Software Engineer Intern - Undergraduate

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 Corporation.

Software Engineer Intern - Undergraduate

United States, Madison, WI: this position must be performed in a hybrid capacity out of the SIE-PlayStation Madison, WI office. 

About the Team: 

At Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE), we not only want to create the best place to play, we also want to create the best environment for our employees to build the experiences our users engage with. Engineering Productivity Services focuses on the developer experience, creating automated workflows and streamlined processes for our engineers and IT staff to support their day to day operations.

What You’ll Be Doing: 

• Understand the “day in the life” of SIE’s engineering and IT staff to identify areas of improvement in our customer’s daily experiences
• Development of automated solutions to processes that support the golden path for software development and IT support at SIE
• Development of self-service applications and integrations when requirements fall outside the golden path for development and IT support at SIE
• Work independently and collaborate with other members of your team
• Exercise your problem solving and feature building skills to build maintainable solutions

What We’re Looking For:

• Currently pursuing an undergraduate degree in Computer Science or equivalent, with an expected graduation date by Spring 2026
• Interested in continual improvement in developer experience
• Passionate about writing high quality and well-architected code
• Familiarity with a variety of developer experience tools and processes
• Experience with version control (GitHub, GitLab) 
• Experience with Java, Kotlin, Go, NodeJS
• Experience creating or integrating RESTful APIs

Eligibility:

• Able to work during one of the following periods: May 19th - August 8th or June 16th - September 5th.
• Must be available for the entire 12-week internship period.
• Open to students who are U.S. citizens or international students with an F-1 visa.
• Relocation assistance is available for eligible candidates.

Our intern positions offer a fixed hourly pay rate. Please note that the pay rate is exclusive to the internship period and may not reflect what pay may look like following the completion of an internship.

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.