Senior SDET – QA Lead Focus

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Senior SDET – QA Lead Focus

Los Angeles, CA

About the Role

Sony Interactive Entertainment’s Publishing Pipeline team is hiring a Senior Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) with a QA Lead focus to own test strategy, automation direction, and quality leadership for the systems that power content publishing to the PlayStation Store. These systems support both internal teams and external game publishers who create, publish and sell content on the PlayStation platform.

This is a high-impact role where your work directly supports the scale and reliability of our partner-facing publishing tools. We’re looking for someone who brings both deep automation skills and strong leadership instincts, using that to drive technical direction, influence engineering quality, and lead the charge on evolving our test practices and infrastructure.

What You'll Do

• Own the test strategy for services that support internal teams and game publishers.

• Design, implement, and maintain automation in Java using Selenium WebDriver, Cucumber, and JMeter

• Lead our technical direction toward modern frameworks like Playwright or Cypress for UI and API automation

• Build and evolve test frameworks integrated into our CI pipelines

• Perform black-box and gray-box testing by understanding system behavior, edge cases, and failure modes

• Proactively identify gaps in test coverage, infrastructure, or quality signals and drive improvements

• Debug complex issues across web, service, and database layers using logs, SQL, and test data

• Manage defects across the lifecycle and ensuring they’re tracked, prioritized, and resolved

• Contribute to team metrics and reporting that drive visibility and accountability around quality

• Set the tone for quality ownership across the org, mentoring others and leading by example

What We're Looking For

• 5+ years of experience in test automation using Java, Selenium WebDriver, and Cucumber

• Hands-on experience with or strong interest in Playwright and Cypress

• Proven experience as a QA test lead as showcased by guiding strategy, driving decisions, and collaborating cross-functionally

• Strong foundation in QA methodologies, testing in Agile environments, and CI/CD practices

• Experience building test frameworks for complex web apps and service-oriented architecture

• Strong programming fundamentals (OOP, data structures, and debugging skills)

• Proficiency with Git, Jenkins, Jira, qTest, and writing/debugging SQL

• Excellent communicator with an assertive, proactive approach, able to anticipate issues before they happen and push for continuous improvement

Nice to Have

• Experience testing publishing pipelines or digital content distribution platforms

• Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes, or cloud-native CI/CD tooling

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The estimated base pay range for this role is listed below.
$167,800—$251,600 USD

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