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Sony Interactive Entertainment · 1 week ago

SDET Contractor

Aliso Viejo, CA

Full-time, Contract

Onsite

Mid Level

$52/hr - $78/hr

3+ years exp

Sony Interactive Entertainment is a global leader in entertainment producing the PlayStation family of products and services. They are seeking a Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) to design, develop, and maintain automated test frameworks for backend services and APIs.

Consumer GoodsMusicVideo Games

Work & Life Balance

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Design, develop, and maintain automated test frameworks and backend test suites using Java

Write high-quality JUnit tests for RESTful APIs, service layers, and backend components

Validate API schemas, request/response structures, and error-handling scenarios

Create and execute API automation covering functional, regression, and integration layers

Collaborate with developers to ensure testability, observability, and quality in new feature design

Analyze logs, metrics, and service behavior to diagnose and troubleshoot failures

Participate in Agile processes: refinement, planning, retrospectives, and daily scrums

Drive improvements in CI/CD pipelines through automation and quality gates

Contribute to scaling QE across microservices by building reusable test components and libraries

Qualification

JavaJUnitAPI testingAutomation frameworksGitCI/CD toolsAgile methodologiesProblem-solvingCommunication skills

Required

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field—or equivalent practical experience

3+ years of experience in software QE, test automation, or development roles

Demonstrated ability to work independently as well as part of a collaborative Scrum team

Interest in working as part of an agile, collaborative and cross-functional team that works on modern software design and development

Exposure to version control systems (preferably Git)

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

Strong experience with Java programming (advanced OOP concepts, collections, generics, lambdas)

Hands-on experience writing tests with JUnit (JUnit5 preferred)

Expertise in API testing for REST-based services (familiarity with gRPC is a plus)

Solid understanding of API schema validation, including OpenAPI/Swagger specifications

Experience building and maintaining automation frameworks for backend or microservice architectures

Familiarity with Git, branching strategies, and CI/CD tools (e.g. Jenkins, GitHub Actions)

Strong problem-solving and debugging skills. Including analyzing logs and diagnosing service failures

Preferred

Experience designing test plans, writing detailed test scenarios, and performing domain-driven test analysis

Familiarity with Spring Boot–based micro services and common backend service patterns

Experience using IntelliJ IDEA or similar Java-focused development environments

Hands-on experience with log analysis and observability tools (Splunk preferred)

Understanding of gRPC service testing and related tooling

Familiarity with cloud environments (AWS)

Exposure to writing scripts using Python or Node.js

Exposure to a web-front-end technology such as JavaScript, HTML and CSS

Benefits

Medical

Dental

Vision

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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