Senior Software Engineer - Streaming & Systems

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><p><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Senior Software Engineer - Streaming &amp; Systems</strong></span></p> <p><span style="color: #000000;">Aliso Viejo, CA</span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong><span style="color: #000000;">The vision:</span></strong></p> <p><span style="color: #000000;">As a <strong>Senior Software Engineer, Streaming &amp; Systems</strong>, you will use AI-native engineering practices to build performance-sensitive systems across game streaming, platform software, infrastructure, and emerging product areas. You’ll work across low-level C/C++, Linux and Windows, real-time media, cloud-enabled capabilities, and systems problems that are still taking shape.</span></p> <p><br><br></p> <p><strong><span style="color: #000000;">What you’ll do:</span></strong></p> <ul> <li style="color: #000000 !important;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Explore</strong>, <strong>prototype</strong>, <strong>validate</strong>, and ship performance-sensitive systems that improve reliability, developer velocity, and user experience.</span></li> <li style="color: #000000 !important;"><span style="color: #000000;">Build low-level and performance-sensitive software in <strong>C/C++</strong>, primarily in <strong>Linux</strong> environments.</span></li> <li style="color: #000000 !important;"><span style="color: #000000;">Work across <strong>game streaming</strong>, <strong>platform</strong> software, <strong>infrastructure</strong>, developer <strong>tooling</strong>, and <strong>cloud</strong>-enabled capabilities.</span></li> <li style="color: #000000 !important;"><span style="color: #000000;">Use <strong>AI-native</strong> workflows for code exploration, implementation, debugging, testing, documentation, automation, and rapid prototyping.</span></li> <li style="color: #000000 !important;"><span style="color: #000000;">Investigate ways <strong>cloud-delivered</strong> <strong>experiences</strong> can become better than local experiences.</span></li> <li style="color: #000000 !important;"><span style="color: #000000;">Turn <strong>ambiguous ideas</strong> into demos, experiments, measurements, and production-quality implementations.</span></li> <li style="color: #000000 !important;"><span style="color: #000000;">Debug complex <strong>systems</strong> issues across performance, reliability, platform behavior, and production-like environments.</span></li> <li style="color: #000000 !important;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Collaborate</strong> with a focused engineering team and domain experts across streaming, platform, infrastructure, and cloud.</span></li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong><span style="color: #000000;">You’re a great fit if you have:</span></strong></p> <ul> <li style="color: #000000 !important;"><span style="color: #000000;">BS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or <strong>Senior-level</strong> software engineering experience, or equivalent ownership of complex systems</span></li> <li style="color: #000000 !important;"><span style="color: #000000;">Strong <strong>C/C++</strong> skills and deep <strong>Linux</strong> systems experience.</span></li> <li style="color: #000000 !important;"><span style="color: #000000;">Practical <strong>fluency</strong> with <strong>AI-native</strong> engineering workflows, including coding agents, LLM-assisted debugging, test generation, automation, and rapid exploration.</span></li> <li style="color: #000000 !important;"><span style="color: #000000;">Experience in <strong>systems</strong>-oriented or <strong>performance</strong>-sensitive codebases.</span></li> <li style="color: #000000 !important;"><span style="color: #000000;">Strong <strong>product judgment</strong>, systems <strong>curiosity</strong>, and a focus on <strong>improving</strong> user and developer experience.</span></li> <li style="color: #000000 !important;"><span style="color: #000000;">The ability to operate in <strong>ambiguity</strong>, prototype quickly, validate ideas, and harden successful approaches.</span></li> <li style="color: #000000 !important;"><span style="color: #000000;">Clear <strong>communication skills</strong> and a habit of raising team <strong>quality</strong> through technical judgment, reusable workflows, and mentoring by example.</span></li> <li style="color: #000000 !important;"><span style="color: #000000;">A habit of taking <strong>ownership</strong>, communicating trade-offs clearly, and keeping momentum as priorities change.</span></li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong><span style="color: #000000;">Bonus XP:</span></strong></p> <ul> <li style="color: #000000 !important;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Rust</strong> development experience.</span></li> <li style="color: #000000 !important;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Windows</strong> systems experience.</span></li> <li style="color: #000000 !important;"><span style="color: #000000;">Real-time media, game <strong>streaming</strong>, or interactive media experience.</span></li> <li style="color: #000000 !important;"><span style="color: #000000;">Graphics, GPU, capture, rendering, or video <strong>encoding</strong> experience.</span></li> <li style="color: #000000 !important;"><s