Senior Software Engineer (Frontend, Social)

Join PlayStation as a Senior Software Engineer, where you will design and develop innovative features for the PS5, mobile, and other platforms. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, maintain high-quality front-end applications using React Native, and provide technical leadership to your team. This role requires a strong background in object-oriented development, experience with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Node.js, React, and React Native, and a passion for gaming.

• Design and develop PlayStation features on the PS5, mobile, and other supported platforms, ensuring high-quality front-end applications using React Native.
• Architect and develop complex projects across multiple teams and fields to deliver new and innovative features, while maintaining ownership of technology and common shareable features.
• Collaborate with Product Owners, Product Managers, and Designers to understand feature requirements, define technical requirements, and develop new features, while mentoring other team members and providing technical leadership.
• The ideal candidate will come from a strong object-oriented development background and be passionate about client applications and web technologies
• Collaborated on cloud-deployed services hosting APIs and backend processes talking to data storage and caching layers, event buses, and other services
• 5+ years of solid programming experience in end-to-end development using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Node.js, React and React Native
• Must relocate to Los Angeles, Orange County, or San Diego area
• Expert level knowledge of object-oriented design and design patterns, and passionate about writing high-quality and well-architected code
• Ability to oversee periodic on-call duty as well as out-of-band requests
• Strong understanding of engineering best practices – requirement gathering and analysis, design and develop secure and scalable code with unit tests, partake in code reviews and documentation; experience with open source-based technology stack
• Strong independent problem-solving skills
• Several years of experience in working with C++ and C# on multi-threaded applications
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in a team environment
• Proven ability to learn quickly and tackle new challenges
• Works independently with strong work ethic to deliver on critical timelines
• Able to work quickly and efficiently in a challenging environment
• A passion for gaming and a proven record of delivering the best possible experiences to players and game partners
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent