Software Engineering Manager
11 days 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.
Do you have strong technical abilities, outstanding interpersonal skills and can be an inspiration to your team to achieve outstanding results? We are looking for a top-tier Software Engineering Manager to help us build out our search platform that will be used across the entire PlayStation platform!
Responsibilities:
- Lead, coach, mentor and inspire a dedicated team of Software engineers to architect, build, deploy and support software that provide the best gaming experience for our customers.
- Lead multiple concurrent projects. Estimate, plan, and slice projects to deliver frequent value to production.
- Build and develop a high energy, committed, motivated engineering team focusing on engineering and operational excellence to deliver exciting business results.
- Collaborate across business units and product teams to develop and complete the team's vision, strategy, and roadmap.
- Lead day-to-day activities of engineering team using Agile/Scrum methodology.
- Collaborate with team members from offices in the US, UK and Japan
Qualifications:
- You have built and led impactful engineering teams
- You are experienced in building and running complex software systems and highly scalable/available software
- 3+ years as a Development Manager
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to present technical information in a clear and concise manner to executives and non-technical leaders
Preferred Qualifications:
- BS or Master’s Degree in Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent experience
- Experience building and developing Cloud-based applications or services, preferably in AWS
- Experience with building Java based microservices.
- Knowledge and experience with running high traffic live services is a plus.
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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 or maternity, 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.