs and QEs on automation architecture, debugging, quality strategy, and engineering standards.
- Define and track quality metrics, automation health, pipeline stability, release risk indicators, and defect trends.
- Establish scalable quality operating models, governance mechanisms, and engineering standards.
- Lead complex root-cause investigations and drive systemic fixes across platforms and teams.
Requirements
- BS/MS degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- 8+ years of experience in SDET, automation engineering, or quality engineering roles.
- Proven leadership of large-scale mobile quality engineering initiatives across multiple teams or product areas.
- Deep experience designing automation frameworks and automated testing across UI, API, integration, telemetry, portal, hardware, and end-to-end layers.
- Strong programming or scripting experience in Python, JavaScript, or similar languages.
- Expertise with Playwright, Pytest, Appium, and Selenium.
- Experience architecting and optimizing CI/CD pipelines, quality gates, and release validation systems using Jenkins or similar platforms.
- Practical experience with Git, Jenkins, Docker, Appium, cloud/device lab solutions, browser-based portal testing, and hardware/device validation workflows.
- Experience with AI-assisted testing, test generation, defect analysis, and productivity improvements.
- Experience driving test strategy, release quality planning, risk management, and operational quality improvements for large-scale systems.
- Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and systems-thinking abilities.
- Ability to influence engineering organizations, drive best-practice adoption, and align teams on scalable quality strategies.
- Experience mentoring engineers and leading cross-functional technical initiatives.
- Comfort working in fast-paced Agile environments with evolving requirements and multiple stakeholders.
- Excellent verbal and written communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
- Matching 401(k).
- Paid time off and wellness program.
- Employee discounts on Sony products.
- Potential eligibility for a bonus package.
- Background checks are conducted at the offer stage.
- The role is subject to Sony Interactive Entertainment’s hybrid working policy.