Sony

Sony

Software Engineer I

United States, San Mateo, CA

Sponsorship not specified$137k-$206kDetected 5 days ago
JavaScriptTypeScriptC++ReactReact NativeiOSAndroidCode ReviewCI/CDLinuxAPI DevelopmentAccessibilityCommunication

About the role

  • Sony Interactive Entertainment isn't just the Best Place to Play - it's also the Best Place to Work.
  • Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) is the company behind the PlayStation brand.
  • SIE is a dynamic technology company, delivering cutting-edge hardware and network services to more than 100 million people and an entertainment leader, home to some of the most beloved and recognizable intellectual (IP) in the world.

Responsibilities

  • Strong API design judgment, including compatibility, versioning, error handling, documentation, and testability.
  • Clear written communication for design notes, PR descriptions, validation results, and developer documentation.
  • Familiarity with CMake, Conan, CocoaPods, Gradle, Maven, npm, or other package and build distribution systems.
  • Experience building native UI components, focus/input systems, accessibility surfaces, performance instrumentation, or test harnesses.

Requirements

  • 2-5+ years of professional software development experience.

Nice to have

  • Familiarity with React Native.
  • Experience with cross-platform SDKs or frameworks across iOS, macOS, Android, Linux, game console, or desktop platforms.
  • Experience writing high-performance or ABI-conscious C++ code.
  • Experience with CI/CD systems such as Jenkins.
  • Experience working with application teams as framework consumers and translating integration pain into reusable framework improvements.
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  • Contribute to native framework code in C++.
  • Improve framework integration with React Native and native platform services.

Compensation

  • At SIE, we consider several factors when setting each role's base pay range, including the competitive benchmarking data for the market and geographic location.

Company info

  • Sony Interactive Entertainment is the company behind PlayStation.
  • We build tools, and experiences used by players and development teams across the PlayStation ecosystem.
  • Our team develops and maintains a multi-platform application framework that helps internal teams build rich PlayStation user experiences.
  • The framework combines React Native, native platform integration, reusable UI components, SDK tooling, and developer documentation.
  • Are You Looking For A Challenge?
  • We are looking for a Software Engineer to help develop, maintain, and improve the application framework powering PlayStation user experiences across multiple platforms.
  • You will work across JavaScript/TypeScript, native platform integration, C++, build systems, and SDK packaging.
  • The ideal candidate has strong software engineering fundamentals, real interest in framework and runtime work, and experience building reusable software such as SDKs, libraries, native modules, or cross-platform developer.
  • Experience with React Native or Apple platforms such as iOS or macOS is a strong plus.
  • What You Will Be Doing
  • Implement, debug, and maintain application framework features across JavaScript/TypeScript and native layers.
  • Build and improve developer-facing APIs, native modules, framework components, and integration paths used by application teams.

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.
  • Sony Interactive Entertainment is a Fair Chance employer and qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records will be considered for employment.

This listing is sourced directly from Sony's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.