Senior Software Engineer

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

Why Sony Interactive Entertainment?

Sony Interactive Entertainment isn’t just the Best Place to Play — it’s also the Best Place to Work. Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) is the company behind the PlayStation brand. As a subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation, we’re part of a proud legacy of innovation and excellence. SIE is a dynamic technology company, delivering cutting‑edge hardware and network services to more than 100 million people and an entertainment leader, home to some of the most beloved and recognizable intellectual properties (IP) in the world. Our role at SIE is to create and nurture the experiences under the PlayStation brand, a name synonymous with entertainment excellence and creativity.

Department overview:

We are establishing and growing a new engineering team in Dublin that contributes to the client technologies powering PlayStation experiences used by millions of players worldwide.

Our team develops SDKs, middleware, and platform technologies that enable scalable and reliable experiences across the PlayStation ecosystem. While our primary focus today is SDK and platform development, the team is expected to evolve alongside business and product needs, creating opportunities to work across multiple technical domains.

As an early member of the team, you will help shape the technologies we build, the engineering practices we follow, and the future direction of a growing organization while collaborating closely with teams in Tokyo and across the globe.

What you’ll be doing:

• 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

What we are looking for:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
• 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

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience developing cross-platform SDKs, frameworks, or platform technologies
• Experience improving developer experience through tooling, documentation, automation, or platform enhancements
• Experience developing applications for iOS or Android platforms
• Experience with delivering production-quality mobile or desktop applications using React Native
• Experience with C#, JavaScript, or TypeScript
• Experience with CI/CD systems, build infrastructure, or release engineering
• Experience working closely with Quality Engineering teams to improve testability and release quality
• Familiarity with Agile software development methodologies

At SIE, we consider several factors when setting each role’s base pay range, including the competitive benchmarking data for the market and geographic location.
Please note that 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 which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location.
In addition, this roleis eligiblefor SIE’s top-tier benefits package that includes paid time off, wellness program and coveted employee discounts for Sony products.This role also may be eligible for a bonus package.Clickhereto learn more.

The estimated base pay range for this role is listed below. €87.800 — €131.800 EUR

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