About the role
Why Sony Interactive Entertainment?
Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) is the company behind the PlayStation brand. As a subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation, the company is part of a proud legacy of innovation and excellence. SIE is a dynamic technology company, delivering cutting-edge hardware and network services to more than 100 million people and an entertainment leader, home to some of the most beloved and recognizable intellectual properties (IP) in the world. The role at SIE is to create and nurture the experiences under the PlayStation brand, a name synonymous with entertainment excellence and creativity.
Why Join Us?
PlayStation is 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 strives to create an inclusive environment that empowers employees and embraces diversity. The company welcomes and encourages everyone who has a passion and curiosity for innovation, technology, and play to explore open positions and join their growing global team.
The Role
The team is looking for a Software Engineer to join the Kit Manager team, working on the design and development of a scalable private cloud solution for managing PlayStation Development Kits along with the provision of associated APIs and services as part of the PlayStation® SDK.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Own the end-to-end delivery of features, from requirements analysis and design through implementation and validation.
- Investigate, debug, and resolve issues in existing code and newly developed features.
- Participate in requirements gathering and architectural discussions, collaborating with cross-functional teams in an agile environment.
- Participate in code reviews and contribute to maintaining high engineering standards.
- Attend periodic in-person workshops and team events, with occasional travel as required.
What We’re Looking For
You should bring some of the following skills and experience:
- Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
- A passion for building intuitive products with a strong focus on user experience and developer workflows.
- Commercial or open-source experience developing software in Rust, with the ability to design, implement, and maintain production-quality code, and a strong understanding of Rust fundamentals including ownership, borrowing, lifetimes, traits, generics, error handling, and asynchronous programming with Tokio.
- Strong commercial experience developing software in modern C++.
- A solid understanding of concurrency, multithreaded programming, and modern software design principles.
- Experience writing automated tests and applying modern software testing practices.
- Proficiency with Git or other distributed version control systems.
Desirable Skills and Experience
- Experience developing cross-platform applications for Windows, Linux, and macOS.
- Experience with PostgreSQL or other relational databases.
- Experience building APIs using gRPC and/or REST.
- Experience deploying and managing applications using Kubernetes and/or AWS.
- Proficiency with Docker, Podman or other container technologies.
- Experience developing user interfaces with React.
Qualifications
- BSc /MSc in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
Compensation and Benefits
- Base Pay Range: €69.500 - €104.300 EUR.
- Individual base pay will be determined based on job-related factors including knowledge, skills, experience, and location.
- The role is eligible for SIE’s top-tier benefits package that includes paid time off, wellness program, and employee discounts for Sony products.
- This role may be eligible for a bonus package.
Important Information
- Location: Ireland, Dublin.
- Background Checks: Sony Interactive Entertainment conducts background checks at the offer stage for all new employees (which may include criminal background checks for some roles).
- Equal Opportunity: Sony is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All persons will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, race, religion or belief, marital or civil partnership status, disability, age, sexual orientation, pregnancy, maternity or parental status, trade union membership, or any other legally protected category. Sony Interactive Entertainment is a Fair Chance employer and qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records will be considered for employment.