About the Role
Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC seeks a Sr. Software Development Engineer in Test in Austin, TX to collaborate with QA and Devs teams to ensure high-quality for web applications and content delivery platform.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with QA and Devs teams to ensure high-quality for web applications and content delivery platform.
- Design, develop, and maintain automated test frameworks and test suites for complex web applications with modular and micro–front-end user interfaces and service-oriented architectures.
- Implement UI and API automation using Selenium WebDriver, TestNG and JUnit, and Rest-Assured for RESTful service testing.
- Integrate CI/CD pipelines and automation using Jenkins with Groovy and shell scripting.
- Utilize JaCoCo and SonarQube within GitHub-based workflows to support quality-driven releases.
- Support performance, reliability, and scalability testing using Apache JMeter.
- Apply shift-left testing.
- Test cloud-native and distributed systems in AWS-based environments supporting event-driven architectures, including SNS and SQS, indexing and search capabilities (Elasticsearch).
- Leverage AWS SDKs to verify cloud services in Docker and Kubernetes environments, while monitoring via Datadog and CloudWatch.
- Perform in agile ceremonies, peer code reviews, post release validations, defect triage and root cause analysis sessions.
Requirements
- Master’s degree in Management Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field or equivalent and two (2) years of experience supporting quality assurance and test automation for digital content delivery platforms and applications, including end-to-end content workflows and validation of CDN-backed delivery systems.
- Utilize Java object-oriented programming principles and data structures, including collections, generics, lambdas, and concurrency concepts with multi-threaded test execution to develop and maintain automated tests frameworks using Spring Boot and Maven.
- Perform DTO-based JSON/XML validation and SQL-based database validation.
- Support quality-driven releases.
- Perform in agile ceremonies, peer code reviews, post release validations, defect triage and root cause analysis sessions.
Skills
- Java
- Spring Boot
- Maven
- Selenium WebDriver
- TestNG
- JUnit
- Rest-Assured
- Jenkins
- Groovy
- Shell scripting
- JaCoCo
- SonarQube
- GitHub
- Apache JMeter
- AWS
- SNS
- SQS
- Elasticsearch
- AWS SDKs
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- Datadog
- CloudWatch
Location
- Austin, TX
Work Type
- Telecommuting
- Working from home
Experience Level
- Senior
Education Level
- Master’s degree
Salary/Compensations
- $192,610.00 - $228,700.00/year
Benefits
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Matching 401(k)
- Paid time off
- Wellness program
- Employee discounts for Sony products
- Bonus package
About the Company
- Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) is the company behind the PlayStation brand.
- As a subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation, SIE is 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.
Equal Opportunity
- 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.
