Senior Software Engineer, Payments

Job Description

Why PlayStation?

Senior Software Engineer, Payments

San Diego, CA
Our network platform enables users to:
• Buy and Play the most exclusive games on the device
• Stream and Play the best game titles online and enjoy the other platform games on PlayStation 5 online
• Watch live stream events, movies, and TV
• Use the Social features to share and play among friends
• Use the third-party applications for entertainment
Our Team

The Payments Engineering division provides a linear scale, highly available, fault-tolerant, globally distributed commerce service platform. We design highly scalable software application systems and implement tests for application quality, performance and scalability. Our mission is to provide the highest level of performance and reliability for our customers. We work on the network services platform, including existing and new services supporting customer growth on the platform.

About The Job
• Develop distributed services, collaborate with product managers, architects, engineers, and operations team members to build payment platform solutions.
• End-to-end feature development all the way through the middleware and backend platform
• Work with our existing technologies both backend and infrastructure and support existing services
• Manage individual projects priorities, timelines and results with your technical expertise.
• Coordinate software system installations and monitor equipment function to ensure specifications are met.
• Participate in design and code reviews, identify and communicate industry development practices.
• Experiment with technologies, solving the problems of scaling, latencies while keeping a check on cost and quality.

About You
• You have a Master's Degree in Computer Science, or related field or equivalent, with 5+ years of proven experience building distributed and scalable software
• You have built software using Java and C++ languages
• You are passionate about new development from scratch at the same rate as keeping the revenue coming by maintaining existing services.
• Familiarity with continuous integration and deployment processes.
• You have knowledge of different data storage technologies like MySQL, Oracle, DynamoDB, Cassandra, Couchbase etc.
• You understand virtualization technologies like Docker and Kubernetes
• You have good understanding of public cloud design like AWS or GCE
• You are familiar with tools such as Datadog, Splunk, Jenkins, JIRA, etc.
• You influence and impact multiple teams. You are extremely proactive and keep relevant people in the loop.
• You have solid understanding of service-oriented architecture and familiarity with microservices architecture
• You have demonstrated success in partnering with key collaborators in previous roles
• You are not afraid to challenge status quo and think creatively
• Communication is your strong suit: in code, in email, and face-to-face
• You get things done with minimum supervision
• Experiment with technologies, solving the problems of scaling, latencies while keeping a check on cost and quality.

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At SIE, we consider several factors when setting each role's base pay range, including the competitive benchmarking data for the market and geographic location.

Please note that the base pay range may vary in line with our hybrid working policy and individual base pay will be determined based on job-related factors which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location.

In addition, this role is eligible for SIE's top-tier benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, matching 401(k), paid time off, wellness program and coveted employee discounts for Sony products. This role also may be eligible for a bonus package. Click here to learn more.

The estimated base pay range for this role is listed below.

$147,500 - $221,300 USD

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 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.

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

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-gmob4v-3-147-61-142-42 in your application.