Why PlayStation?

PlayStation isn’t just the Best Place to Play — it’s also the Best Place to Work. Today, we’re recognized as a global leader in entertainment producing The PlayStation family of products and services including PlayStation®5, PlayStation®4, PlayStation®VR, PlayStation®Plus, acclaimed PlayStation software titles from PlayStation Studios, and more.

PlayStation also strives to create an inclusive environment that empowers employees and embraces diversity. We welcome and encourage everyone who has a passion and curiosity for innovation, technology, and play to explore our open positions and join our growing global team.

The PlayStation brand falls under Sony Interactive Entertainment, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation.

The Team:

The Accounts & Identity team builds highly scalable java based services that safely connects PlayStation users with the social and entertainment experiences they love. Our services provide customers with always-available unified experiences to enrich the PlayStation ecosystem with simplicity, security, and reliability. Our mission is to provide the highest level of safety, performance and reliability for our customers.

What you'll be doing:

As a Senior Software Development Engineer, you will design and develop highly scalable, distributed services, as well as collaborate with product managers, architects , engineers, and operations team members across playstation. This is a fast-paced environment that leverages lightweight SOA design patterns. We encourage innovation and expect developers to take a high level of ownership throughout the software life cycle.

About You:

You are a strong developer with experience and interest in distributed systems, databases, performance and scalability.

What we're looking for:

BS or Master’s Degree in Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent experience
5+ years of experience in developing business critical software using Enterprise Java/J2EE, Web Services, REST, JSON/XML, expert level of object oriented programming analysis and design
2+ years’ experience developing with AWS native services such as EC2, EKS, S3, Kinesis, Glue, Lambda, SQS, SNS and DynamoDB
Experience developing applications on Java Services on Linux platforms
Experience with servlet containers (e.g., Tomcat, Reactor Netty), JAXRS, Spring, and related technologies
Experience developing web services using JSON and XML
Prior experience working with Python is a plus
Proficient in software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations
Demonstrated ability to take a project from initial scope out of requirements to launch
Possess deep knowledge of computer science fundamentals such as object oriented design, data structures, algorithm design, problem solving, and complexity analysis.

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience with micro service architecture.
Experience creating UML artifacts (e.g., class, sequence, and component diagrams)
Experience with AI driven development tools for code review and pipeline management
Experience in requirements engineering, describing software product features, and technical designs.
Experience with large scale account management systems with high throughput requirements
Experience in deploying, operating, and managing services in AWS or other cloud environments.
Asynchronous programming, Non-blocking I/O, Event-driven and back pressure handling
Experience building high performance, active-active, linearly scalable production services (Enterprise Java/J2EE, or C++, Web Services, REST, SQL/NoSQL data layers)

Please note, Sony Interactive Entertainment conducts background checks at the offer stage for all new employees (which may include criminal background checks for some roles) and will need to process personal information to support these checks.

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Equal Opportunity Statement:

Sony is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All persons will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender (including gender identity, gender expression and gender reassignment), race (including colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin), religion or belief, marital or civil partnership status, disability, age, sexual orientation, pregnancy, maternity or parental status, trade union membership or membership in any other legally protected category.

We strive to create an inclusive environment, empower employees and embrace diversity. We encourage everyone to respond.

PlayStation is a Fair Chance employer and qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records will be considered for employment.

Senior Software Engineer

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