Why Sony Interactive Entertainment?
Sony Interactive Entertainment isn’t just the Best Place to Play — it’s also the Best Place to Work. Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) is the company behind the PlayStation brand. As a subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation, we’re part of a proud legacy of innovation and excellence. SIE is a dynamic technology company, delivering cutting-edge hardware and network services to more than 100 million people and an entertainment leader, home to some of the most beloved and recognizable intellectual properties (IP) in the world. Our role at SIE is to create and nurture the experiences under the PlayStation brand, a name synonymous with entertainment excellence and creativity.
Why Join Us?
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
The role
We are looking for a Software Engineer to join the Kit Manager team, working on the design and development of a scalable private cloud solution for managing PlayStation Development Kits along with the provision of associated APIs and services as part of the PlayStation® SDK.
What you’ll be doing
- Own the end-to-end delivery of features, from requirements analysis and design through implementation and validation
- Investigate, debug, and resolve issues in existing code and newly developed featuresParticipate in requirements gathering and architectural discussions, collaborating with cross-functional teams in an agile environment
- Participate in code reviews and contribute to maintaining high engineering standards
- Attend periodic in-person workshops and team events, with occasional travel as required
What we’re looking for
You should bring some of the following skills and experience:
- Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills
- A passion for building intuitive products with a strong focus on user experience and developer workflows
- Commercial or open-source experience developing software in Rust, with the ability to design, implement, and maintain production-quality code, and a strong understanding of Rust fundamentals including ownership, borrowing, lifetimes, traits, generics, error handling, and asynchronous programming with Tokio
- Strong commercial experience developing software in modern C++
- A solid understanding of concurrency, multithreaded programming, and modern software design principles
- Experience writing automated tests and applying modern software testing practices
- Proficiency with Git or other distributed version control systems
Desirable skills and experience
- Experience developing cross-platform applications for Windows, Linux, and macOS
- Experience with PostgreSQL or other relational databases
- Experience building APIs using gRPC and/or REST
- Experience deploying and managing applications using Kubernetes and/or AWS
- Proficiency with Docker, Podman or other container technologies
- Experience developing user interfaces with React
Qualifications
- BSc /MSc in Computer Science or equivalent experience
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 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.
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.
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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.
Sony Interactive Entertainment is a Fair Chance employer and qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records will be considered for employment.
