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

Sonyinteractiveentertainmentglobal; Dublin; On-site; EUR 88,000 - 132,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Top-tier benefits package

Paid time off

Employee discounts

Job summary

Sony Interactive Entertainment in Dublin seeks a senior software engineer to design, develop, and own client-side SDKs and platform components using C/C++. You will lead architecture decisions and work with global teams to deliver scalable solutions.

The role emphasizes API design, performance optimization, and collaboration with product managers, QA, and international engineering groups. You will mentor engineers and contribute to tooling and documentation.

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 working with client/server architectures, networking technologies, distributed systems, or platform services.
• Experience leading technical initiatives and influencing architecture or design decisions.
• Strong problem-solving, debugging, and performance optimization skills.
• Experience collaborating effectively in cross-functional and globally distributed engineering organizations.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to mentor engineers and positively influence technical direction within a team.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and maintain client-side SDKs, middleware, and system software primarily using C/C++.
• Lead technical design discussions and drive architecture decisions for SDK and platform capabilities.
• Design clean, scalable, and maintainable 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++ programming

System software design

API design

Distributed systems

Cross-functional collaboration

Mentoring

Problem solving

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering

Tools

CI/CD systems

React Native

iOS development

Android development

TypeScript

Job description

Sony Interactive Entertainment in Dublin seeks a senior software engineer to design, develop, and own client-side SDKs and platform components using C/C++. You will lead architecture decisions and work with global teams to deliver scalable solutions.

The role emphasizes API design, performance optimization, and collaboration with product managers, QA, and international engineering groups. You will mentor engineers and contribute to tooling and documentation.