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Sr Software Engineer

Madison, WI

Yes, there is a Sony office in Madison, WI! We are located in the heart of downtown right on the Capitol Square with an outstanding view of the east side and many phenomenal restaurants and social opportunities right outside the door. We have a very flexible work from home policy: live close enough to the office for occasional in-person meetings and events, otherwise work in the office as much or as little as preferred! Although your home base will be Madison, the team includes members in other PlayStation offices - strong abilities to collaborate in a hybrid environment is a must.

Responsibilities:

We are seeking a motivated Senior Software Engineer to join the team that creates common telemetry libraries used by engineering teams across all PlayStation platforms, including the PlayStation 5 console, web, and mobile. The position is a hands-on engineering role for someone who likes to work with other hard-working engineers in a fast-paced, inclusive, and fun environment.

• Define requirements and craft solutions for major features of shared libraries and services used within the PlayStation ecosystem. This involves thoroughly documenting feature designs, both architecture and end-user documentation, with a strong focus on ease of use and developer experience.
• Support and collaborate with teams across all of PlayStation by quickly understanding a variety of project architectures and identifying how features can be architected and integrated effectively across shared libraries in multiple programming languages (primarily C++, JavaScript).
• Define and deliver evaluation criteria for testability, scalability, and performance of new features and improvements. Maintain stability, performance, and quality of the codebase by applying development standards while using automation to support internal CI/CD workflows.
• Demonstrate adaptability and flexibility by context-switching across diverse projects and programming paradigms. Write clean, scalable solutions that align with a wide variety of use cases.
• Work independently and mentor junior engineers. Provide detailed peer review feedback for all team members. Understand existing development and testing processes and identify improvements to support the team and product.
• Exercise creative problem solving capabilities and collaborate with other teams and engineers to define a path forward.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent, or at least 5 years of relevant professional experience in lieu of a degree
• 5+ years professional software development experience
• Highly proficient in developing high-performance C++ code, with understanding of multi-threaded and multi-core software development.  At least some industry development experience with JavaScript.
• Experience collaborating with multi-functional partners outside your domain, especially with product, design, quality, and server engineering

Bonus Qualifications:

• Experience with API and shared services design
• Expertise with SPA/front-end frameworks such as React, React Native, or similar
• Familiarity with Jenkins or any CI/CD tools
• Experience with Agile/Scrum software development methodologies

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