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Software Eng II

United States, San Mateo, CA

Why PlayStation?

PlayStation isn’t just the Best Place to Play — it’s also the Best Place to Work. Today, we’re recognized as a global leader in entertainment producing The PlayStation family of products and services including PlayStation®5, PlayStation®4, PlayStation®VR, PlayStation®Plus, acclaimed PlayStation software titles from PlayStation Studios, and more.

PlayStation also strives to create an inclusive environment that empowers employees and embraces diversity. We welcome and encourage everyone who has a passion and curiosity for innovation, technology, and play to explore our open positions and join our growing global team.

The PlayStation brand falls under Sony Interactive Entertainment, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation.

Full-Stack Software Engineer

San Mateo, CA
 

We are looking for a full-stack software engineer to join our agile high-performance Dev Team and contribute to the Best Place to Play. You will apply your software development skills and Web technologies to delight our users with innovative features. You will work and collaborate daily with a diverse team dedicated to excellence, inclusion, and fun. This is a rare opportunity to be part of one of the world’s most recognized brands, and to collaborate with PlayStation engineering teams across the globe.
 

Responsibilities:

  • Work as part of an Agile Scrum team to design and develop end-to-end RNPS/Javascript-based applications in the front-end, or Java/JS/Graph QL in the backend, delivering highly scalable applications running on the PS5 console.

  • Collaborate with UX designers and Product Management on requirements.

  • Investigate and Resolve reported Defects and work with the QE team members to close on the issues.

  • Work on continuous improvement of software, by profiling, refactoring and optimizing the code.

  • Work with limited supervision under tight time constraints and respond to rapidly evolving requirements.

  • Own sharable features and components across several projects and be accountable for the results.

  • Ability to support and develop SDK/Sample Programs in native C++ code as needed

  • Ability to develop server components
     

Required Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field. Equivalent industry experience will be evaluated.

  • Solid base in Computer Science, understanding of OOP, Data Structures, and Design Patterns.

  • Strong technical, analytical and problem-solving skills.

  • 2+ years of experience with designing and developing apps, plus experience in services integration.

  • Strong programming skills using JavaScript, RNPS, Java, HTML5, CSS3, JSON. Knowledge of C/C++

  • Experience in Java or other server programming languages like Python

  • Passionate about quality and writing clean, readable code that scales and performs well.

  • A collaborative teammate, a fast learner, with a positive and can-do attitude.

  • Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.

 

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Familiarity with popular JavaScript UI frameworks (such as Ember and Angular), Node.js, and Restful APIs.

  • Experience writing multi-threaded applications

  • Understanding on how to develop high scale, distributed systems for information retrieval, such as Lecene/Elastic search, or Solr

  • Works with Docker and Kubernetes in current role

  • Built and developed Cloud-based applications or services, preferably in AWS

  • Built and developed GraphQL-based applications

  • Understanding on how to leverage AI technologies to improve development efficiency

  • Experience with Spring Boot, Kafka, Graph databases.

  • Experience working with GitHub source code management, and CI/CD frameworks.

  • Experience with Agile/Scrum software development methodologies.

  • Experience working in Gaming, Digital Media Services, Device Software.

  • Experience working with a large multi-cultural team that values collaboration and inclusive professional conduct. 
     

Sony is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All persons will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, legally protected physical or mental disability, covered veteran status, status in the U.S. uniformed services, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, genetic information 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. 

We sincerely appreciate the time and effort you spent in contacting us and we thank you for your interest in PlayStation

Please refer to our Candidate Privacy Notice for more information about how we process your personal information, and your data protection rights.

 

At SIE, we consider several factors when setting each role’s base pay range, including the competitive benchmarking data for the market and geographic location.

Please note that the base pay range may vary in line with our hybrid working policy and individual base pay will be determined based on job-related factors which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location. 

In addition, this role is eligible for SIE’s top-tier benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, matching 401(k), paid time off, wellness program and coveted employee discounts for Sony products. This role also may be eligible for a bonus package. Click here to learn more.

 

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

$157,300 - $187,600 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.

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