Senior Software Engineer, PlayStation

$199.2-208.7k

AWS

Java

Kafka

Redis

Kotlin

MySQL

Spark

Spring

Grafana

Flink

Kinesis

Guice

SpringBoot

DynamoDB

Datadog

Junior, Mid and Senior level

San Francisco Bay Area

Office located in San Mateo, CA

Gaming and digital entertainment provider

Be an early applicant

Gaming and digital entertainment provider

1001+ employees

B2CGamingEntertainmenteSports

Be an early applicant

$199.2-208.7k

AWS

Java

Kafka

Redis

Kotlin

MySQL

Spark

Spring

Grafana

Flink

Kinesis

Guice

SpringBoot

DynamoDB

Datadog

Junior, Mid and Senior level

San Francisco Bay Area

Office located in San Mateo, CA

1001+ employees

B2CGamingEntertainmenteSports

Company mission

To create a gaming experience without barriers that fits the needs of players of all abilities.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

Master’s degree in Computer Science, or related field or equivalent, and two (2) years of experience designing and developing real-time distributed systems to power core experiences

What the job involves

Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC seeks a Sr. Software Engineer in San Mateo, CA to architect, design, and develop mission critical data activation platform
Developing distributed systems with a focus on low latency, high throughput, and high availability
Utilizing AWS services and ability to manage AWS components DynamoDB, S3, SQS, and IAM
Using dependency injection frameworks including Guice and Spring to build modular and testable code
Developing application through TDD (Test Driven Development) and unit testing process using Junit and Mockito
Monitoring service health using Cloudwatch, DataDog, and Grafana
Ensuring rapid delivery of services using CI/CD infrastructure
Managing data pipelines, real-time data flows, stream processing and distributing data flows using Kafka, Flink, and Spark
Ensuring high throughput through caching data in stores including Redis and Aerospike
And in executing duties, utilizing MySQL database, Spring frameworks (Springboot and Spring Actuator), event streaming platforms including Kafka, Kinesis, SQS, and SNS and JVM based languages including Java/Kotlin
Telecommuting and/or working from home may be permissible pursuant to company policies

Our take

Since the release of the PS1 in 1994, PlayStation has been a consistent leader in the video gaming market. Its consoles are iconic in the gaming community - PlayStation has produced both the top-selling and fastest-selling console of all time - and the company is still pushing boundaries. Its current flagship - the PS5 - promises to revolutionise gaming, featuring new technology that will create improvements across the board.

As well as its consoles, PlayStation has also developed online services, connecting its users and giving them access to diversified media. A PlayStation can be used for a huge range of activities - from Netflix to guided workouts - which has led to the expansion of the company's audience over time and across generations.

PlayStation faces competition in its field from the likes of Microsoft, with its Xbox range, and PC gaming, which has been becoming more popular in recent years. Regardless, PlayStation shows no signs of slowing down. The upcoming implementation of in-game ads in free games looks to significantly increase revenue, and the wider PlayStation gaming experience also appears to be evolving from plans to launch live service games in upcoming years.