PlayStation is seeking a Sr. Software Engineering Manager to develop and guide a team of Engineers within the PlayStation Monetization/Commerce space. This system delights and engages users across our many PlayStation platforms, including the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 consoles, web, mobile, and beyond. You will be responsible for developing a wide engineering org and creating a productive engineering environment and levelling up your team and our capabilities.
Requirements
- Experience with Java, Kotlin, or similar technologies, and delivering microservices
- Prior experience with one or more of the following technologies or areas is a plus: React, React Native, personalization, advertising tech, machine learning, data science
- Experience with agile development practices emphasising continuous improvement.
Responsibilities
- Assist in the delivery of multiple projects across multiple platforms.
- Helping teams estimate, plan, and slice projects to frequently deliver value to production.
- Ability to advise and influence technical discussions and decisions.
- Experience with Java, Kotlin, or similar technologies, and delivering microservices
- Prior experience with one or more of the following technologies or areas is a plus: React, React Native, personalization, advertising tech, machine learning, data science
Other
- Leading, mentoring, and empowering a growing team of hardworking engineers to deliver against strategic business outcomes
- Establishing a strong and inclusive engineering culture
- Collaborate across business units and product teams spread over multiple timezones execute against the team's vision, strategy, and roadmap.
- Act as a change agent, initiating appropriate changes to support continuous business improvement
- Comfort with proactively and independently working towards results in large, distributed team environments.
- Overall experience of at least 10 years in the software development industry
- At least 3-5 years of people management experience, with experience managing multiple teams or one larger team
- Able to manage, mentor, and empower teams, including other people managers
- Proven leadership skills and a passion for building, maintaining, and deploying both internal business applications and highly available services
- Strong communication, cross-group collaboration, and interpersonal skills.
- The ability to flex communication style to work with business and non-technical users in addition to engineers
- Ability to balance priorities across multiple projects.
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
