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Senior Software Engineer
1 year ago
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 Corporation.
Sr. Software Engineer
San Diego, CA
The Accounts Domain platform team is a seasoned team at SIE which interacts with various core systems server side, client side, and commerce related teams. Using state of the art technology, leveraging AWS native service, we create high transaction, low latency systems that live at the heart of every module in core platform engineering.
This is a fast paced, high-visibility engineering position with SIE’s core platform engineering organization helping to establish a linear scale, highly available, fault-tolerant, globally distributed accounts services platform.
This next generation fraud platform will support the global, fast growing SIE customer base, world class PlayStation consoles, hand-held devices and network entertainment services such as PlayStation Now. This key role will lead the technology transformation of the network services platform including existing and new services supporting the dramatic customer growth on the platform.
As a Senior Software Development Engineer in the team, you will design highly scalable systems, develop distributed services, collaborate with product managers, architects, engineers, operations team members across PlayStation and build solid payment platform solutions. We are a fast-paced environment, using lightweight SOA design patterns. We encourage innovation and expect developers to take a high level of ownership throughout the software life cycle.
Specific Job Responsibilities:
- Develop java based micro services using Spring boot and AWS managed services
- Develop AWS based systems using managed services such as:
- AWS Lambda (Python and Java)
- AWS Kinesis Firehose
- AWS Kinesis Analytics
- AWS S3
- AWS Glue
- AWS DynamoDB
- AWS SNS
- AWS SQS
- Work with the scrum team directly to provide code reviews for other team members
- Work with the scrum team directly to provide QA in specific projects such as:
- Account Creation
- Account Management
- Parental Control settings
- Child Privacy Settings
- Age Verification
- Work with other scrum teams to share knowledge
- Support Accounts Domain systems in production
- Work directly and indirectly with PlayStation's Core Commerce, Accounts & Identity and Global Fraud Management teams.
If you are a strong developer with experience and interest in distributed systems and databases, performance and scalability, we'd like to talk to you.
Basic Qualifications:
- BS or Master’s Degree in Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent experience
- 7+ 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, S3, Kinesis, Glue, Lambda, SQS, SNS and DynamoDB
- Experience developing applications on Unix/Linux platforms
- Experience with servlet containers (e.g., Tomcat), JAXRS, Spring, and related technologies
- Experience developing web services using JSON and XML
- Proficient in the SDLC, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations
- Demonstrated ability to take a project from scoping requirements to actual launch of project
- 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 in requirements engineering, describing software product features, and technical designs.
- Experience with an e-commerce company or Payments software is a plus
- Experience in deploying, operating, and managing services in AWS or other cloud environments.
- Experience building highly performant, active-active, linearly scalable production services (Enterprise Java/J2EE, or C++, Web Services, REST, SQL/NoSQL data layers)
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At SIE, we consider several factors when setting each role’s base pay range, including the competitive benchmarking data for the market and geographic location.
Please note that the base pay range may vary in line with our hybrid working policy and individual base pay will be determined based on job-related factors which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location.
In addition, 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 coveted employee discounts for Sony products. This role also may be eligible for a bonus package. Click here to learn more.
The estimated base pay range for this role is listed below.
$131,100 — $196,700 USD
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 or maternity, trade union membership or membership in any other legally protected category.
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