Principal Software Engineer

About the role

Sony Interactive Entertainment is looking for a Principal Software Engineer to shape the architecture of large‑scale commerce systems on the PlayStation Network Platform. You will partner with product management, architects, engineering, hosting and operations teams to drive high‑availability, active‑active, and extensible services.

Key responsibilities

• Contribute to the design and architecture of large‑scale commerce systems on the PlayStation Network.
• Follow industry‑standard guidelines to build highly available, active‑active services.
• Participate in product roadmap discussions and identify improvement areas.
• Design, develop, debug, and test high‑quality software solutions.
• Implement rigorous methodologies for measuring, predicting, and improving enterprise‑grade systems.
• Document designs, implementations, and test results.
• Lead a development community and influence quality‑engineering standards.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years of software development, programming, design, and analysis experience.
• Deep expertise in system engineering and distributed systems.
• Proven ability to take projects from requirements scoping to launch.
• Strong communication skills and ability to build relationships with architects.

Required skills

• Java
• Python
• Golang
• Terraform
• CloudFormation
• Enterprise Java/J2EE
• Web Services
• Large‑scale data systems / NoSQL
• Docker
• Kubernetes