Software Development Engineer in Test II , San Diego, CA

Software Development Engineer in Test II

Why Sony Interactive Entertainment?

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 Play Station 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 Play Station brand, a name synonymous with entertainment excellence and creativity.

Play Station isn’t just the Best Place to Play, it’s also the Best Place to Work. Today, we’re recognized as a global leader in interactive and digital entertainment, producing the Play Station family of products and services including Play Station®5, Play Station®4, Play Station®VR, Play Station®Plus, Play Station App, cloud and streaming experiences, and acclaimed Play Station software titles from Play Station Studios.

At Play Station, we are passionate about building high-quality experiences used by millions of players worldwide. We are looking for a motivated and hands‑on Software Development Engineer in Test II (SDET II) to support quality engineering initiatives across our Subscription ecosystem.

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys solving quality engineering challenges across web, mobile, console, and connected device platforms while contributing to scalable automation and modern testing practices.

As an SDET II for Subscription Services, you will work closely with Staff and Senior SDETs, Software Engineers, Product Managers, and QE teams to help deliver high-quality subscription and streaming experiences across multiple platforms.

You will contribute to automation frameworks, end‑to‑end testing, CI/CD pipelines, and quality engineering initiatives supporting customer‑facing subscription products and services.

You will help support testing and automation efforts across:

• Subscription and commerce platforms
• Streaming and cloud gaming services
• Multi‑device connected experiences

• Contribute to automation and QE strategy initiatives for Subscription platforms
• Develop, maintain, and execute scalable automation solutions across web, mobile, console, and connected device ecosystems
• Support shift‑left quality engineering practices through automation‑first testing approaches and early engagement during feature development
• Assist with building dashboards, quality metrics, and observability solutions to improve release visibility and automation reporting
• Collaborate with business, product, engineering, and QE teams to support high‑quality customer experiences
• Support adoption of modern quality engineering practices including intelligent automation and AI‑assisted testing workflows
• Contribute reusable tools, automation utilities, and testing best practices that improve engineering efficiency and collaboration
• Support end‑to‑end subscription testing workflows including authentication, commerce, entitlement validation, lifecycle management, retention journeys
• Build and maintain automation for native mobile applications, APIs, backend services, and distributed systems
• Support CI/CD pipelines and automation infrastructure using Jenkins, Git Hub Actions, Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud‑native tooling
• Participate in defect triage, root cause analysis, production validation, and release readiness activities
• Partner with globally distributed teams to support continuous delivery and release quality
• Continuously learn and adopt emerging technologies, tools, and AI‑driven testing methodologies

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
• 3+ years of experience in Software Development Engineering in Test, Quality Engineering, or Test Automation
• Experience with Appium, Selenium, and API automation frameworks
• Experience testing web, mobile, or consumer‑facing applications
• Familiarity with…