Senior Software Engineer, Audio Validation Tools

sonyinteractiveentertainmentglobal; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Discretionary bonus opportunity

Private Medical Insurance

Dental Scheme

London Allowance

25 days holiday per year

On Site Gym

Subsidised Café

Free soft drinks

On site bar

Access to cycle garage and showers

Job summary

Sony Interactive Entertainment in London is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to build tools for validating PS SDK audio technologies. You will design automated pipelines, implement robust analysis systems, and work closely with Audio SDK engineers to ensure release-ready quality.

You'll contribute to CI pipelines, diagnostics, and tooling that makes audio behavior measurable and regressions easier to detect. This role is hybrid based in London.

Qualifications

• Strong professional software engineering experience.
• Strong C/C++ development skills.
• Strong Python development skills.
• Practical understanding of digital audio fundamentals (PCM, sampling, latency, spectral analysis).
• Experience building tools, automation, analysis systems, or developer-facing tooling.
• Strong debugging across code, data, tooling, environments, and pipelines.
• Ability to turn ambiguous problems into robust software.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain audio validation tools for PlayStation SDK audio libraries and technologies.
• Write C/C++ and Python code to analyze audio output, detect regressions, and compare SDK versions.
• Build automated systems for repeatable audio quality measurement and regression detection.
• Create tooling that gives engineers clear evidence when audio behaviour changes.
• Collaborate with Audio SDK engineers to understand features, risks, and testability needs.
• Integrate audio validation into CI, build pipelines, dashboards, and release workflows.
• Investigate complex audio issues using debugging and data analysis.
• Own technical areas end to end from requirements and design through implementation, documentation, maintenance, and support.
• Help define standards for maintainable, reproducible audio validation tooling.
• Mentor engineers and share knowledge across SDK QE and Audio SDK teams.

Skills

C/C++ development

Python development

Audio fundamentals

Debugging

CI/CD tooling

Software design

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/Engineering/Audio Tech/Math/Physics

Tools

Git

GTest

PyTest

Job description

Sony Interactive Entertainment in London is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to build tools for validating PS SDK audio technologies. You will design automated pipelines, implement robust analysis systems, and work closely with Audio SDK engineers to ensure release-ready quality.

You'll contribute to CI pipelines, diagnostics, and tooling that makes audio behavior measurable and regressions easier to detect. This role is hybrid based in London.