Senior Software Engineer / Web Developer (AEM)

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><div> <div> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Job Title – Sr. Software Engineer (AEM)</strong> </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Location – Ireland, Dublin</strong>&nbsp;</span></p> </div> <div> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">This is a phenomenal opportunity for a <strong>Senior Web Developer (AEM) </strong>to help build, lead, and scale SIE’s Martech Engineering team, and be responsible for the development of PlayStation.com and delivery of internal and consumer facing web applications. Our ideal candidate will be a highly effective and motivated AEM developer who can participate and contribute to the entire software development lifecycle including analysis, technical design, implementation, testing and deployment of the applications. They will work closely with architects, developers, quality engineers, DevOps to support and enhance our digital platform. The role will deliver assigned tasks/solutions on time and escalate issues when appropriate, including educating and leading others in the form of code reviews, workshops, and documentation.&nbsp;</span></p> </div> <div> <h2><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>What you'll be doing:</strong></span></h2> </div> <div> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The Senior AEM developer will play a vital role in the development, design, testing and deployment of AEM Assets and Sites, as well as Adobe Marketing Cloud tools.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Share new concepts, strategies, and innovative approaches to development execution that will have a significant impact on the project.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Provide deep knowledge expertise in AEM and working knowledge of Adobe Target and Analytics.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Ensure we are developing using web best practices including areas such as user experience, SEO, A/B testing, and website performance optimization.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Employ strong coding standards for efficiency, readability, and reuse of code.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Troubleshoot issues by reviewing or debugging code, provide fixes and workarounds, suggest changes for operability and maintaining existing project solutions.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Provides technical guidance and mentorship to peers.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Ensures software developed adheres to best practices and quality standards through code and design reviews.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Influence development decisions based on a working knowledge of current digital marketing trends on topics such as personalization, recommendations, mobile and digital product management.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Apply an AI-first experimentation mentality to rapidly iterate on technical proof-of-concepts, assessing and validating business value outcomes.&nbsp;</span></li> </ul> </div> <div> <h2><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>What we're looking for:</strong></span></h2> </div> </div> <div> <div> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">BS or MS degree in Computer Science/Information Technology or equivalent experience with Software Engineering. </span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">You must show a combination of technical skills, leadership skills, and a strong product development background. </span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">8-10 years of recent and progressive experience in AEM Content Management, AEM developer tools. </span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Strong experience with AEM building blocks including templates, components, dialogs, widgets, and bundles. </span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Experience migrating AEM Sites and Assets to AEM as a Cloud Service AEMaaCS including planning and execution </span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Handson knowledge of using the Content Transfer Tool CTT for content extraction migration and validation </span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Ability to refactor and make legacy AMS code cloud compatible addressing deprecated features and Cloud Manager quality gates </span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Strong understanding of AEMaaCS complexities including dispatcher changes workflow adjustments asset reprocessing and environment constraints </span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Experience and in-depth knowledge of Experience fragments, Content fragments and SPA. </span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Familiarity with Java concepts and patterns, including Java/J2EE, JSP, Sling, web services, JUnit, MVC, Eclipse, and Maven. </span></li> <li style="fo