Senior Software Engineer — SDKs & Platform (C/C++)

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

Benefits offered by this job

Top-tier benefits package

Paid time off

Wellness program

Employee discounts for Sony products

Job summary

Sony Interactive Entertainment in Dublin seeks an experienced software engineer to design, develop, and deliver client-side SDKs and platform software. You’ll lead architecture discussions, build robust APIs, and collaborate with global teams to ensure high quality, scalable solutions.

The role emphasizes mentorship, code reviews, and engineering process improvements across multi-product platforms, with hybrid work policies and competitive compensation in a dynamic gaming technology environment.

Qualifications

• 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.

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++ development

SDK design

API design

Distributed systems

Cross-functional collaboration

Mentoring engineers

Technical leadership

Architecture design

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS

Tools

CI/CD

Networking

React Native

Job description

Sony Interactive Entertainment in Dublin seeks an experienced software engineer to design, develop, and deliver client-side SDKs and platform software. You’ll lead architecture discussions, build robust APIs, and collaborate with global teams to ensure high quality, scalable solutions.

The role emphasizes mentorship, code reviews, and engineering process improvements across multi-product platforms, with hybrid work policies and competitive compensation in a dynamic gaming technology environment.