Sony Interactive Entertainment

About the Company

Sony Interactive Entertainment, the company behind PlayStation, pushes the boundaries of entertainment and innovation, starting from the launch of the original PlayStation in Japan in 1994. Today, we continue to deliver innovative and thrilling experiences to a global audience through our PlayStation line of products and services that include generation-defining hardware, pioneering network services, and award-winning games. Headquartered in San Mateo, California, with global functions in California, London, and Tokyo, and game development studios around the world as part of PlayStation Studios, we believe that the power of play is borderless. Sony Interactive Entertainment is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation.

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Company Name

Sony Interactive Entertainment

Job Title

Manager,Software Engineering

Job Description

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.

Job Description

Based in London, our team are part of the FSEE (Foundational Systems and Experiences Engineering) group. We build the low-level SDKs and fundamental technologies used by our game development partners to create PlayStation Games.

Our team are working on the latest GPU and Machine Learning technologies to deliver the next generation of high-performance computer graphics for PlayStation.

We are looking for an experienced manager with strong people skills to lead a team of experienced engineers working on Graphics, Machine Learning and Game Technologies. With a strong understanding of engineering concepts, your main responsibility will be to lead and support a team of talented individuals to develop and deliver the best possible technologies for our development partners.

The ideal candidate will be a highly skilled manager with a background in Graphics/GPUs/ML development from working in video games or a closely related industry. You will have proven track record of leading effective engineering teams to deliver high performance, innovative technical solutions.

What You’ll Be Doing

Managing a team of experienced software engineers: Providing guidance, mentorship, and unwavering support to help them achieve their professional goals, fostering an environment where they can thrive and excel.
Driving forward research, development and implementation of the latest graphics and game technologies through to delivery in our game SDKs.
Working with technical leads, engineers and project managers, to plan goals and objectives.
Connecting with stakeholders, making sure our solutions meet customer needs.
Encouraging research, innovation and a culture of continuous learning in the team.
Fostering a strong team culture, morale, and cohesiveness.
Supporting technical leads by ensuring that the team has access to tools and resources to perform their work effectively.
Aligning team objectives with the overall organizational goals and long-term vision, ensuring that our efforts contribute to the broader mission of the company.
Conducting staff appraisals, fostering individual growth and development through regular one-to-ones, and identifying and mitigating risks.
Handling administrative tasks - Approving holidays, purchases and expenses, ensuring smooth day-to-day operations.

What We’re Looking For

A degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field; advanced degrees are a plus.
Experience delivering technologies in the interactive entertainment industry, computer graphics, or a related field.
A passion for gaming and a keen interest in GPU technology trends such as ML and Ray-tracing.
Excellent people skills with Line management experience (goal setting, appraisals, staff development, performance management)
Strong project management skills, with the ability to prioritize tasks, manage resources, and meet project timelines.
Familiarity with agile development methodologies and a collaborative approach to problem-solving.
Excellent communication skills ensuring good stakeholder relations (collaborating with development teams across the company. Ensuring customer needs are considered.)
Ability to create and communicate complex technology plans.
You are a strong advocate for personal and professional growth, ensuring that every team member feels valued and heard.
Your approach to leadership is proactive, adaptable, and driven by a deep commitment to the success of both your team and the organization.
Experience in coaching and mentoring team members, fostering an inclusive and collaborative work environment.
You are experienced in managing team communications in a large organization.

Domain Expertise:

Experience with programming languages, tools and frameworks relevant to graphics and machine learning (e.g., C++, Python, PyTorch, OpenGL, DirectX).
Experience in Machine Learning development is highly desirable.

Benefits:

Discretionary bonus opportunity
Hybrid Working (within Flexmodes)
Private Medical Insurance
Dental Scheme
25 days holiday per year
On Site Gym
Subsidised Café
Free soft drinks
On site bar
Access to cycle garage and showers

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.

PlayStation is a Fair Chance employer and qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records will be considered for employment.

London, United Kingdom

Hybrid

03-04-2025

Company Name

Sony Interactive Entertainment

Job Title

Lead Programmer

Job Description

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.

Lead Programmer

We are Media Molecule, a multi-award winning video game developer and a proud member of the PlayStation Studios family. We have a history of creating revolutionary games such as LittleBigPlanet, Tearaway and most recently the BAFTA Award winning Dreams. It’s a fantastic time to join us as we embark on our next adventure, defining and executing the vision for our next project and settling into our spectacular, newly refurbished studio in central Guildford. We are now searching for an experienced Lead Programmer to join our Presentation team.

Description:

Location: Our Guildford studio or hybrid.

Role: We are looking for an enthusiastic, collaborative and creative person, with a clear attention to detail and an excellent technical background, to lead the delivery of presentational technology within our next exciting project.

What you'll be doing:

Lead the architectural design and implementation of UI, technical art and audio.
Provide inspirational day-to-day team management, through coaching, support and a positive team culture.
Work with artists, UX designers and audio designers to understand and realise their creative aspirations.
Champion and help define technical best-practice within Game Technology.

Skills required:

Excellent C++ skills with the ability to write readable/maintainable code.
Strong debugging and analytical skills.
Good technical verbal and written communication.

Experience required:

Managing, mentoring and/or coaching members of a technical team.
Collaborating closely with other disciplines to deliver high-fidelity UI, UX, technical art and/or audio for commercially-available games.
Implementing, debugging and rectifying code in a multithreaded environment.

In return we offer the opportunity to be part of a talented, diverse and social team, with a tip top benefits package including (but not limited to);

Competitive salary & bonus scheme
Contributory pension scheme, life assurance, income protection and access to a financial planning coach
25 days holiday and discretionary additional holiday days over summer and Christmas
Flexible working practices (onsite, hybrid, UK remote, core hours – role dependent)
Free lunches, snacks and refreshments on site
Private health and dental insurance plus Online GP access
Modern health EAP
Free PS game codes and Sony product discounts
Quarterly Mm wellbeing days
Gymflex discount
£250 annual personal development fund and access to our online learning library
Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
Menopause policy
Volunteering opportunities

Media Molecule 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 or maternity, 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.

If you’re interested in this role but your salary requirements are above the range outlined, we’d still encourage you to apply! There could be flexibility for an exceptional candidate with the right skill set and mindset!

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.

PlayStation is a Fair Chance employer and qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records will be considered for employment.

Surrey, United Kingdom

On site

03-04-2025

Company Name

Sony Interactive Entertainment

Job Title

Principal Full Stack Engineer (Crash Reporting System)

Job Description

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 Group Corporation.

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 with a particular focus on tools which provide unique value for the PlayStation platform. 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 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

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.

PlayStation is a Fair Chance employer and qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records will be considered for employment.

London, United Kingdom

Hybrid

11-04-2025

Company Name

Sony Interactive Entertainment

Job Title

Analytics Engineering Manager (Partner Insights - Analytics and Visualisation)

Job Description

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 Group Corporation.

Job Description:

We are looking for an experienced Analytics Engineering Manager to lead the new Partner Insights team - a team of 4-6 Analytics and Visualisation Engineers.

You will have a deep passion and skill for data analysis, efficient organisation of data, impactful presentation of data, visualisation and story telling. You will work closely with our engineering, business and product teams to interpret data and turn data from various sources into impactful and actionable insights.

The insights you and your team create will directly inform business decisions and actions that will make PlayStation the best place for Partners to create and publish games: from attracting and retaining the best Developers, Publishers and Content to optimising our Publishing and Development toolkits and providing great support.

Based in our London office, you will be working closely with other global teams - including data engineering, analytics, AI/ML and Data Science teams - requiring travel from time to time.

