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Bend Studio

Sr. Software Development Engineer in Test, AI/ML

Bend Studio

San Mateo, CA · Senior

$183,000 – $274,600

Listed on Bend Studio’s own careers site. You apply with them directly — we never stand between you and the employer.

What this role is

Senior test automation engineer focused on quality assurance for AI and machine learning systems at PlayStation. The role combines test strategy leadership with hands-on automation development, specializing in validating AI model behavior, LLM-generated test cases, and ML-powered features across distributed backend services.

Our summary, not Bend Studio’s wording. The full posting is on their site.

What they ask for

Required

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent
  • 5+ years as SDET or QE engineer on backend and distributed systems
  • Experience using LLMs to generate and prioritize test cases for AI systems
  • Experience with AI evaluation tooling, prompt evaluation frameworks, or model monitoring
  • Testing RESTful APIs, microservices, and distributed architectures
  • Proficiency in Python, Java, or JavaScript for automation
  • Hands-on use of pytest, JUnit, Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, or Appium
  • CI/CD systems experience with Jenkins or GitHub Actions
  • Cloud and container technologies: AWS, GCP, Kubernetes, Docker
  • Database, monitoring, and observability tools
  • Understanding of SDLC, Agile methodologies, and release processes
  • Problem-solving, debugging, and communication skills

Nice to have

  • Statistical analysis or scenario-based ML output validation
  • ML infrastructure, data pipelines, or model-serving platforms like Seldon, KServe, Ray Serve
  • Content moderation ML, security, fraud detection, or adversarial ML experience
  • High-scale, low-latency online services testing
  • Databricks or similar ML platform experience
  • Node.js, React, or modern frontend technologies
  • Mobile, console, or non-PC platform testing

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