Software Engineer II

About this role

<div class="content-intro"><p><strong>Why Sony Interactive Entertainment?</strong></p> <p>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 PlayStation 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 PlayStation brand, a name synonymous with entertainment excellence and creativity.</p></div><p><span style="color: #000000;">Sony Interactive Entertainment has an extraordinary opportunity in the Tools, Framework and Infrastructure team! We are looking for a motivated and creative individual to help build test tools, frameworks, and infrastructure, focused on delivering high quality system software which drives the PlayStation experience.</span></p> <p><span style="color: #000000;">&nbsp;As a Software Engineer, you'll focus on building test frameworks and infrastructure, internal tools, and automating test workflows. You will collaborate closely with Quality Engineering and Software Engineering teams to build robust systems to ensure console software delivered to customers and game studios are of the highest quality.</span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h2><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Responsibilities</strong></span></h2> <ul> <li style="color: #000000 !important;"> <p><span style="color: #000000;">Design, build, and maintain test frameworks, tooling and infrastructure for teams which develop and test software for the Playstation console.</span></p> </li> <li style="color: #000000 !important;"> <p><span style="color: #000000;">Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines using <strong>Jenkins, GitHub Actions</strong> or similar tools.</span></p> </li> <li style="color: #000000 !important;"> <p><span style="color: #000000;">Collaborate with Quality and Development teams to enable testing of both hardware and software components in isolation.&nbsp;</span></p> </li> <li style="color: #000000 !important;"> <p><span style="color: #000000;">Construct telemetry systems and dashboard in order to make data-driven decisions about technical feature development.</span></p> </li> <li style="color: #000000 !important;"> <p><span style="color: #000000;">Build tooling for AI-driven testing initiatives</span></p> </li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h2><strong><span style="color: #000000;">Required Qualifications</span></strong></h2> <ul> <li style="color: #000000 !important;"> <p><span style="color: #000000;">Bachelor's degree in Computer science, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent</span></p> </li> <li style="color: #000000 !important;"> <p><span style="color: #000000;">2+ years experience in designing, developing and maintaining tools and applications in <strong>Python, C++, or Javascript </strong>with a focus on building testing tools, and test frameworks at scale. (C++, JS experience preferred)</span></p> </li> <li style="color: #000000 !important;"> <p><span style="color: #000000;">Experience with test automation frameworks (e.g. Appium, Mocha.js, etc.)&nbsp;</span></p> </li> <li> <p><span style="color: #000000;">Experience with mobile test automation on Android and/or iOS platforms.</span></p> </li> <li style="color: #000000 !important;"> <p><span style="color: #000000;">Hands-on experience with CI/CD systems like Jenkins, GitHub Actions or similar tools.</span></p> </li> <li style="color: #000000 !important;"> <p><span style="color: #000000;">Comfortable working in Linux and Windows-based development environments.</span></p> </li> <li style="color: #000000 !important;"> <p><span style="color: #000000;">Strong communication skills and the ability to work cross-functionally with engineering and QA teams.</span></p> </li> <li style="color: #000000 !important;"> <p><span style="color: #000000;">Hands-on experience applying AI/ML techniques in practical engineering contexts such as test case generation, flaky test detection, log analysis, or workflow automation.</span></p> </li> <li style="color: #000000 !important;"> <p><span style="color: #000000;">Strong debugging skills.</span></p> </li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h2><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Nice-to-Have Skills</strong></span></h2> <ul> <li style="color: #000000 !important;"> <p><span style="color: #000000;">Experience with test/build automation on PCs, consoles or other embedded systems</span></p> </li> <li style="color: #000000 !important;"> <p><span style="color: #000000;">Familiarity with Node, <strong>React</strong> Native/Web, Kubernetes, REST APIs</span></p> </li> <li style="color: #000000 !important;"> <p><span style="color: #000000;">Working knowledge Docker-based test environments.</span></p> </li> <li style="color: #000000 !important;"> <p><span style="color: #000000;">Game industry background</span></p> </li> <li style="color: #000000 !important;"> <p><span style="color: #000000;">Exposure to integrating or building tools powered by large language models</span></p> </li> </ul> <p><span style="color: #000000;">&nbsp;</span></p> <h2><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Tools and Technologies you will work with</strong></span></h2> <ul> <li style="color: #000000 !important;"> <p><span style="color: #000000;">Jenkins (CI/CD), GitHub Actions, ArgoCD</span></p> </li> <li style="color: #000000 !important;"> <p><span style="color: #000000;">Python</span></p> </li> <li style="color: #000000 !important;"> <p><span style="color: #000000;">JavaScript, React, Next.js</span></p> </li> <li style="color: #000000 !important;"> <p><span style="color: #000000;">C, C++ or Rust</span></p> </li> <li style="color: #000000 !important;"> <p><span style="color: #000000;">Git, GitHub</spa