Software Development Engineer In Test

Electronic Arts is seeking an experienced Software Development Engineer in Test to join the DICE Quality Engineering team in Bucharest, Romania.

As a SDET, you will report to an Engineering Manager based in Bucharest while partnering with members from all DICE locations. Your primary focus will be on improving the player experience by delivering technical solutions that reduce testing time, enhance productivity, and improve the quality verification and game development lifecycle.

Responsibilities:

• Architect and scale reliable and maintainable test automation frameworks from scratch across Front End, World Levels, Backend, and API layers.
• Establish the long-term technical vision for test automation tools, libraries, and infrastructure across the Quality Engineering department.
• Influence system architecture early on to promote "shift-left" testing methodologies, ensuring testability is baked into the design phase.
• Architect and improve the integration of automated tests into CI/CD pipelines, maximizing build speed and reliable feedback loops.
• Lead non-functional testing strategies, including advanced performance engineering, load testing, security vulnerability scanning, and chaos engineering.
• Establish the foundation for DICE test automation to evolve from a "Script-First" to an "AI-Native" approach.
• Develop adversarial testing frameworks to detect biases, edge cases, and flaws in ML and Generative AI models.
• Research and lead the development of "Self-Healing" auto-tests by injecting Generative AI into the runtime execution loop.
• Be the ultimate technical escalation point for critical automation failures, blocking pipeline issues, or production quality incidents.
• Partner with Engineering Managers, Solution Architects, and Product Owners to agree on organization goals delivery.
• Mentor mid-level Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)s and Test Designers, evolving their coding, framework design, and engineering skills.

Requirements:

• Minimum of 5+ years of experience in a Software Engineering, DevOps, or Software Development Engineer in Test role.
• Proficiency in at least one object-oriented or functional language (e.g., Python, Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, or Go).
• Experience with CI/CD tools (GitHub Actions, GitLab, or Jenkins) and containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Understanding of complex, distributed cloud systems and ability to identify structural integration risks.
• Capability to explain technical quality risks to both technical developers and non-technical partners or product leaders.

Benefits:

• Comprehensive benefits package, including physical, emotional, financial, professional, and social well-being.
• Locally tailored benefits, which may include healthcare, mental health support, retirement funds, paid and family leaves, free games, and more.