PlayStation's Game Development & Future Technology (GDFT) group is transforming their console DNA into a low-latency cloud platform, streaming immersive worlds to every screen.
Requirements
- 10+ years of professional software engineering experience, including recent hands-on coding.
- Expertise in Rust (or a willingness to learn it) and/or modern C++, with the ability to drop to C for low-level work if needed.
- Deep knowledge of Linux and/or BSD internals.
- Comfort developing, deploying and operating containerized services on Kubernetes at scale.
- Experience developing Kubernetes operators is desirable.
- Detective-level debugging skills and being able to communicate with SREs to chase down issues.
- Ability to develop with observability in mind.
Responsibilities
- Design & write software for Linux servers and embedded hardware.
- Program in Rust / C++.
- Land production ready code.
- Unblock teammates with targeted spikes and reviews.
- Architect solutions.
- Code, unblock teammates, and/or jump-start critical projects.
- Work in a small Agile team; planning, reviewing, and demoing each sprint.
Other
- BS in Computer Science / Software Engineering.
- Lead by influence - Forge alignment across teams and stakeholders.
- Champion innovation within the team to inspire creative solutions to problems.
- Communicate & Collaborate
- A track record of technical leadership guiding teams without hard authority.
- Exceptional communication skills, you toggle effortlessly between white-boarding with engineers to summarizing trade-offs for leadership.
- Excitement for open-ended problems, turning fuzzy ideas into solutions.
- Curiosity on emerging tech, including AI dev tools and introducing those that are pragmatic and boost developer velocity.
- You take ownership of problems and feel empowered to fix them.
- Bridge cultures and time zoneswhensteering joint initiatives with overseas teammates.
- You spot gaps, draft solutions, and rally teammates without waiting for detailed specs.
- You stay calm when priorities change (they will), communicate trade-offs, and keep momentum.
- Thrive in fast iterative cycles with quick reviews that drive continuous improvement and progress.
- Proven track record scaling services to millions of users.
- Familiarity with Git best practices.
- Knowledge of Japanese language and culture is a plus.
- 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.
