Software Engineer – Backend Java (PlayStation)

About the role

Join the Accounts & Identity team at Sony Interactive Entertainment to build highly scalable Java‑based services that power the PlayStation experience. You will work on distributed backend systems that deliver secure, reliable and performant features to millions of users worldwide.

Key responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain and improve Java‑based backend services.
• Build highly scalable, reliable distributed services for the PlayStation ecosystem.
• Collaborate with product managers, architects, engineers and operations teams.
• Perform requirement analysis, code reviews and manage project priorities.
• Troubleshoot and resolve operational incidents.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent.
• 3+ years of hands‑on Java development, preferably with reactive programming.
• Experience delivering backend web services using Spring Boot.
• Proven experience deploying to AWS (EC2/EKS) with Docker containers.
• Ability to work in agile environments and communicate effectively.

Required skills

• Java (including Reactive Java)
• Spring Boot, JAX‑RS, servlet containers (Tomcat)
• REST, JSON, XML, GraphQL (Apollo Client and server)
• AWS EC2, EKS, Docker
• Unix/Linux platforms
• Databases: Oracle, DynamoDB, Cassandra
• CI/CD tools: Jenkins, Git, JIRA
• Monitoring: Datadog, Splunk