Automation Operation System Engineer in Bristol

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. Join the team responsible for developing the tests, tools, automation, and infrastructure that help ensure the quality of the software toolchain used to build every PlayStation®5 game. You’ll collaborate closely with the ToolChain development teams to design tests and testing systems for new features as they are developed. You’ll also help design and implement internal tools, automation, diagnostics, and workflows that improve confidence in the quality, reliability, and maintainability of the product. This role sits within Quality Engineering. That means our work goes beyond running tests or finding bugs. We build software that helps teams understand risk, improve feedback loops, diagnose issues faster, and build quality into the development process as early as possible. Our toolchain is based on a private fork of the open-source LLVM project, continuously updated through an automated merge system. Thanks to our advanced continuous testing, we have a strong track record of identifying and reporting new bugs in the open-source project very quickly. This role offers a great opportunity to build a career in Software Engineering in Test and Quality Engineering, working on industry-leading development tools. You’ll receive mentorship from experts in the field and have

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. Join us and be a member of the team that tests the development tools used to create every PlayStation® game. This is a great opportunity to continue a career in Software Testing, working on industry leading development tools and being mentored by experts in their field. What you’ll be doing Developing tests for new applications, new features and regressions. Developing test strategies with application teams. Automating tests as part of our continuous integration systems. Investigating issues and creating reproducible test cases. Conducting manual, exploratory testing. Reporting test results clearly (including performance and coverage). Developing tooling to help reduce test time and ease test execution. Make suggestions and recommendations for improvements to help shape the finished product. Collaborate with global, cross-functional teams in a multicultural environment to develop organisation-wide test strategies and infrastructure. Mentoring peers, sharing best practices, and influencing quality engineering approaches. What we are looking for 5+ years experience in developing tests for software applications. Experience of automating tests. A good understanding of software testing techniques. Good C# programming skills. Understanding of C++. Experience in triaging