Software Engineer II

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.

Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC seeks a Software Engineer II in San Mateo, CA to ensure that processes are streamlined and error-free using CloudFormation, Ansible, and Consul to reduce DevOps operational overhead and enable auto-healing. Requires a Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent and one (1) year of experience developing, deploying, and testing databases to support games console network; managing NoSQL database systems for the games console network; keeping databases robust, scalable, and resilient to failures; conducting comprehensive code reviews for multiple deployment pipelines; examining the codebase to ensure adherence to best practices; identifying potential issues and providing constructive feedback to improve code quality and maintainability; and utilizing technologies including Couchbase, Cassandra, Aerospike, DynamoDB, DAX, MSK, Elasticache, Kafka, AWS Services, Cloudformation, EC2, AWS Lambda, Secrets Manager, Systems Manager, AWS S3, SQS, Cloudwatch, Golang, Shell Script, Python, Ansible, Git, Jenkins, and Jira. Telecommuting and/or working from home may be permissible pursuant to company policies. Sony is an EOE.

Salary range: $174,860.00 – $245,500.00/year

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.