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Staff Software Engineer
3 years ago
PlayStation isn’t just the Best Place to Play —it’s also the Best Place to Work. We’ve thrilled gamers since 1994, when we launched the original PlayStation. Today, we’re recognized as a global leader in interactive and digital entertainment. The PlayStation brand falls under Sony Interactive Entertainment, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sony Corporation.
Recognized as a global leader in interactive and digital entertainment, Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) is responsible for the PlayStation® brand and family of products and services. PlayStation has delivered innovation to the market since the launch of the original PlayStation in Japan in 1994. The PlayStation family of products and services include PlayStation®4, PlayStation®VR, PlayStation®Vita, PlayStation®3, PlayStation®Store, PlayStation®Plus, PlayStation™Video, PlayStation™Music, PlayStation™Now, PlayStation™Vue, PlayStation®Original and acclaimed PlayStation software titles from SIE Worldwide Studios. Headquartered in San Mateo, California, SIE is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sony Corporation and has global functions and regional headquarters in California, London and Tokyo.
Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC seeks a Staff Software Engineer in San Francisco, CA to utilize agile best practices and cutting-edge software tools and paradigms to support company applications and design and deliver high quality applications and components for the company firmware. Requires a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, or related field or equivalent, and five (5) years of progressively responsible experience architecting, developing, and maintaining frameworks, application, sub-systems and video streaming libraries. Prior experience must include five (5) years of progressively responsible experience utilizing C++/ C# and JavaScript to support and develop frameworks and libraries, including video streaming libraries and video architectures; performing software project management, requirements analysis, and designing new features for video applications and technologies; reviewing and consulting on designs, selecting methods, techniques and evaluation criteria for obtaining results; utilizing video streaming (ABR) algorithms (including video buffers, segment selection, bitrate adaptation), efficient data delivery to video clients, and network paradigms for streaming video content; and, in executing these duties, utilizing advanced development tools, including Razor, GPU Parser, Version control, and Neighborhood, HLS and DASH streaming libraries. Send resumes to SNEI-Job-Postings@am.sony.com & indicate job code MA5074160.
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