Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) is seeking a Software QA Engineer (Contract) in San Mateo, California. Join PlayStation's global initiative to build innovative test automation systems in a professional environment. Responsibilities include designing, developing, and executing test strategies, plans, and cases across UI, API, and backend systems to ensure high-quality feature delivery; collaborating with software engineers, product managers, and cross-functional teams to define test coverage and quality goals early in the development lifecycle; building, maintaining, and scaling robust automation frameworks for UI, API, service-level, and end-to-end testing; designing testing infrastructure to enable automated service validation; driving the adoption of new quality practices across teams; developing reusable test utilities, APIs, and libraries; maintaining and enhancing existing automation frameworks (e.g., Python, Selenium) for scalability and performance; partnering with infrastructure teams to design and optimize CI/CD pipelines and quality gates; analyzing test results to identify root causes and support timely resolution; supporting release readiness by validating features and assessing quality risks; advocating for shift-left testing throughout the software development lifecycle.

Required qualifications: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent practical experience; 5+ years of experience in software testing, including designing and executing test plans; 3+ years building and maintaining automated tests for web, mobile

Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) is seeking a Software QA Engineer (Contract) in San Mateo, California. Join PlayStation's global initiative to build innovative test automation systems in a professional environment. Responsibilities include designing, developing, and executing test strategies, plans, and cases across UI, API, and backend systems to ensure high-quality feature delivery; collaborating with software engineers, product managers, and cross-functional teams to define test coverage and quality goals early in the development lifecycle; building, maintaining, and scaling robust automation frameworks for UI, API, service-level, and end-to-end testing; designing testing infrastructure to enable automated service validation; driving the adoption of new quality practices across teams; developing reusable test utilities, APIs, and libraries; maintaining and enhancing existing automation frameworks (e.g., Python, Selenium) for scalability and performance; partnering with infrastructure teams to design and optimize CI/CD pipelines and quality gates; analyzing test results to identify root causes and support timely resolution; supporting release readiness by validating features and assessing quality risks; advocating for shift-left testing throughout the software development lifecycle.

Required qualifications: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent practical experience; 5+ years of experience in software testing, including designing and executing test plans; 3+ years building and maintaining automated tests for web, mobile