Staff Software Development Engineer in Test

Join PlayStation as a Staff Software Development Engineer in Test. In this role, you will lead the overall quality engineering strategy across various ecosystems, drive architecture-level automation solutions, and define enterprise-level automation standards. You will also mentor and guide SDETs and QEs, track quality metrics, and influence the organizational quality culture. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in automation frameworks, experience in CI/CD pipelines, and a passion for development and automation.

• Lead and influence the overall quality engineering strategy across PlayStation console, mobile, portal, hardware, and service ecosystems.
• Drive architecture-level automation solutions and scalable quality engineering practices across multiple teams and product areas.
• Define and evolve enterprise-level automation standards, CI/CD quality gates, and testing strategies to improve release confidence, scalability, and engineering velocity.
• Do you have a passion for development and automation as well as driven vision for delivering the best experiences to users? Do you want to work at a company where customers have real passion and excitement for the products you help build?
• Strong expertise with automation frameworks such as Playwright, Pytest, Appium, Selenium
• BS/MS degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and systems-thinking abilities with a focus on identifying and solving systemic quality gaps
• Experience architecting and optimizing CI/CD pipelines, quality gates, and release validation systems using Jenkins or similar platforms
• Experience driving test strategy, release quality planning, risk management, and operational quality improvements for large-scale systems
• Comfortable operating in fast-paced Agile environments with evolving requirements and multiple stakeholders
• Proven ability to influence engineering organizations, drive adoption of best practices, and align teams on scalable quality strategies
• Practical experience with development and deployment tooling such as Git, Jenkins, Docker, Appium, cloud/device lab solutions, browser-based portal testing, and hardware/device validation workflows
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with strong leadership and cross-functional collaboration abilities
• Experience mentoring engineers and leading cross-functional technical initiatives
• Strong programming/scripting experience in Python, JavaScript, or similar languages
• 8+ years of experience in Software Development Engineering in Test (SDET), automation engineering, or quality engineering roles
• Experience leveraging AI-assisted testing tools and driving innovation in AI-based automation, test generation, defect analysis, and productivity improvements
• Deep experience designing automation frameworks and implementing automated testing solutions across UI, API, integration, telemetry, portal, hardware, and end-to-end layers
• Proven experience leading large-scale mobile quality engineering initiatives across multiple teams or product areas