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Sony Interactive Entertainment isn’t just the Best Place to Play — it’s also the Best Place to Work. Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) is the company behind the PlayStation brand. As a subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation, we’re 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.
Sr Software QA Engineer (Contractor)
San Mateo, CADo you have a passion for delivering the best experiences to users? We are looking for self-motivated,
quick-starter and highly proactive individuals to join our Client QA team, who is responsible for ensuring delivery of features on PlayStation's Mobile App!
At PlayStation, we are passionate about innovation, collaboration and technology. We love building the systems that millions of people use and are our own first customers. We strive to be at the forefront of development technologies and are a diverse company with teams on four continents.
Primary Responsibilities
Review product requirements and design documents to understand how the feature works on the PlayStation mobile app and build effective testing strategies.
Drive the QA Plan for UI testing; build concrete test plans, write test cases, and implement them to ensure the quality of features. Identify testing needs for l10n, a11y, and performance testing.
Write and maintain automated test scripts, review code for quality and testability, and leverage metrics to drive continuous improvement in product reliability
Responsible for release activities and be involved in post-release QA activities.
Ownership of maintaining test cases and the defect backlog. Report, track and verify defects.
Provide status reports to QA Manager and other partners.
Understanding of layered architecture of a software and how to optimally test such a system.
Passionate about Quality and strives to improve process, proposes standard methodologies and drives their usage across multiple teams.
Mentor other team members to level-up the skills and quality of the team, and provide advice to teams within engineering.
Promote use of automation across teams to improve speed of testing. Ability to debug failures.
Monitor and maintain various Jenkins Jobs and report statuses
Work with globally distributed teams to engage early and provide continuous delivery of high quality software products that delight Sony customers
Interact and work on a day-to-day basis with various team members outside of QE organization.
Qualifications
Minimum BS degree in CS or a related field.
5+ years of experience in building and executing test plans and test cases
Experience testing mobile applications(iOS and Android)
Extensive background in QA methodologies and experience developing and implementing comprehensive test suites
Ability to estimate effort and size of features
Experience with test case management systems & JIRA database systems
Experience with agile development methodologies and TDD processes
Understanding of automation test framework like pytest
Practical experience using development and deployment tools like Git, Jenkins, Docker
Experience with Selenium or Appium
Strong technical, analytical and problem-solving skills
Able to work independently and as part of a team
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Experience with at least one modern web application framework, preferably React Native
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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.
We strive to create an inclusive environment, empower employees and embrace diversity. We encourage everyone to respond.
Sony Interactive Entertainment is a Fair Chance employer and qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records will be considered for employment.
PlayStation Aliso Viejo, California, USA Office
65 Enterprise, Aliso Viejo, CA, United States
PlayStation Los Angeles, California, USA Office
13031 W Jefferson Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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