Contract Software Development Engineer in Test - Subscription Platform
PlayStation Global15 days ago
Aliso Viejo, CA, USAMid Level
H1B sponsor
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and improve automated testing solutions for subscription services, applications, and connected platforms.
- Own quality engineering activities for assigned features, including test planning, automation, and release validation.
- Identify quality risks, improve testability, and determine effective testing approaches with engineering teams.
- Develop reusable automation tools and framework capabilities that improve test coverage, reliability, and engineering efficiency.
- Validate end-to-end customer journeys involving authentication, commerce, entitlements, subscription lifecycle management, retention, and streaming.
- Build automated tests for APIs, backend services, distributed systems, web applications, and native mobile platforms.
- Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines and improve test execution reliability and feedback.
- Investigate failures, analyze root causes, and collaborate with engineering teams on solutions.
- Contribute to quality metrics, dashboards, reporting, integration testing, and release qualification.
- Identify opportunities to improve testing practices, reduce technical debt, and use emerging technologies such as AI-assisted testing.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
- At least 3 years of experience in Software Development Engineering in Test, Software Engineering, Quality Engineering, or Test Automation.
- Proficiency in at least one programming language, such as Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, or Swift.
- Experience developing automated tests and using test automation frameworks.
- Experience testing APIs, backend services, web applications, or native mobile applications.
- Understanding of software testing methodologies, test design, and automation strategies.
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, version control, and modern software development practices.
- Experience debugging failures, investigating technical issues, and collaborating with engineering teams.
- Preferred experience with subscription platforms, commerce, payment processing, entitlement services, distributed systems, microservices, or cloud applications.
- Preferred experience with XCUITest, Appium, Selenium, API testing frameworks, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Docker, Kubernetes, React Native, observability, telemetry, accessibility testing, localization testing, streaming services, gaming consoles, or connected devices.
Benefits
- Contract position.
- Hourly base pay range of $61.97–$92.93.
- Medical, dental, and vision benefits.
- Sony Interactive Entertainment conducts background checks at the offer stage.
- The role involves collaboration with globally distributed engineering and quality engineering teams.