Senior Software Engineer SDK

PlayStation Global•San Mateo, CA

About The Position

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 PlayStation®5, PlayStation®4, PlayStation®VR, PlayStation®Plus, PlayStation™Now, 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. Are you looking for a challenge? 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.

Requirements

B.S. degree in Computer Science or equivalent fields
3-5 years of professional software development experience
Experience writing high-performance code in C++
Experience with Jenkins or any CI/CD tools
Experience writing JavaScript and/or TypeScript with popular frameworks like React, Angular, Ember and similar.
Solid understanding of API design principles, versioning, and backward compatibility

Nice To Haves

Familiar with React Native
Experience building and shipping SDKs, libraries, or developer-facing platforms
Familiar with Development on multiple platforms (Linux, Android, Windows)
Experience with package management and distribution tools (e.g., Maven, Gradle, CocoaPods, npm, Conan)
Experience working on cross-platform SDKs (Android, iOS, Web, or desktop)

Responsibilities

Implement and improve framework features and SDKs across multiple platforms while collaborating with application teams to help them meet their feature and performance requirements
Build clean, well-documented, and reusable APIs to simplify integration with platform services
Ensure SDKs are performant, scalable, and backward-compatible across versions
Collaborate with framework, and application teams to define SDK requirements and developer experience
Create and maintain developer documentation, sample apps, and integration guides
Debug and resolve integration issues reported by partner teams or SDK consumers
Continuously improve SDK usability, reliability, and adoption
Collaborate with team lead and peers to seek/give feedback on pull requests, gather technical requirements and technical design documents