Senior Software Engineer

The role

You will design and develop cloud platforms, developer tools, and full-stack applications. You will drive architectural decisions, build and scale production services, and provide technical guidance to other engineers.

What you will do

• Design, build, and maintain scalable, secure, reliable, and cost-effective cloud services on AWS.
• Architect and implement production AWS solutions using services such as Lambda, Step Functions, ECS, DynamoDB, S3, and related technologies.
• Design and develop web applications and services spanning front-end, back-end, APIs, databases, and cloud infrastructure.
• Integrate cloud services with internal and external systems.
• Design for operational reliability, including error handling, monitoring, and recovery.
• Diagnose production issues and identify improvements.
• Collaborate with engineers, users, and partner teams to deliver solutions.
• Contribute to technical documentation, engineering standards, code reviews, and architectural decisions.
• Serve as a technical resource providing guidance, documentation, troubleshooting, and setup assistance.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience in cloud platforms, backend systems, or related fields.
• Strong proficiency in Python, including software design, automated testing, and dependency management.
• Hands-on experience designing and implementing production systems on AWS.
• Experience with distributed, asynchronous, or event-driven system architectures.
• Demonstrated experience shipping and supporting at least one production cloud service.
• Experience with infrastructure as code (IaC), particularly Terraform.
• Experience designing and integrating REST APIs or other service-to-service interfaces.
• Experience debugging complex systems and diagnosing issues across multiple services and components.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively across teams.

Nice to have

• Experience with serverless and container-based AWS technologies such as Lambda, Step Functions, ECS/Fargate, DynamoDB, S3, API Gateway, SQS, SNS, or EventBridge.
• Experience with AWS security and identity concepts, including IAM, least-privilege access, secrets management, and service-to-service authentication.
• Experience with observability, tracing, monitoring, and debugging using tools such as Amazon CloudWatch and AWS CloudTrail.
• Experience designing CI/CD pipelines and automated deployment workflows.
• Experience developing full-stack web applications using technologies such as JavaScript/TypeScript, React, Node.js, Java, or SQL databases.
• Experience designing internal developer platforms, workflow systems, or developer-facing tools.
• Familiarity with Agile development methodologies such as Scrum.
• Familiarity with mobile application development, particularly Android or iOS.
• Familiarity with the PlayStation ecosystem.

Benefits

• medical
• dental
• vision
• matching 401(k)
• paid time off
• wellness program
• employee discounts for Sony products
• may be eligible for a bonus package

Before you apply

• Sony Interactive Entertainment conducts background checks at the offer stage for all new employees

About the company

Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) is the company behind the PlayStation brand. It is a dynamic technology company and an entertainment leader.