Sony Computer Entertainment America
San Diego, CA
Senior Staff Software Engineer
Title: Senior Staff Software Engineer
Be a part of the most exciting and innovative computer entertainment company in North America. Sony Computer Entertainment America, Inc. (SCEA) markets the PlayStation® family of products and develops, publishes, markets, and distributes software for the PS one™ console, PlayStation®2, PlayStation®3, and the PlayStation Portable (PSP™) computer entertainment systems. Based in Foster City, California, SCEA serves as headquarters for all North American operations and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
PlayStation®Network is an emergent entertainment network delivering innovative content and community to a worldwide audience, and the newest division of SCEA (Sony Computer Entertainment America).
The Principal Software Engineer will lead specific technical aspects of our next generation engineering efforts. We are looking for proven, world class technical expertise. In particular we are looking for experts to drive the next generation of programming tools.
• Be a key contributor on SCEA 1st party's next generation PlayStation tools and technology team
• Provide technical leadership in a truly collaborative effort that brings out the best in SCEA
• Work with your team and other technical leaders to ensure the software is elegant, efficient, utterly reliable, and done on time
• Provide vision and direction in your area of technical specialization
• Research, analyze, and write up technical designs and project plans and review plans of others
• Communicate clearly in the form of written correspondence and design documentation
• Work with technical writers as necessary
• Create efficient, flexible, and sustainable architectures
• Create automated tests to ensure reliability
Requirements:
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent
• Superlative software engineering knowledge and experience including expert knowledge of C#, C++ or Java and of object-oriented design and implementation
• Experience with multiple assemblers (MIPS, VU Code), scripting languages (Perl, Python, Lua) and interpreted languages (C#, Java), and multiprocessor techniques
• Ability to self direct and self manage
• Mentor more junior members of the team
• Excellent detail-oriented, problem solving skills
• Candidate must be able to quickly identify issues and resolve them
• Proven world class experience in the development of programming tools
• Knowledge of the game development process
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work in a dynamic and collaborative team environment
• Constantly innovate how to improve product quality and game team productivity
• Excellent decision making capabilities
• Ability to quickly learn and apply new concepts, principles and solutions
• Demonstrates dependability and commitment to projects/tasks
• Must be able to work in a professional office environment
• Approximately 10% international travel
• Japanese a plus
It is the policy of Sony Computer Entertainment America, Inc. (SCEA) to provide equal employment opportunity for all applicants and employees. SCEA does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, marital status, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, national origin, or any other category protected by applicable federal and state law. SCEA also makes reasonable accommodations for disabled employees.
