Senior Software Engineer - Platform Core Solutions/Shared Services

The Platform Core Solutions/Shared Services Development Team designs and builds solutions that provide standardized capabilities across the PlayStation platform. Our services include REST micro‑services and Java libraries.

Senior Engineer Responsibilities

• Perform in-depth analysis of functional or business requirements.
• Design and develop highly performant and scalable services and libraries using industry standards.
• Play a senior role in design, development, quality and operations of services owned by the team partnering across product management, architects and operations. Drive performance testing strategy, define workflows. Develop test scripts and scenarios to meet these requirements.
• Position requires hands‑on technical expertise coupled with excellent problem‑solving and communication skills.
• Use agile development methodologies, provide time/resource estimates.
• Participate in on‑call rotations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor or Master’s degree in computer science or equivalent.
• 5+ years of software development experience, proficiency in Java programming and object‑oriented analysis and design.
• Experience developing high performance, scalable, active‑active web services using REST and JSON.
• Experience working with Spring, Spring Boot and related Spring technologies.
• Proven understanding of SQL. Experience working with relational (Oracle or similar) and NoSQL databases (Aerospike, Dynamo or similar).
• Hands‑on experience in Amazon Web Services at enterprise scale is required including familiarity with EKS and managed services like DynamoDB, Kinesis, Lambda etc.
• Experience with Python and GO is a plus.
• Track record monitoring and analyzing system performance, isolating issues or bottlenecks that could impact reliability, performance and scalability.
• Experience executing performance testing and/or development efforts for complex, high‑throughput systems.
• Drive and passion for quality with the ability to excite and motivate other team members.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, ability to work with geographically remote teams.

Sony is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All persons will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, legally protected physical or mental disability, covered veteran status, status in the U.S. uniformed services, sexual orientation, marital status, genetic information or membership in any other legally protected category.

The estimated base pay range for this role is $177,300 - $265,900 USD. This role is eligible for SIE's top‑tier benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, matching 401(k), paid time off, wellness program and employee discounts. The role may also be eligible for a bonus package.