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Sony Interactive Entertainment · 2 days ago

Sr Software QA Engineer (Contractor)

San Mateo, CA

Full-time, Contract

Hybrid

Mid, Senior Level

$55/hr - $70/hr

5+ years exp

Sony Interactive Entertainment is a global leader in entertainment, known for its PlayStation family of products and services. They are looking for a Senior Software QA Engineer to join their Client QA team, responsible for ensuring the delivery of features on PlayStation's Mobile App through effective testing strategies and quality assurance processes.

Consumer GoodsMusicVideo Games

Work & Life Balance

H1B Sponsor Likely

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

Qualification

Mobile application testingQA methodologiesTest automation frameworksTest case managementAgile developmentJIRAGitSeleniumAppiumProblem-solving skillsCommunication skillsTeam collaborationMentoring

Required

Minimum BS degree in CS or a related field, or ability to demonstrate equivalent knowledge

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

Benefits

Medical

Dental

Vision

Matching 401(k)

Paid time off

Wellness program

Coveted employee discounts for Sony products

Bonus package

Company

Sony Interactive Entertainment

Sony Interactive Entertainment is responsible for the PlayStation brand and family of products and services.

Founded in 1993

San Mateo, California, USA

10001+ employees

https://www.sie.com

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