Senior SDK & Platform Engineer (C/C++)

PlayStation; Dublin; Remote; EUR 88,000 - 132,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Top-tier benefits

Paid time off

Wellness program

Sony product discounts

Job summary

Sony Interactive Entertainment in Dublin is building a new engineering team to power PlayStation experiences. The role focuses on client-side SDKs, middleware, and platform technologies, with collaboration across the globe and with teams in Tokyo.

You will design, develop, test, and own features using C/C++, drive API design, mentor engineers, and influence architecture in a fast-paced, multi-product environment. This position offers a competitive base salary and extensive benefits.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional experience developing production software using C/C++.
• Experience designing and developing SDKs, frameworks, middleware, or complex client-side software systems.
• Strong understanding of software architecture, object-oriented design, API design, and software engineering best practices.
• Experience leading technical initiatives and influencing architecture or design decisions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and maintain client-side SDKs, middleware, and system software using C/C++.
• Lead technical design discussions and drive architecture decisions for SDK and platform capabilities.
• Design clean, scalable APIs that simplify integration and improve developer experience.
• Analyze product requirements and translate them into robust technical designs and implementation plans.
• Own complex features from design through delivery, ensuring quality, reliability, and maintainability.
• Collaborate closely with Product Managers, Technical Program Managers, Quality Engineering, and global engineering teams.
• Partner with engineering teams in Tokyo and other global locations to drive technical alignment and deliver shared platform capabilities.
• Identify, analyze, and resolve challenging technical issues related to performance, scalability, reliability, and maintainability.
• Review designs and code while providing technical leadership, mentorship, and guidance to other engineers.
• Drive engineering excellence through improvements to development processes, branching strategies, release quality, and operational practices.
• Contribute to SDK documentation, sample applications, developer tooling, and integration guidance.
• Support adoption and evolution of platform technologies across multiple products and teams.

Skills

C/C++ development

System architecture

API design

Team mentorship

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

CI/CD systems

Networking technologies

Job description

Sony Interactive Entertainment in Dublin is building a new engineering team to power PlayStation experiences. The role focuses on client-side SDKs, middleware, and platform technologies, with collaboration across the globe and with teams in Tokyo.

You will design, develop, test, and own features using C/C++, drive API design, mentor engineers, and influence architecture in a fast-paced, multi-product environment. This position offers a competitive base salary and extensive benefits.