Staff/Principal Software Development Engineer in Test, PlayStation
$213.9-320.9k
Gaming and digital entertainment provider
Job no longer available
Gaming and digital entertainment provider
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$213.9-320.9k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To create a gaming experience without barriers that fits the needs of players of all abilities.
Role
Who you are
- 10+ years of technical engineering experience in software quality
- 7+ years in test automation architecture for web or native applications and microservices
- Validated experience delivering quality goals for projects in an agile development environment
- Ability to lead driving of QA Strategy across large projects/organization
- Experience with version control solutions (both centralized and distributed)
- Experience setting up and maintaining CI systems (Jenkins preferred)
- Strong knowledge of SDLC, testing methodologies, Quality processes
- Strong experience with end-to-end tests, API Automation for on-premise, web and mobile environments
- Strong foundational skills such as algorithms, data structures, OOPs Preferred Qualifications:
- Strong analytical problem solving and debugging skills
Desirable
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Partners with teams across the organization
- Can do demeanor; yet challenges status quo
- Works independently under minimal direction with strong work ethic
- Able to learn, work quickly and productively in a fast-paced environment; Adept at balancing multiple efforts simultaneously
- A passion for robust code
- Adept project Management skills
- Big picture thinking
What the job involves
- Provide hands-on leadership for a team of quality engineers to drive quality engineering initiatives with an automation-first approach in an agile development environment
- Establish quality engineering metrics, best practices and standards to drive quality and excellence. Create and enhance documentation for the same
- Being an evangelist for quality, operational readiness, managing technical debts
- Develop or Enhance test plans, test strategies and processes with an automation driven mentality
- Work with multi-functional teams to create, maintain, and improve automated test suites for applications on the PlayStation console, web and mobile platforms
- Set up, develop and enhance test frameworks, and help teams set up automation infrastructure to build end-to-end environments
- Author common APIs and libraries for test automation
- Work full-stack to ensure that all features and bug fixes come with automated test coverage
- Collaborate with distributed teams for automation design, architecture and functionality development championing quality
- Work with infrastructure and tooling teams to build and maintain common tools and services
- Analyze gaps and bring innovative solutions
- Play a major role by working on proof of concepts and driving innovation/ideas to completion
- Coaching and mentoring other QE engineers
- Recruit, develop, and retain top engineering talent
- Stay up to date with industry and technology trends to continuously drive quality innovation across the organization
Our take
Since the release of the PS1 in 1994, PlayStation has been a consistent leader in the video gaming market. Its consoles are iconic in the gaming community - PlayStation has produced both the top-selling and fastest-selling console of all time - and the company is still pushing boundaries. Its current flagship - the PS5 - promises to revolutionise gaming, featuring new technology that will create improvements across the board.
As well as its consoles, PlayStation has also developed online services, connecting its users and giving them access to diversified media. A PlayStation can be used for a huge range of activities - from Netflix to guided workouts - which has led to the expansion of the company's audience over time and across generations.
PlayStation faces competition in its field from the likes of Microsoft, with its Xbox range, and PC gaming, which has been becoming more popular in recent years. Regardless, PlayStation shows no signs of slowing down. The upcoming implementation of in-game ads in free games looks to significantly increase revenue, and the wider PlayStation gaming experience also appears to be evolving from plans to launch live service games in upcoming years.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
8% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Private medical insurance
- Private dental insurance
- Flexible working policy (remote working, flexible hours)
- Free fruit every day in our offices
- On-site free gym (London & Liverpool)
- On-site subsidised cafés
- On-site bar (Thursdays & Fridays, London & Liverpool)
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Eye care assistance
- x2 volunteering days each year
- Group pension plan
- Discretionary bonus scheme
- Season ticket loans
- Life assurance
- Income protection
- 25 days holiday, plus Bank Holidays
- Discretionary days off over Christmas and summer
- Free giveaways of select first party products and services
- Discounts on PlayStation products
- Discounts on Sony products
- Access to other corporate discounts
Company HQ
East San Mateo, San Mateo, CA
Leadership
Hideaki Nishino
(CEO)Previously Senior VP of Product STrategy and Management at Sony. Before that he worked for Sony as a Deputy General Manager and a Senior Director.
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