Software Engineer II

Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe Limited; Camden Town; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading interactive entertainment company seeks a Full Stack Engineer to design and implement APIs and middleware services for their AI platform. Candidates should have 5+ years in backend engineering and proficiency in Python, Go, and Node.js. Join a team committed to innovation and diversity, and contribute to shaping the future of interactive entertainment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in full-stack or backend engineering.
• Strong API development experience.
• Experience integrating cloud-native services (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
• Ability to work in fast-paced, agile environments.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement APIs, orchestrators, and tool wrappers for AI middleware.
• Build robust and secure authentication/authorization frameworks.
• Develop scalable workflows for large volumes of data.

Skills

Python

Go

Node.js

REST APIs

GraphQL

Asynchronous architectures

OAuth

SAML

JWT

Cloud services

Job description

Responsibilities

• Design and implement APIs, orchestrators, and tool wrappers for AI middleware.
• Build robust and secure authentication/authorization frameworks for AI agent interactions.
• Develop scalable, asynchronous workflows that handle large volumes of enterprise data.
• Partner with AI Engineers to expose agent capabilities via clean, reusable APIs.
• Optimize performance, reliability, and monitoring of AI middleware services.
• Contribute to architectural decisions for PlayStation's AI gateway and middleware stack.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in full-stack or backend engineering.
• Proficiency in Python, Go, and/or Node.js with strong API development experience.
• Expertise in REST, GraphQL, and async event-driven architectures.
• Strong knowledge of enterprise auth (OAuth, SAML, JWT, SSO) and secure API design.
• Experience integrating cloud-native services (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
• Ability to work in fast-paced, agile environments with evolving requirements.
• Bias for action, strong ownership approach, and adaptability to new tech.

Sony is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All persons will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender (including gender identity, gender expression and gender reassignment), race (including colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin), religion or belief, marital or civil partnership status, disability, age, sexual orientation, pregnancy, maternity or parental status, trade union membership or membership in any other legally protected category.

We strive to create an inclusive environment, empower employees and embrace diversity. We encourage everyone to respond.

PlayStation is a Fair Chance employer and qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records will be considered for employment.

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. You will be part of an entirely new team getting formed with a laser focus of building an AI Middleware for the enterprise. You'll collaborate closely with other dedicated Software developers, ML engineers and Integration specialists to deliver this platform. This is the perfect opportunity if you enjoy working on complex, fast-paced projects, solving tough technical challenges, and staying ahead of modern web development trends. Plus, you'll be part of a vibrant PlayStation culture that values innovation, creativity, and of course-having fun shaping the future of interactive entertainment. If you're ready to join a team that drives innovation and builds experiences enjoyed by players around the world, this is the challenge you've been waiting for!

As a Full Stack Engineer, you will implement the middleware services and APIs that connect PlayStation IT systems to our AI agentic platform. You'll build scalable wrappers, orchestrators, and secure APIs to enable agent workflows across enterprise systems.