Software Engineer, PlayStation
Gaming and digital entertainment provider
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Gaming and digital entertainment provider
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
1001+ employees
Company mission
To create a gaming experience without barriers that fits the needs of players of all abilities.
Role
Who you are
- The ideal candidate should have a strong desire to continue to learn, to develop and to explore ideas; to demonstrate strong design and coding skills, and, above all, have a passion for quality
- BSc in Computer Science or equivalent experience
- Strong C/C++ skills gained in a commercial environment
- Deep understanding of concurrency and related design patterns
- A solid understanding of software testing techniques including writing unit tests
- Confident in Git
- Strong problem-solving skills
Desirable
- MFC
- Good understanding of how memory allocation works behind the scenes, experience with writing custom memory allocators
- Experience of developing high performance / multi-threaded applications on Windows, Linux and/or MacOS
- Experience with other languages including C#, Rust and/or Python
- Strong UI / UX design skills
- WPF
- ReactiveUI
- Front-end web development using HTML / CSS / JavaScript
- .Net / Blazor / Razor Pages
- PostGreSQL
What the job involves
- Join the team that creates PlayStation development tools used by thousands of game developers, testers, artists, and producers to make every PlayStation game
- Working with experienced colleagues, you will play a fundamental role developing and improving our Target Management tool suite, primarily the Memory Analyzer tool
- Analysis of customer requirements to produce maintainable designs
- Develop and deliver work to schedule
- Participate in code and documentation reviews
- Provide estimates for tasks
- Provide guidance to technical writers producing documentation
- Work with support engineers on customer issues
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.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
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
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.
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