Senior Software Engineer SDK

About this role

<div class="content-intro"><p><strong>Why Sony Interactive Entertainment?</strong></p> <p>Sony Interactive Entertainment isn’t just the Best Place to Play — it’s also the Best Place to Work. Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) is the company behind the PlayStation brand. As a subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation, we’re 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. Our role at SIE is to create and nurture the experiences under the PlayStation brand, a name synonymous with entertainment excellence and creativity.</p></div><h2><span style="color: rgb(73, 73, 73); font-size: 12pt;">Are you looking for a challenge?</span></h2> <p><span style="color: #494949;">We are seeking a Software Engineer to join the team to develop, maintain, and improve the framework powering a rich set of user experiences on multiple platforms.</span></p> <h2><span style="color: rgb(73, 73, 73); font-size: 12pt;">What you will be doing?</span></h2> <ul> <li style="color: #000000 !important;"> <p><span style="color: #494949;">Implement and improve framework features and SDKs across multiple platforms while collaborating with application teams to help them meet their feature and performance requirements</span></p> </li> <li> <p><span style="color: #494949;">Build clean, well-documented, and reusable APIs to simplify integration with platform services</span></p> </li> <li> <p><span style="color: #494949;">Ensure SDKs are performant, scalable, and backward-compatible across versions</span></p> </li> <li> <p><span style="color: #494949;">Collaborate with framework, and application teams to define SDK requirements and developer experience</span></p> </li> <li> <p><span style="color: #494949;">Create and maintain developer documentation, sample apps, and integration guides</span></p> </li> <li> <p><span style="color: #494949;">Debug and resolve integration issues reported by partner teams or SDK consumers</span></p> </li> <li> <p><span style="color: #494949;">Continuously improve SDK usability, reliability, and adoption</span></p> </li> <li style="color: #000000 !important;"> <p><span style="color: #494949;">Collaborate with team lead and peers to seek/give feedback on pull requests, gather technical requirements and technical design documents</span></p> </li> </ul> <h2><span style="color: rgb(73, 73, 73); font-size: 12pt;">What we are looking for?</span></h2> <ul> <li style="color: #000000 !important;"> <p><span style="color: #494949;">B.S. degree in Computer Science or equivalent fields</span></p> </li> <li style="color: #000000 !important;"> <p><span style="color: #494949;">3-5 years of professional software development experience</span></p> </li> <li style="color: #000000 !important;"> <p><span style="color: #494949;">Experience writing high-performance code in C++</span></p> </li> <li style="color: #000000 !important;"> <p><span style="color: #494949;">Experience with Jenkins or any CI/CD tools</span></p> </li> <li style="color: #000000 !important;"> <p><span style="color: #494949;">Experience writing JavaScript and/or TypeScript with popular frameworks like React, Angular, Ember and similar.</span></p> </li> <li> <p><span style="color: #494949;">Solid understanding of API design principles, versioning, and backward compatibility</span></p> </li> </ul> <h2><span style="color: rgb(73, 73, 73); font-size: 12pt;">Bonus qualifications</span></h2> <ul> <li style="color: #000000 !important;"> <p><span style="color: #494949;">Familiar with React Native</span></p> </li> <li> <p><span style="color: #494949;">Experience building and shipping SDKs, libraries, or developer-facing platforms</span></p> </li> <li style="color: #000000 !important;"> <p><span style="color: #494949;">Familiar with Development on multiple platforms (Linux, Android, Windows)</span></p> </li> <li> <p><span style="color: #494949;">Experience with package management and distribution tools (e.g., Maven, Gradle, CocoaPods, npm, Conan)</span></p> </li> <li> <p><span style="color: #494949;">Experience working on cross-platform SDKs (Android, iOS, Web, or desktop)</span></p> </li> </ul> <p><span style="color: #494949;">#LI-AT1</span></p><div class="content-pay-transparency"><div class="pay-input"><div class="description"><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">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.<br></span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br>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.&nbsp;<br></span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br>In addition, this role </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">is eligible</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> 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. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">This role also may be eligible for a bonus package.</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Click&nbsp;</span><a href="https://careers.playstation.com/benefits" target="_blank"><strong>here</strong></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> to learn more.</span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p></div><div class="title">The estimated base pay range for this role is listed below.</div><div class="pay-range"><span>$193,300</span><span class="divider">—</span><span>$289,900 USD</span></div></div></div><div class="content-conclusion"><p class="p1">Please note, Sony Interactive Entertainment conducts background checks at the offer stage for all new employees (which may include criminal background checks f