Senior Software Engineer, PlayStation
+ Discretionary bonus
Gaming and digital entertainment provider
Open for applications
Gaming and digital entertainment provider
1001+ employees
Open for applications
+ Discretionary bonus
1001+ employees
Company mission
To create a gaming experience without barriers that fits the needs of players of all abilities.
Role
Who you are
- We’re looking for someone who is passionate about building innovative data platforms that scale to millions of users, collaborating across Engineering and Product teams in an agile environment
- 5+ years experience developing high scale, distributed systems
- Experience building Data Platforms (Databricks experience a plus) ground up dealing with Structured and semi structured data
- Experience building & supporting platform capabilities around Catalog, analytics, ETL and ELT
- Experience with one of the programming languages- Scala, Java, or Python
- Experience building and developing Cloud-based applications or services, preferably in AWS
- Experience working with event streaming platforms (Kafka/Kinesis/SQS)
- Experience with distributed processing systems such as Apache Spark and/or Apache Flink
- Ability to handle periodic on-call duty as well as out-of-band requests
- Ability to conduct technical deep dives into the code, cloud networking, deployments, and architecture, and work closely with product
- Experience handling Unstructured data (Audio, video, text files, Images etc) is a plus
What the job involves
- You will work on solving complex data challenges, improving platform capabilities, and ensuring high availability, all while supporting a dynamic, interactive environment for PlayStation users
- You’ll have the opportunity to work with the latest technologies, tools, and processes, helping to drive forward our technical and architectural goals
- End-to-end ownership of the development process; from working with product requirements to go-to-market strategy
- Identify performance bottlenecks and build solutions for them
- Build highly available and performant platforms
- Actively collaborate with Global teams located in different time zones
- Play a pivotal role in Design, implement, ship, and maintain highly visible consumer-facing features
- This position requires extensive hands-on technical domain expertise in data infrastructure within the AWS ecosystem
- You will participate in product road-map discussions and identify key areas for improvements for the data platform
- Tackle scalability issues with innovative technologies
- Lead and mentor junior team members
- Actively participates in rotational, on-call support for Production/critical issues
- Create required technical and user documentation
- Represent the team in technical forums, present designs, and share experiences with other Sony software development organizations
- Ensure accuracy and completeness through usage of unit tests for portions of code delivered
- Propose and implement innovative solutions to customer use cases by collaborating with Product and engineering teams
Salary benchmarks
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 revolutionize 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.
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Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
8% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Private medical insurance
- Private dental insurance
- Flexible working policy (remote working, flexible hours)
- Free fruit every day in our offices
- On-site free gym (London & Liverpool)
- On-site subsidised cafés
- On-site bar (Thursdays & Fridays, London & Liverpool)
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Eye care assistance
- x2 volunteering days each year
- Group pension plan
- Discretionary bonus scheme
- Season ticket loans
- Life assurance
- Income protection
- 25 days holiday, plus Bank Holidays
- Discretionary days off over Christmas and summer
- Free giveaways of select first party products and services
- Discounts on PlayStation products
- Discounts on Sony products
- Access to other corporate discounts
Company HQ
East San Mateo, San Mateo, CA
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Leadership
Jim Ryan
(CEO, not founder)Ryan joined Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe (SIEE) in 1994. Taking over as SIEE president in 2011, he later moved on to head of global sales and marketing at SIE in April 2016. Ryan has served as deputy president of SIE since January 2018, before being appointed CEO in February 2019.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at PlayStation
- We're proud to celebrate diversity at PlayStation
- Our Employee Resource groups, including Women@PlayStation, REPRESENT@PlayStation, Wellbeing@PlayStation, and our award-winning LGBTQ+ group, Pride@PlayStation, actively promote inclusion in the workplace and beyond
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