Software Development Engineer in Test - Contract

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 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. Summary Would you like to help ensure the quality of PlayStation® peripherals and firmware? Join the team delivering innovative test solutions for PlayStation® Link™ devices, where your work will directly impact performance, stability, and the player experience. Sony Interactive Entertainment has a great opportunity in the Quality Engineering department! We are seeking a self-motivated engineer with strong Python and test automation skills and a focus on quality, consistency, and thoughtful testing practices. As a Software Development Engineer in Test Contractor, you’ll work hands-on with our peripherals and own automated test coverage for specific features across multiple platforms, alongside senior engineers. We value teamwork and continuous learning. Responsibilities In this role, you'll work where firmware, hardware, and platform software meet, building the tests that check them and keeping that automation healthy. Write Python automation suites for firmware and platform features Perform integration testing on PlayStation® 5, PlayStation® Portal, and Windows Improve the shared automation frameworks and test infrastructure Troubleshoot test failures, using execution data to find flaky or slow tests Collaborate with QA, Development, and Product teams to al

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 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. Software Development Engineer in Test II 12-month Contract role Location: San Mateo, CA - Hybrid Do you have a passion for development and automation as well as driven vision for delivering the best experiences to users? Do you want to work at a company where customers have real passion and excitement for the products you help build? At PlayStation, we are looking for engineers to join a global initiative in building innovative test automation and CI/CD systems. We are looking for self-motivated, quick-starter and highly proactive individuals to join our Client QA team, who would be responsible for ensuring delivery of features on PlayStation's Mobile App! At PlayStation, we are passionate about innovation, teamwork and technology. We love building the systems that millions of people use and are our own first customers. We strive to be at the forefront of development technologies and are a diverse company with teams on four continents. Primary Responsibilities Review product requirements and design documents to understand how the feature works on the PlayStation console and create effective testing strategies. Plan and complete QA related activities for UI testing; build test plan, test cases, and implement to ensure the quality of new features. Build, maintain an

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 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. SDET Contractor We are looking for an experienced Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) to help ensure the quality, reliability, and resilience of Agentic AI systems and backend services. This role will design and implement automated testing strategies across AI/LLM-driven applications, APIs, microservices, and distributed systems. The ideal candidate brings strong Quality Engineering and test automation fundamentals, with experience testing Generative AI, LLM-based, or Agentic AI systems. They should be comfortable testing complex systems where behavior may be non-deterministic and traditional pass/fail testing alone may not be sufficient. Responsibilities Develop and execute comprehensive QE strategies and test plans for Agentic AI systems, backend services, APIs, and service integrations. Design and maintain scalable automated test frameworks across API, functional, integration, contract, regression, and end-to-end testing. Develop testing approaches for non-deterministic AI behavior and establish meaningful evaluation criteria. Identify quality risks early and apply risk-based, shift-left testing practices throughout the development lifecycle. Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines and establish effective quality gates. Partner with Sof

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 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. Senior Software Engineer - Cloud Streaming Game Services (Contractor) Aliso Viejo, CA As a part of Sony Interactive Entertainment, the Game Development & Future Technology (GDFT) organization is leading the cloud gaming and development revolution, putting console-quality video games on any device! As a Senior Software Engineer on the Cloud Streaming Game Services (CSGS) team, you’ll play a key role in the design and development of server-side applications on a large geographically distributed infrastructure. Responsibilities Design, develop, and maintain software powering the globally distributed PlayStation Cloud Streaming infrastructure Build Kubernetes controllers, operators, and system services powering infrastructure lifecycle management and orchestration Own features from design through implementation, testing, deployment, and production support Develop high-quality, maintainable code with comprehensive unit and integration testing Partner with SRE, Test and Platform Engineering to deliver reliable production services Investigate and resolve production issues with a focus on reliability and performance Contribute to architecture discussions, technical design documents, and engineering standards Effectively communicate technical approaches, project status

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 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. Senior Software Engineer Cloud Engineering (Contractor) We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to be part of a new engineering team supporting our Cloud Streaming platforms. This individual will partner closely with existing domain experts, develop deep expertise in complex distributed systems, and serve as the technical foundation for building a new high-performing team. What You’ll Do Design and implementation of features in distributed back end systems Ownership of the implementation and delivery of well-defined features from start to finish Implementation of unit tests via testing frameworks Define and craft integration tests with Test Engineering Solve performance and reliability issues at a global scale Triage and fix reported bugs Communicate estimates, schedules, issues, and dependencies to technical or project lead Requirements BS in Computer Science (or equivalent experience) 5+ years of relevant experience In-depth experience in Java Experience with AWS technologies and managed services Knowledge of Kubernetes, Docker, Helm Development experience with Linux Intermediate knowledge of version control tools such as git, Github and GitLab Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, ArgoCD Knowledge in NoSQL, Prometheus, Elasticsearch, and other CNCF technologies D

About Dialpad Dialpad is the AI platform for customer experience, built to resolve customer problems in real time across voice and digital. Our AI agents learn from your best human agents and improve with every interaction, helping organizations understand their customers, deliver better experiences, increase operational efficiencies, and build a lasting competitive advantage. Unlike legacy systems built to route and answer, or standalone agentic bot vendors built to deflect, Dialpad was built to resolve. Our AI agents and human agents operate on a single platform with shared context, allowing Agentic AI to resolve issues, advance deals, and eliminate busywork through automation while seamlessly handing conversations to humans when needed, with full context preserved. Market-leading brands, including Randstad, Motorola Solutions, Netflix, the San Diego Padres, the Colorado Rockies Baseball Club, and Cal Athletics, trust Dialpad. Dialpad is backed by Andreessen Horowitz, GV, ICONIQ Capital, and T-Mobile. Being a Dialer At Dialpad, AI isn’t just a feature; it’s how our teams do their best work every day. We put powerful AI tools in every employee’s hands so they can move faster, think bigger, and achieve more. We believe every conversation matters. And we’ve built the platform that turns those conversations into insight and action, for our customers and ourselves. We look for people who are intensely curious and hold themselves to a high bar. Our ambition is significant, and achieving it requires a team that operates at the highest level. We seek individuals who embody our core traits: Scrappy, Curious, Optimistic, Persistent, and Empathetic . Your role As a Sr. SDET in Agentic QA, you will own the test automation and quality frameworks that support Dialpad’s AI Voice Agent services. You will develop automated tests for end-to-end product experiences, from frontend UI to backend services to APIs to audio/text interactions. You will test orchestration flows, agent conf