Senior Software Development Engineer in Test

Job Description

Senior Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)

Waterloo, ON (Canada)

Do you have a passion for test-driven development and automation? Do you want to work at a company where customers have real excitement (!) for the products you help create? At PlayStation, we are looking for engineers to join a global initiative in robust test automation and Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment systems.

Responsibilities:
• Owns building and setting up Test Automation frameworks to test PlayStation console features.
• Drives testing of sophisticated projects across multiple-teams. Evaluates gaps in testing and drives solutions to write high quality automation to increase test coverage.
• Partners with other stakeholders to ensure test coverage and builds test plans that help deliver high quality features
• Writes automation scripts for features with key characteristics of stability and maintainability which prevents regressions in the product code.
• Works effectively to build automation infrastructure to create CI Pipelines, enable automation runs, develop visualization tools and evangelize them with various QA teams.
• Passionate about quality and strives to improve process, proposes standard methodologies and drives their usage within the teams.
• Mentors the team members and provides technical leadership by reviewing test plans, automation scripts, and provides feedback.
• Communicates on testing strategy, technical subjects related to testing frameworks, and collaborates effectively with the globally distributed teams to achieve the business goals.

Required Qualifications:
• A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field, or ability to demonstrate equivalent knowledge
• At least four years or equivalent experience in UI automation for web applications including test framework development
• Significant experience in any Object Oriented programming language
• Experience with version control solutions (both centralized and distributed)
• Experience in creating comprehensive test strategies and testplans
• Demonstrated experience with recommending QA process improvements
• Experience with configuring CI pipelines, preferably using Jenkins
• Experience developing or testing on mobiles devices
• Experience with at least one modern web application framework such as Angular/Ember.js/React

Preferred Qualifications:
• Experience writing code in Python
• Experience with Selenium or Appium
• Familiar with the Page Object Pattern
• Some experience leading a team through testing of complex features
• Experience with asynchronous programming and Promises
• Experience with React Native

Soft skills (Non-Technical):
• Self-starter who loves to take initiative to make improvements to QA artifacts
• Strong problem solving skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Can do attitude; yet challenges status quo
• Works independently under minimal direction with strong work ethics
• Able to work quickly and productively in a fast-paced environment
• A passion for writing robust code

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