Senior SDET QA Lead Focus (Los Angeles)

Senior SDET QA Lead Focus

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

Nice to Have

The estimated base pay range for this role is listed below.

$167,800 - $251,600 USD

Equal Opportunity Statement :

Sony is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All persons will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender (including gender identity, gender expression and gender reassignment), race (including colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin), religion or belief, marital or civil partnership status, disability, age, sexual orientation, pregnancy, maternity or parental status, trade union membership or membership in any other legally protected category. We strive to create an inclusive environment, empower employees and embrace diversity. We encourage everyone to respond. PlayStation is a Fair Chance employer and qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records will be considered for employment.