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    Staff Software Engineer - San Francisco, United States - PlayStation

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    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 PlayStation5, PlayStation4, PlayStationVR, PlayStationPlus, 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.

    How would you like to influence the most successful gaming platform of all time, by designing the tools used to test and analyze the technology PlayStation uses to deliver an immersive user experience for our gamers?

    Sony Interactive Entertainment (PlayStation) has an exciting career opportunity We are looking for a Staff Software Engineer who will be responsible for driving the effort to research and develop the next generation of PlayStation's testing technology. This technology - including automation tools, framework and CI infrastructure - is used to analyze the quality of front end workflows on the PS5.

    At PlayStation, we are passionate about both teamwork and technology. We love building the systems that millions of people use and are our own first customers. We strive to be at the forefront of development technologies and are a diverse company with developers on four continents. Join us and coordinate with our internal software quality engineering teams in analyzing the core technology behind PlayStation console user experiences of tomorrow. If this sounds exciting, please apply

    Responsibilities:

    • Constructing future-facing software testing/automation architecture including infrastructure, technology stack, tools and pipelines.
    • Building software prototypes to evaluate groundbreaking testing and automation technology under investigation by PlayStation's tooling teams.
    • Develop telemetry systems and dashboards in order to make data-driven decisions about technical feature development.
    • Facilitate communication and feedback between engineers and quality engineering teams, capturing requirements for the tools and infrastructure that will tackle future test automation challenges.
    • Realize the software architectural vision: directly contribute to and provide technical leadership for that software's development, and onboard engineering teams to successfully use this software in production.
    • Write and coordinate plans, processes, samples, and documentation with our global software development, documentation, and remote offshore engineering teams.
    • Lead day-to-day activities of engineering team using Agile/Scrum methodology, potentially as scrum master.
    • Participate in recruitment to further develop the team. Foster their professional development.
    • Build an inclusive environment dedicated towards creativity and innovation.

    Qualifications

    • At least eight years of professional programming experience.
    • Experienced in building and running complex highly scalable software systems.
    • Significant experience with software engineering practices, software automation and testing systems (for example, Jenkins).
    • Proficient in Python and Javascript programming, along with software debugging expertise.
    • Robust understanding of computer and software architecture.
    • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent.

    Skills and Characteristics

    • Possessing outstanding verbal and written communication skills, which encompass presenting to product managers, software engineers, project managers, and customers.
    • Ability to present technical information in a clear and concise manner to executives and non-technical leaders
    • Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to communicate problems in advance and tackle them rather than responding to them afterwards.

    Nice to Have


    The following technical qualifications are a plus (but not required):

    • React Native software framework development experience.
    • Experience with Jenkins pipelines and Groovy.
    • Systems programming experience (C++).
    • Machine learning background.
    • Game development background.
    • Japanese language familiarity is a strong plus.
    • Well established reputation in the OSS community with a proven track record for contributions towards multiple projects.

    Sony is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All persons will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, legally protected physical or mental disability, covered veteran status, status in the U.S. uniformed services, sexual orientation, marital status, genetic information or membership in any other legally protected category.

    We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

    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.

    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.

    In addition, this role is eligible 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. This role also may be eligible for a bonus package. Click here to learn more.

    The estimated base pay range for this role is listed below. $182,500—$273,700 USD

    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.


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