Sony
Staff Software Engineer, AI Native
Culver City, USA · Staff+
Sponsorship not specified$220k-$240kDetected 28 days ago
JavaScriptTypeScriptPythonJavaGoReactAngularHTMLCSSFull-Stack DevelopmentGitNoSQLAWSDockerKubernetesTerraformAnsibleCI/CDJenkinsDevOpsAPI DevelopmentRESTLLMsAgentic AI
About the role
- As a Staff Engineer, you will contribute to both front-end and back-end systems, playing a hands-on role in architecture, implementation, and technical leadership.
- You will operate as part of an AI-native tiny team, directing and governing AI agents across the full delivery lifecycle.
- This is a dynamic opportunity for individuals who thrive in a fast-paced, innovation-driven environment and are passionate about solving complex challenges with clean, thoughtful code.
Responsibilities
- Architect, design and develop RESTful API Endpoints, ensuring high performance, scalability and maintainability.
- Collaborate closely with front-end engineers to build dynamic, responsive, and user-centric web applications that deliver seamless user experiences.
- Define robust data models and database schemas, and manage relational or NoSQL databases with a strong emphasis on data integrity and performance optimization.
- Design and maintain agent workflows using agentic coding tools (Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot) and the AI- native development framework, ensuring structured, auditable, and high-quality delivery.
- Configure and maintain prompt engineering patterns, structured output schemas, with rules and guardrails to align agent behavior with SEPS platform standards.
- Create and maintain clear, comprehensive documentation for application architecture, design, configuration, and ongoing maintenance.
Requirements
- 8+ years professional experience working with medium/large complex code bases
- Experience in Full Stack development
- Experience with one or more of the following programming languages: Java, Go, or Python
- Demonstrated proficiency with AI-native coding tools (Claude Code, Cursor, or GitHub Copilot) as a primary delivery vehicle, not a productivity add-on
- Working knowledge of prompt engineering, context management, and structured output patterns
- Familiarity with agent development concepts, tool use, function calling, approvals, and workflow chaining
- Attention to detail, organizational skills, a strong work ethic and the ability to work independently.
- If you have any doubts about the authenticity of a job posting or communication, please contact careers@sonyusa.com before submitting any information.
Nice to have
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field, or at least three years of proven experience in lieu of a degree
- Demonstrated ability to write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code.
- Database management, cloud technologies (AWS), and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)
- Knowledge of React best practices
- Familiarity with DevOps tools and practices, including CI/CD pipelines
- Automated deployment tools (e.g. Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins)
- Experience with the AI-native development framework (e.g. BMad Method)
- Familiarity with MCP, A2A concepts, tool-connection patterns, and agent skill configuration
Compensation
- Annual incentive bonus
Benefits
- Employee assistance plan and comprehensive behavioral health benefits
- Fertility benefits, including surrogacy and adoption assistance programs
- Basic and supplemental life insurance for employees as well as supplemental life insurance coverage for their spouses/domestic partners and children
- Voluntary benefits such as group legal, identity theft protection, accident, and hospital indemnity insurance
- Short-term & long-term disability plans
- Paid parental and caregiver leave
- 401(k) Plan with pre-tax, Roth, and after-tax options and company match w ith immediate vesting
- Education assistance and student loan programs
- Time off to include vacation, paid holidays, sick leave, Summer Fridays (early release ), and a winter break between Christmas and New Year's Day (based on business needs)
- Employee stock purchase plan (Sony covers commissions and fees for your Sony stock purchases made through after-tax payroll deductions)
- Annual incentive bonus
- Flexible Work Arrangements, including remote and hybrid work schedules
Company info
- At SEPS, we are building the next-generation platform that powers how fans connect with the content-and the creators-they love.
- What we offer you:
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