Senior Software Engineer SDK
San Mateo, CA - USA
Job Summary
Why PlayStation
PlayStation isnt just the Best Place to Play its also the Best Place to Work. Today were 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 Group 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.
What you will be doing
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
What we are looking for
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
Bonus qualifications
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)
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The estimated base pay range for this role is listed below.
$193300 - $289900 USD
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About Company
Explore the new generation PlayStation 4 and PS5 consoles - experience immersive gaming with thousands of hit games in every genre to rewrite the rules for what a PlayStation console can do.