Why PlayStation?

PlayStation isn’t just the Best Place to Play — it’s also the Best Place to Work. Today, we’re recognized as a global leader in entertainment producing The PlayStation family of products and services including PlayStation®5, PlayStation®4, PlayStation®VR, PlayStation®Plus, acclaimed PlayStation software titles from PlayStation Studios, and more.

PlayStation also strives to create an inclusive environment that empowers employees and embraces diversity. We welcome and encourage everyone who has a passion and curiosity for innovation, technology, and play to explore our open positions and join our growing global team.

The PlayStation brand falls under Sony Interactive Entertainment, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sony Corporation.

Do you have a passion for quality software? Do you want to work at a company where customers have real excitement for the products you help create? Is your perfect job one where you are constantly learning with every project?

Sony Interactive Entertainment (PlayStation) has an exciting career opportunity! We are looking for engineers to join a global initiative in developing robust test automation and Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment systems.

At PlayStation, we are passionate about both teamwork and technology. We love building the systems that millions of people use, and we are our own first customers. We strive to be at the forefront of engineering technologies and are a diverse company with engineers on four continents.

We are located in San Francisco's vibrant SOMA district, within walking distance to great restaurants, museums and nightlife. While the position isn't fully remote, the majority of work can be done from either home or office as needed.

Responsibilities

Work as part of a team that builds CI/CD pipelines and test frameworks for PlayStation software(s) on console and elsewhere.
Construct telemetry systems and dashboards in order to make data-driven decisions about technical feature development.
Contribute to an inclusive environment dedicated towards creativity and innovation.

The team you are joining builds a variety of internal tools used by partners in QA and development. The purpose of this team is to enable robust automated testing of PlayStation hardware, primarily but not limited to the PS4 and PS5. This requires the ability to jump rapidly between different tech stacks these tools use, and include:

A robust set of pytest plugins in an Appium based test environment.
Web services (one node based, one Python based) used for external APIs.
Python libraries for interacting with hardware.

These tools will be built and delivered collaboratively using software engineering standard processes (code reviewing, object oriented design, Agile software delivery).

In addition, this role will also research the next-generation of software testing/automation solutions including infrastructure, technology stack, tools and pipelines. This includes building software prototypes to evaluate groundbreaking testing and automation technology under investigation by PlayStation's tooling teams.

This role also requires constant communication with teams throughout the company - teams onsite in San Francisco, and in other offices, both US-based and international.

Required Qualifications

A Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science or related field, or ability to demonstrate equivalent knowledge.
At least six years of software development experience.
Experience with Jenkins pipelines and Groovy.
Experience writing code using advanced Python.
Robust knowledge and experience of CI/CD processes.
Familiarity of working with teams that use Agile methodologies.

Skills and Characteristics

Possessing outstanding verbal and written communication skills, which encompass presenting to product managers, software engineers, project managers, and customers.
Ability to present technical information in a clear and concise manner to executives and non-technical leaders.
Passion for solving problems in creative ways.
Strong debugging skills.
Results oriented, who works independently under minimal direction with strong work ethic.

Nice to Have

The following technical qualifications are a plus (but not required):

Experience with test/build automation on PCs, consoles or other embedded systems.
Contributions to and familiarity with software testing systems (and general software testing experience).
Familiarity working with node packages, React Native, Docker, REST APIs.
Machine learning background.
Game industry background.
Japanese language familiarity a plus.
Well established reputation in the OSS community with a proven track record for contributions towards multiple projects.

Sony is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All persons will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, legally protected physical or mental disability, covered veteran status, status in the U.S. uniformed services, sexual orientation, marital status, genetic information or membership in any other legally protected category.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

At SIE, we consider several factors when setting each role’s base pay range, including the competitive benchmarking data for the market and geographic location.

Please note that the base pay range may vary in line with our hybrid working policy and individual base pay will be determined based on job-related factors which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location.

In addition, this role is eligible for SIE’s top-tier benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, matching 401(k), paid time off, wellness program and coveted employee discounts for Sony products. This role also may be eligible for a bonus package. Click here to learn more.

The estimated base pay range for this role is listed below.

$153,000 — $229,600 USD

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 or maternity, trade union membership or membership in any other legally protected category.

We strive to create an inclusive environment, empower employees and embrace diversity. We encourage everyone to respond.

PlayStation is a Fair Chance employer and qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records will be considered for employment.

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