Sr. Software Engineer

PlayStation Network; Southwestern Ontario; Hybrid; CAD 139,000 - 209,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading entertainment corporation is seeking a CI/CD Pipeline Engineer to design and maintain scalable CI/CD pipelines across platforms. The ideal candidate will collaborate with various teams and mentor junior engineers, ensuring streamlined build and release workflows. A strong understanding of CI/CD practices using tools such as Jenkins and GitHub Actions is essential for this role. This position offers competitive compensation together with a comprehensive benefits package.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision benefits

Matching 401(k)

Paid time off

Employee discounts for Sony products

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of software engineering fundamentals.
• Extensive experience with version control systems.
• Mentorship experience in automation practices.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain scalable CI/CD pipelines.
• Lead CI/CD initiatives across teams.
• Collaborate with teams to understand workflows.

Skills

CI/CD pipeline design

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Problem-solving

Containerization (Docker)

Tools

Git

Linux-based environments

Job description

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 PlayStation5, PlayStation4, PlayStationVR, PlayStationPlus, 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.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable CI/CD pipelines across diverse platforms (PlayStation consoles, Web, Mobile, PC) with a focus on Jenkins and GitHub Actions
• Lead initiatives to modernize and standardize build, test, and release workflows across teams, ensuring reliability, speed, and developer efficiency
• Partner closely with engineering, QA, and operations teams to understand their workflows and proactively build solutions that remove friction
• Own the strategy for pipeline health: implement monitoring, automated recovery, and continuous improvements to minimize build/test failures and downtime
• Mentor and provide technical guidance to junior engineers on CI/CD practices, automation design, and troubleshooting
• Define best practices and advocate for CI/CD improvements across the organization, influencing both technical direction and team adoption
• Develop tools and frameworks to improve build reproducibility, dependency management, and artifact handling
• Collaborate with global teams to drive alignment on CI/CD strategy and support large-scale software delivery at PlayStation
• Strong understanding of software engineering fundamentals, including object-oriented principles, data structures, and algorithms
• Extensive experience with version control (Git, GitHub)
• Deep hands-on experience with Jenkins and/or GitHub Actions at scale
• Strong experience with containerization (Docker) and working with Linux-based build environments
• Proven ability to design and maintain scalable build and automation pipelines in complex engineering environments
• Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills in CI/CD contexts

Preferred Requirements

• Experience leading CI/CD initiatives or driving adoption of new build/release systems across multiple teams
• Experience with Kubernetes or similar orchestration technologies
• Knowledge of Linux and Windows build environments, including cross-compilation or multi-platform support
• Familiarity with build acceleration techniques (caching, parallelization, artifact repositories)
• Track record of mentoring and enabling other engineers in best practices for CI/CD and automation
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to influence across engineering organizations

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Pay and Benefits At Sony Interactive Entertainment, we consider several factors when setting each role’s base pay range, including market data and geographic location. The base pay range may vary in line with our hybrid working policy and individual base pay will be determined based on job-related factors such as knowledge, skills, experience, and location. This role may be eligible for SIE’s top-tier benefits package including medical, dental, vision, matching 401(k), paid time off, wellness program and employee discounts for Sony products. This role may also be eligible for a bonus package. The estimated base pay range for this role is $139,100 - $208,700 CAD.

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