Senior Software Engineering Manager, PlayStation

• At least 5+ years in an engineering manager role. (Past experience supervising people managers is helpful.)
• At least eight years of professional programming experience
• Experienced in building and running complex highly scalable software systems
• Significant experience with software engineering practices, software automation and testing systems (for example, Jenkins)
• Experience managing, coaching, and mentoring engineers or technical developers through at least one full production cycle
• Proficient in Python programming, confidence to provide guidance to junior engineers in code review
• Robust understanding of computer and software architecture
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent
• Possessing outstanding verbal and written communication skills, which encompass presenting to product managers, software engineers, project managers, and customers
• Ability to present technical information in a clear and concise manner to executives and non-technical leaders
• Experience recruiting software engineering talent
• Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to communicate problems in advance and tackle them rather than responding to them afterwards
• Creative and ambitious leader who embraces change and has a desire to continually improve

Desirable

• Lead a diverse team of our Managers and Software Engineers. Handle hiring, mentoring, work planning, career growth, and performance management
• Facilitate communication and feedback between engineers and quality engineering teams, capturing requirements for the tools and infrastructure that will tackle future test automation challenges
• Lead all aspects of delivery for general tech architecture and infrastructure to support the continued development of the project, including tools and pipelines
• Research and craft new tools for overcoming inefficient processes by automating work
• Coordinate construction of plans, processes, samples, and documentation with our global software development, documentation, and remote offshore engineering teams
• Lead retrospective analysis of activities and champion continuous process improvement
• Monitor and review everyone’s performance, deliver regular performance appraisals
• Lead day-to-day activities of engineering team using Agile/Scrum methodology
• Identify recruitment needs and participate in recruitment to further develop the team. Foster their professional development
• Participate in technical communication within the team and to other groups associated with specified projects to define system requirements and/or necessary modifications
• Define team member development and career path opportunities with team members and mentor them to achieve goals
• Create and follow-up on staffing plans and budgets for your teams
• Ensure effective succession planning for the team