About the role
<div class="content-intro"><p><strong>Why Sony Interactive Entertainment?</strong></p> <p>Sony Interactive Entertainment isn’t just the Best Place to Play — it’s also the Best Place to Work. Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) is the company behind the PlayStation brand. As a subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation, we’re part of a proud legacy of innovation and excellence. SIE is a dynamic technology company, delivering cutting-edge hardware and network services to more than 100 million people and an entertainment leader, home to some of the most beloved and recognizable intellectual properties (IP) in the world. Our role at SIE is to create and nurture the experiences under the PlayStation brand, a name synonymous with entertainment excellence and creativity.</p></div><p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>Why Join Us?</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Be part of a team building brand new tools and platforms used by thousands of developers worldwide. We foster a diverse, inclusive culture where innovation, learning, and collaboration are at the core of everything we do.</span></p> <h2><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>The role</strong></span></h2> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">We are looking for a strong Software Development Manager to lead high-impact teams within the PlayStation SDK Developer Host Tools division.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">This role requires a balanced leader, someone who can manage a high-performing team, while also maintaining strong technical depth to guide architecture, review designs, and support engineers at a code level when needed.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">You will operate across both backend distributed systems and web-based and/or native frontends, helping to shape solutions that are both technically sound and highly usable for developers.</span></p> <h2><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>What</strong> <strong>you’ll</strong> <strong>be doing</strong></span></h2> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Support, encourage, and help develop a team of engineers, fostering a positive and collaborative work environment</span></li> <li style=&quo