Responsibilities:

Lead, manage, coach and inspire a team of Analytics Engineers

Provide technical leadership to the team to guide architecture, design, UX and implementation
Guide development of team members, help them be impactful and grow their careers - through coaching, mentoring as well as formal evaluations and development plans.
Foster an environment where team members are empowered and motivated to perform their best
Lead by example. Know when to Delegate and Empower, know when to be hands-on

Own team outcomes, ensuring delivered solutions are implemented to the highest standards

Lead and join communities of practice to establish and adopt the highest standards
Work closely with Data Engineering teams to ensure cohesive & re-usable end-to-end solutions - from data acquisition, transformation through to visualisation and reporting
Provide feedback and guidance to the team throughout the delivery process
Ensure customer involvement to ensure the best possible outcome
Make Start/Stop/Continue/Pivot judgements during delivery

Know and represent your team's Platforms and Products

Become an expert in the Platforms we use, Data we process and the Data Products we develop
Be able to represent and talk knowledgably about what the team is working on, has delivered and be able to demonstrate when necessary.

Introduce, Adopt and Adapt appropriate delivery methodologies

Judge when a very formal SDLC is required and when a more dynamic prototyping process is warranted

Stakeholder engagement and management

Work with Product and Business stakeholders and your team to understand, shape, assess and deliver to business requirements
Build relationships with customers - understand what is working and what is not working and plan and take appropriate action. Build rapport and keep customers updated.
Participate in product roadmap development and identify key areas for innovation and improvement in our solutions and incorporate these into ongoing & future development initiatives

Skills And Qualifications

Management: 3+ years experience managing, leading and building analytics teams
Must have people and performance management experience
Stakeholder Management: Skilled at Stakeholder Management - partnering with business and product teams to effectively understand, shape and deliver to their goals and outcomes
Business Intelligence: 8+ years of experience in enterprise business intelligence design and development, including
Expert Product and Technical experience delivering Data Products, Visualisations and analytics on Business Intelligence solutions (e.g. DOMO, Tableau, MicroStrategy, Qlik, PowerBI, etc.).
Expert at turning complex data into UX focused and intuitive visualisations
Delivering Self-Service data and reporting solutions
Building re-usable components and Data Assets
Data Analysis: Experience in analysing and interpreting data from multiple source types and technologies, including Master Data, Transaction Data, Web & Journey Analytics, Event Streams
Experience in several analytics techniques including trend analysis, propensity and attribution models for conversion and churn rates, segmentation, journey analytics
Data Transformation: Knowledge of and proficiency in ETL/ELT Techniques and tools (e.g. Snowflake, DBT, Databricks, Informatica, Ab Initio etc.)
Transformation and aggregation of raw data into modelled, re-usable dimensions, facts and metrics
Data Modelling: Experience building scalable and re-usable Data Products with data warehousing systems for large enterprises using sophisticated data warehousing design and modelling techniques.
Must have experience and knowledge of data model documentation and dimensional modelling.
Data Platforms: Deep knowledge with at least one of the following database technologies and familiarity with the others: relational, columnar and NoSQL (e.g. Snowflake, Redshift, MySQL, Oracle, MongoDB etc.)

Expert SQL

Strong Python: for automation, data manipulation, shell scripting experience and creation of custom applications.
SDLC: Deep understanding of software engineering processes, system development life cycles including Agile and Rapid Prototyping methodologies
Outstanding organisational, presentation, and communication skills – both verbal and written.
Must be self-motivated, responsive, professional and dedicated to customer success.
Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience

Desirable Experience:

Extensive DOMO Experience
Extensive Snowflake Experience
Experience working with web technologies (JavaScript, Html, CSS), in particular with combining with Reporting/Analytics tools to create compelling user experiences
Experience preparing datasets for AI/ML use-cases
Experience in AI/ML tools and techniques
Business Process Mapping Experience and applying this to Data Analysis
AWS development experience and certification
Product Owner experience.

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 partner...

London, United Kingdom

Hybrid

13-04-2025