Job Description
Software Engineer II- Search Platform
Location: San Francisco, CA (SoMa)
We're looking for a Software Engineer II who will craft and develop cloud-based network software services for the PlayStation® and other applications/devices. You will provide strong technical abilities in cloud based software development and highly scalable API designs.
Our team is innovating and crafting the next generation of gaming experiences on PlayStation! You will work alongside partners in engineering, product, design, and research to build phenomenal experiences for customers around the world.
We are looking for engineers that are customer focused, who can take on the full scope of the product and user experience beyond the technical implementation. You'll set the foundation for how we build robust, scalable and fabulous products.
PlayStation Network currently has over 100 million monthly active users. This is a phenomenal opportunity to join our team working on building outstanding new experiences!
Responsibilities
• Design, implement and maintain RESTful Web Services API and algorithms
• Produce excellent, detailed design and development documentation
• Work with team members to deliver features on time, respond to evolving requirements, and strategic shifts in direction
• Familiar and comfortable with Agile/Scrum software development methodology
Qualifications
• 3+ years of proven programming experience in Java (or equivalent enterprise back-end) developing web server applications, object oriented design and design patterns, and passionate about writing high quality and well-architected code
• Experience in building high-performance and cloud based scalable web services. Experience with design and implementation of modern web services architecture and API frameworks
• Experience implementing services backed by NoSQL data stores
• Strong understanding of engineering standard methodologies – requirement gathering and analysis, design and develop secure and scalable code with unit tests, participate in code reviews and documentation; experience with multiple technology stacks
• Ability to balance periodic on-call duty, and defensive engineering to minimize impact
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or equivalent; Master's degree a plus.
Helpful but not required
• Experience with Amazon Web Services and cloud architecture
• Knowledge of DevOps practices, containerization, Docker/Kubernetes
• Data Processing, Machine Learning, Online Gaming domains
• Familiarity with Search and Graph problem sets
Jobcode: Reference SBJ-rbnzpk-44-213-80-203-42 in your application.