Senior Software Engineer, Quality Engineering

Salary: £60,000 - 100,000 per year

Requirements:

• We need strong practical Python skills for engineering automation, tooling, diagnostics, test orchestration, or quality-focused workflows.
• We need experience building, maintaining, or improving CI/CD, build, test, release, or deployment automation, using tools such as Jenkins/Groovy or equivalent systems.
• We need experience developing, maintaining, or improving automated tests, test frameworks, test infrastructure, or quality-focused tooling.
• We need a strong testing mindset, including the ability to identify risk, understand failure modes, question assumptions, and design practical approaches to build confidence in complex systems.
• We need experience applying quality engineering practices beyond test execution, such as improving testability, observability, diagnostics, developer feedback, reporting, and release confidence.
• We need the ability to diagnose and resolve issues across complex build, test, CI, deployment, or execution environments.
• We need comfort working across Linux and Windows development environments.
• We need familiarity with test frameworks such as pytest, GTest, or similar, and an understanding of quality metrics, test reporting, or practical test strategy.
• We need experience using AI-assisted coding tools, LLMs, or agentic technologies to improve engineering productivity, with the ability to review, validate, and apply generated output safely.
• We need the ability to work with ambiguity by asking good questions, identifying risks, breaking broad problems into practical steps, and making sound engineering decisions when details are not fully defined.
• We need pragmatic engineering judgement, including knowing when to build a robust long-term solution and when to deliver a focused improvement that unblocks progress.
• We need clear communication and collaborative problem-solving, especially when working across distributed teams, resolving unclear ownership, and advocating for quality engineering concerns.
• We need a willingness to take responsibility for quality engineering improvements, including proposing practical options, implementing changes, and following up with the teams involved.
• Useful additional experience includes C, C++, C#, or Rust; CMake or similar build systems; .NET development or testing workflows; container, Kubernetes, or VM-based environments; desktop application testing; graphics APIs or graphics-adjacent testing; AI/ML, MLOps, or data-driven quality workflows; large-scale test infrastructure, reporting, or quality analytics; developer productivity, platform engineering, or internal tooling; and introducing or improving AI-assisted engineering workflows within a team.

Responsibilities:

• We build and improve CI/CD pipelines that support SDK build, test, validation, and release workflows.
• We develop Python-based automation and tooling for test orchestration, system validation, diagnostics, reporting, and quality visibility.
• We create, maintain, and improve automated tests across unit, integration, system, and end-to-end levels.
• We apply a testing mindset to engineering problems by identifying risks, questioning assumptions, improving observability, and designing solutions that are easier to validate and maintain.
• We help teams bake quality into solutions early by influencing design, implementation, testability, diagnostics, and release confidence.
• We investigate issues across build, test, deployment, and execution environments, then improve the workflows that allow teams to detect, diagnose, and prevent similar issues.
• We support Linux and Windows development environments, including cross-platform scripting, automation, debugging, and build/test workflows.
• We use test frameworks, quality metrics, reporting, and engineering data to improve quality visibility and support practical test strategy.
• We work with SDK teams to clarify quality risks, align on shared initiatives, and turn broad goals into actionable engineering work.
• We identify bottlenecks, fragile processes, gaps in automation, weak feedback loops, or weaknesses in test coverage, then drive pragmatic improvements with the teams involved.
• We use AI-assisted and agentic engineering technologies responsibly to improve coding, debugging, test generation, refactoring, documentation, triage, and team efficiency.
• We build domain knowledge across SDK areas through planned rotations or focused assignments, contributing useful improvements in new technical contexts.
• We balance immediate delivery needs with longer-term improvements to SDK quality engineering practices, CI/CD reliability, developer feedback, and test effectiveness.
• We coordinate with teams across London, Bristol, and Dublin, including occasional planned travel where useful.
• We mentor peers, share good engineering practices, and help influence quality engineering approaches across teams.

Technologies:

• AI
• C#
• CI/CD
• Groovy
• Hardware
• Support
• Jenkins
• Kubernetes
• Linux
• MLOps
• Network
• Python
• Rust
• Windows
• pytest
• ASP.NET
• Agentic AI

More:

We are Sony Interactive Entertainment, the company behind the PlayStation brand, and part of Sony Group Corporation. We are a dynamic technology company delivering cutting-edge hardware and network services to more than 100 million people, and we are home to some of the worlds most beloved entertainment IP. In this Senior Software Engineer role, you will help strengthen the Quality Engineering foundation across our SDK teams, working across London, Bristol, and Dublin with occasional planned travel where useful. We offer an inclusive environment that values innovation, collaboration, and practical engineering impact, and we consider qualified applicants fairly and inclusively. We also conduct background checks at the offer stage for all new employees.

last updated 34 week of 2026