Sr. Software Developer (Contract)

The role

You will design, build, test, and maintain a centralized portal and supporting services for internal console development teams. This hands-on full stack role involves working with application developers to automate onboarding and manage application releases.

What you will do

• Design, build, test, and maintain the centralized portal and supporting services.
• Work with application developers and partner teams to understand pain points and validate designs.
• Create clear, accessible interfaces showing application status and required actions.
• Build secure, reliable backend services and APIs.
• Collect and track signals from systems to implement checks for CI/CD pipelines.
• Automate repetitive steps to reduce manual coordination and errors.
• Add tests, logging, monitoring, and documentation.
• Diagnose issues and improve performance and reliability in production.
• Make architecture decisions and contribute to code reviews.
• Complete an orderly transition with maintainable code and documentation.

Required qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, or equivalent evidence of designing, shipping, and supporting production web applications.
• Strong JavaScript/TypeScript skills.
• Experience with a modern frontend framework such as React, Vue, or Angular.
• Experience building backend services in Node.js, Python, or a comparable language, including REST or GraphQL APIs.
• Experience with relational or document databases, data modeling, and integrating multiple systems.
• Understanding of CI/CD pipelines and experience building or integrating automated checks into development workflows.
• Working knowledge of authentication, authorization, automated testing, and practical security and reliability practices for internal applications.
• Strong problem-solving and communication skills.
• Experience collaborating across engineering and other partner teams and documenting technical work clearly.

Nice to have

• Experience building developer-focused tools, internal platforms, self-service workflows, or applications for technical users.
• Experience with containers, cloud services, or deployment automation relevant to operating internal applications.
• Experience designing automated gates from signals produced by multiple systems.
• Experience improving accessibility, usability, observability, or performance in internal products.
• Curiosity about AI-assisted development and where it can responsibly improve engineering workflows and tool usability.

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 subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation and a dynamic technology company.