Senior Software Engineering Manager (Quality Engineering) in Bristol

Why PlayStation?

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We are looking for a creative, diligent Senior Software Engineering Manager who will be responsible for driving the engineering teams researching and developing the next generation of PlayStation's testing technology. This technology - including automation tools, framework and CI infrastructure - is used to analyze the quality of front end workflows on the PS5.

As a Senior Manager, Software Engineering (Quality Engineering), you will lead and develop a team responsible for ensuring high-quality software delivery across multiple products and platforms. This role shapes quality strategy, drives engineering excellence, and enables efficient, reliable release processes. You will work cross-functionally and lead a distributed team across locations, embedding quality practices throughout the development lifecycle. The position entails collaboration with quality management leadership, different internal departments, as well as open source software communities. Together we will build an environment oriented to trust, open communication, creative thinking and cohesive team effort. You will also work closely with your peers and leadership to establish project prioritisation, team goals and overall quality.

What you’ll be doing:

• Lead, mentor, and develop a distributed team of quality engineers across multiple products and platforms.
• Manage and support remote team members, fostering effective collaboration across geographically dispersed teams.
• Define team member development and career path opportunities with team members and mentor them to achieve goals.
• Monitor and review everyone’s performance, deliver regular performance appraisals.
• Manage team capacity planning, hiring, onboarding and ensure effective succession planning for your teams.
• Lead day-to-day activities of engineering team using Agile/Scrum methodology.
• Define and implement quality engineering strategy, vision, and best practices to support reliable and efficient software delivery.
• Partner with product and development teams to define test strategies, acceptance criteria, and release plans.
• Identify, assess, and communicate risks to delivery timelines and product quality.
• Lead all aspects of delivery for general technical architecture and infrastructure to support the continued development of projects, including tools and pipelines.
• Research and craft new tools for overcoming inefficient processes by automating work.
• Advocate for reducing technical debt, improving test coverage, and maintaining engineering standards.
• Lead retrospective analysis of activities and champion continuous process improvement.

What We’re Looking For:

• At least five years in a people management role. Proven success in people management including mentorship. Past experience supervising people managers is strongly preferred.
• Effective leading of multiple Agile teams in quality and testing engineering domains. (Software engineering managers with deep experience and understanding of testing groups and processes should also apply.)
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills, which encompass presenting to senior leadership, product managers, software engineers, project managers, and customers.
• Significant experience with software engineering practices, software automation and testing systems (for example, Jenkins).
• Proficient in Python programming. Enough C++ experience to provide guidance in larger architectural discussion and occasional code review.
• A solid understanding of the software development lifecycle, and applying proven software methodologies to testing and driving reductions in technical debt.

Nice-to-haves:

• Machine learning background.
• Prior experience with console or PC game development.
• Past experience with cloud computing and containerization.
• Development and debugging tools experience on Windows.

Please note, Sony Interactive Entertainment conducts background checks at the offer stage for all new employees (which may include criminal background checks for some roles) and will need to process personal information to support these checks.

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.