Full-Stack Software Engineer II, Social Platform Applications

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.

You will be a key member of our Social Platform team, building social-focused features on our cross-platform mobile application and backend services to enhance the PlayStation ecosystem. Come be part of the team to realize the mobile experience for our 100M+ monthly active PlayStation users.

Explore the PlayStation App: https://www.playstation.com/en-us/playstation-app/

Responsibilities:

• Build and integrate frameworks to streamline development across mobile, console, and services teams, enhancing efficiency and collaboration.

• Lead the development of a mobile app and services using Agile methodologies like Scrum, delivering iterative improvements and achieving breakthroughs.

• Develop and maintain high-quality front-end applications using React Native, ensuring they are production-ready and meet performance standards.

• Build and optimize backend services for maximum speed and scalability while ensuring responsiveness hosting APIs to support new and existing features.

• Create and deploy adaptable UI elements for multiple platforms, emphasizing scalability and ease of maintenance, while incorporating architectural frameworks such as MVC, MVVM, and MVP.

• Develop unit and integration tests and conduct code reviews to ensure high-quality code and seamless functionality.

• Implement monitoring tools, fix, and resolve issues across the entire technology stack.

• Maintain clear, concise documentation of system architecture, codebase, and development processes.

• Offer guidance and mentorship to junior engineers, sharing guidelines and driving improvements in the development lifecycle.

• Collaborate closely with international teams of UI designers and product managers (USA, Japan, UK) to translate requirements into actionable work packages, creating engaging mobile user experiences.

• Represent the team in technical forums by presenting designs, sharing knowledge, and contributing insights to other Sony software development groups.

Required Qualifications:

• Genuine passion for crafting seamless, intuitive user experiences that prioritize usability and performance.

• 2+ years of experience in crafting single-page web applications or mobile applications.

• Collaborated on cloud-deployed services hosting APIs and backend processes talking to data-storage and caching layers, event buses, and other services.

• Proficient knowledge of mobile environments, structures, and advancements in iOS and Android programming, encompassing new innovations.

• Skilled in iOS (Objective-C/Swift, Xcode) or Android (Java/Kotlin, Android Studio) front-end development. Proficient in Java, Python, Go, scripting, and functional languages.

• Hands-on experience with modern JavaScript frameworks such as React/React Native, Angular, or similar technologies to build flexible interfaces and engaging applications.

• Hands-on experience with modern Java-based frameworks such as Spring Boot or similar technologies to build robust microservices architectures.

• Proficient analytical and fixing abilities emphasizing effective and expandable resolutions.<