Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer

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 Corporation.

This role can be based in London or Liverpool

Team Overview:

The PlayStation Studios Tools and Technology Group lives at the intersection of PlayStation’s game and platform development. We work on debug analysis tools such as crash reporting, test automation and video streaming technology as well as platform tools such as compilers and file IO & compression hardware and software. Some of our tech is widely used by every PlayStation developer worldwide and we work especially closely with game teams inside the PlayStation Studios family.

Role overview:

We seek a Principal Full Stack Software Engineer to join the team working on the Crash Reporting System.

Required Experience, Skills and Capabilities

8+ years of professional experience working with medium/large complex code bases

Proven experience as a full stack developer including extensive knowledge and experience working in Java or C# and React/Typescript

Basic UI/UX design knowledge

REST APIs design and implementation

Git

Code reviews / Good coding practices

SQL

Ability to work independently

Strong communication and interpersonal skills

Desire to collaborate and to develop strong and positive team relationships

Attention to detail, organisational skills, and a strong work ethic

Beneficial Experience

Cloud / AWS / Docker / Kubernetes

DevOps and CI/CD

Rust

Automated deployment tools (e.g. Terraform, Ansible)

Search indexing tools (e.g. Solr, Lucene, ElasticSearch)

Understanding of crashes and core files

Linux

Interest in video games

Game development experience