Staff Software Engineer, Game Systems

Job Description

Staff Software Engineer, Game Systems

PlayStation HQ in San Mateo, CA

This role is open to a remote working location

We will consider staff to senior-staff level professional experience.

How would you like to influence the next generation of the most successful gaming platform of all time? Does it interest you to develop technology used by every single next generation PlayStation developer? We are offering a career opportunity combining both your passion and skills as a software engineer while also allowing you to work with state-of-the-art technology.

The PlayStation Studios Platform Architecture Group lives at the intersection of PlayStation's game and platform development. We seek an engineer to develop compression and I/O-focused technologies for a wide range of games and internal systems. If this is you please apply!

Responsibilities:
• You will enhance our platform technologies and tools including but not limited to:
• Runtime I/O stack
• Compression and decompression technologies
• I/O and storage device simulation
• Streaming systems
• Liaise with highly motivated teams to effectively apply these innovative technologies
• Provide performance analysis and optimization of game titles and system software

Qualifications
• A min. of 5 years professional experience working with games, embedded systems or kernel development, including direct experience in one or more of:
• Game streaming systems
• Memory management and memory mapping
• Filesystem development
• Strength and a real passion for C and C++ programming
• Prior exposure to CPU profiling and performance analysis tools
• Excellent ability in testing and debugging complex asynchronous systems
• Great interpersonal skills (written and oral)
• An interest in games and a dream to create something better

Nice-to-Have:
• Development on the PlayStation platforms or equivalent experience
• Experience of Unity or Unreal Engine or equivalent experience
• Experience of GPU Compute Programming
• Deep knowledge of FreeBSD or Linux kernel development
• Japanese language skills

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Jobcode: Reference SBJ-g4yq7z-216-73-217-89-42 in your application.