Senior Software Quality Engineer Contractor
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San Mateo, CA - USA
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Job Summary
Why Sony Interactive Entertainment
Sony Interactive Entertainment isnt just the Best Place to Play its also the Best Place to Work. Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) is the company behind the PlayStation brand. As a subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation were part of a proud legacy of innovation and excellence. SIE is a dynamic technology company delivering cutting-edge hardware and network services to more than 100 million people and an entertainment leader home to some of the most beloved and recognizable intellectual properties (IP) in the world. Our role at SIE is to create and nurture the experiences under the PlayStation brand a name synonymous with entertainment excellence and creativity.
Senior Software Quality Engineer
Summary
Do you want to shape how quality is built into PlayStation peripherals and firmware not just verify it at the end Join the team crafting thoughtful test strategies for PlayStation Link devices. Your work will directly support product performance stability and the overall player experience!
Were growing the Quality Engineering team and looking for a senior engineer who enjoys owning test strategy for complex features bringing clarity to unclear requirements and helping the engineers around them grow.
This role combines hands-on testing with technical leadership. Youll lead planning and testing for major features partner with developers and product teams to build in quality early and mentor other QEs as they develop.
We value curiosity continuous learning and a thoughtful approach to quality at every stage.
Responsibilities
We test early often and across teams to help catch issues before they reach customers.
Own test strategy and test plans for major features including end-to-end flows and turn unclear requirements into concrete coverage
Lead test plan walkthroughs with developers product managers and other partners ahead of key release milestones
Run and guide functional regression exploratory and integration testing and close coverage gaps across the product area
Investigate complex failures using logs traces and system metrics and lead triage and defect prioritization
Mentor junior and mid-level QEs on test design tooling problem-solving and quality practices
Improve QE processes tooling and documentation and share what you learn with nearby teams
Qualifications
Well succeed by working together to learn from bugs and build test coverage with intention.
Several years of experience in software quality engineering or a related testing role
Comfortable owning test strategy and planning for complex features including scope release criteria and test boundaries
Experienced across functional exploratory regression and integration testing with good judgment about which approach fits a situation plus some experience testing APIs
Familiar with tools like JIRA TestRail or qTest and open to picking up new tooling as needs change
Able to explain problems risks and trade-offs clearly to engineers product partners and leadership
Organized and detail-minded with experience mentoring others in Agile development environments
Nice to Have
If you bring any of these wed love to hear about them!
Experience testing consumer electronics especially peripherals or embedded firmware
Familiarity with PlayStation products
Experience testing on Microsoft Windows platforms
Passion for gaming
Experience with telemetry tools validating event tracking or performance testing
Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and test automation frameworks
At SIE working with our partners 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 individual base pay range may vary based on job-related factors which may include knowledge skills experience and location.
In addition this role is eligible for benefit offerings that include medical dental and vision. Click hereto learn more.
The estimated base pay range for this role is listed below this is an hourly rate.
$87.98 - $132.02 USD
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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.
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Required Experience:
Senior IC
About Company
Explore the new generation PlayStation 4 and PS5 consoles - experience immersive gaming with thousands of hit games in every genre to rewrite the rules for what a PlayStation console can do.
