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, 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.

We are looking for an experienced Online Programmer to join the Haven Entertainment Studios project team. The Senior Online Programmer will be acting in the full stack composing our game, from developing and maintaining game features to instrumenting, operating, providing debugging tools and frameworks for all parts of our distributed solution. They will be involved in designing and implementing systems that can scale with large populations of players and be easily maintained in the long run.

The Senior Online Programmer will report to the Online Technical Producer.

Responsibilities and Duties

• Design, instrument and operate online services
• Integrate online features into the game engine in a multiplayer context
• Implement workflows to adapt to the Sony online ecosystem
• Provide frameworks to our teammates to help them be proficient with our full stack

Experience and skills required

• Experience in related jobs
• Be proficient in C++ programming, experience with Unreal Engine is a plus
• Experience with cloud platforms, containerisation and orchestration
• Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases
• Experience in testing and scaling online services

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of a back-end programming framework (Rust)
• Knowledge of frontend frameworks (TypeScript, Node.js, React)
• Knowledge of logging and monitoring stacks (ELK, Prometheus / Grafana)

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, maternity or parental status, 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.