Staff Software Engineer, PlayStation

• You have at least five years of experience building production software in modern C++ (C++17/20) with strong fundamentals in memory management, concurrency, performance, and debugging
• You have shipped tools or runtime features in AAA engines, including work on plugins/modules, asset and build pipelines, and editor/runtime integration
• You have delivered features or tooling that integrate with LLMs or other ML services, and you understand prompt design, evaluation, safety, and telemetry for production usage
• You have implemented engine-level automated testing (functional and integration), including headless execution and CI gating
• You work fluently with large code/asset repositories and are comfortable with both Perforce and Git
• You communicate clearly across disciplines and translate diverse studio requirements into pragmatic, maintainable solutions
• You write thorough documentation and favor well-tested, maintainable code

Desirable

• We’re looking for a Staff Software Engineer to build AI-powered tools and integrations that plug directly into game engines, editors, clients, and backend services
• You’ll deliver high-quality C++ integrations across proprietary studio engines, ship robust build/QA automation, and partner with multiple PlayStation Studios teams to make AI an everyday part of development
• Build and maintain engine/editor plugins, runtime SDKs, and services that integrate AI (LLMs and related systems) into game clients, servers, and build tools
• Ship performant, memory-aware C++ by profiling, optimizing, and debugging across PC/console builds with tight frame budgets
• Design stable API surfaces for game teams (C++/C API, gRPC/HTTP) with versioning, telemetry, and backward compatibility
• Stand up CI/CD for game builds and tools (UBT or proprietary build systems; artifact packaging; nightly/regression suites; distributed/accelerated builds)
• Automate QA for tooling and in-engine features using engine test frameworks and headless runs, and wire results into CI and dashboards
• Implement production LLM integrations (prompting, RAG/tool calls, guardrails/safety, observability, timeouts/retries, and cost controls)
• Collaborate with studio engineering, tech art, design, and QA to land integrations across varied codebases and pipelines
• Document patterns, provide sample projects, and deliver internal training so solutions scale across PlayStation Studios
• Influence standards and tech choices for AI in our dev stack, and contribute to shared libraries and best practices