Manager, Software Engineering

Sony Playstation; San Mateo (CA); Hybrid; USD 201,400 - 302,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and dental coverage

401(k) matching

Employee discounts on Sony products

Job summary

Sony Playstation is looking for an Engineering Manager to lead the Platform Quality and Operational Excellence for PlayStation Portal. This role involves mentoring a team of engineers and ensuring the platform meets performance and reliability standards. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to drive improvements and foster a culture of excellence.

The ideal candidate will have over 7 years of experience in tech, a strong background in Android development, and excellent people management skills. The position offers a competitive pay range and robust benefits package.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in the interactive entertainment industry.
• Experience managing software engineering teams delivering consumer products.
• Strong understanding of Android platform architecture.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and grow a team of experienced engineers.
• Drive initiatives to improve platform performance and reliability.
• Collaborate with Security teams to mitigate risks.

Skills

Technical leadership

People management

Android development

UI performance optimization

Data-driven decision making

Education

Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Android Studio

CI/CD systems

Telemetry systems

Job description

Engineering Manager – PlayStation Portal Platform

Overview

Sony Interactive Entertainment is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead Platform Quality, Operational Excellence, and Engineering Productivity initiatives for PlayStation Portal based on AOSP.

This role is responsible for driving Platform Performance, Stability, Security, and Observability through data-driven engineering practices, automation, telemetry, and cross-functional collaboration across Platform, QE, Security, Infrastructure, and Product teams.

The ideal candidate combines strong technical leadership with exceptional people management skills and a passion for building highly reliable consumer products at scale. You will lead a team of experienced engineers while driving execution and continuous improvement of the PlayStation Portal platform used by millions of players worldwide.

Responsibilities

People Leadership & Team Management

• Lead, mentor, and grow a team of experienced software engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence, ownership, collaboration, and innovation.
• Provide coaching, career development, performance management, and continuous feedback to support individual and team success.
• Establish clear goals, expectations, and growth opportunities while ensuring team members feel valued, empowered, and heard.
• Drive talent development, succession planning, and hiring efforts to build and maintain a high-performing engineering team.
• Foster an inclusive and collaborative work environment that encourages creativity, accountability, and continuous learning.

Platform Performance & Stability

• Lead initiatives to improve Performance, Stability, Scalability, and overall reliability of the PlayStation Portal platform.
• Define and drive Platform Health KPIs and Operational Excellence objectives.
• Identify bottlenecks and systemic issues through profiling, telemetry, benchmarking, and large-scale data analysis.
• Drive root-cause analysis and long-term corrective actions for platform issues.
• Establish measurable quality targets and continuously improve platform health and user experience.

Telemetry, Logging & Data-Driven Improvements

• Design and implement telemetry, logging, observability, and monitoring systems across the platform stack.
• Establish data-driven methodologies to continuously measure, analyze, and improve platform quality.
• Build scalable data collection and analytics pipelines to generate actionable insights from devices, test environments, and CI/CD systems.
• Enable engineering teams to make informed decisions through platform analytics, dashboards, and operational metrics.

Quality Engineering & Automation

• Partner closely with QE teams to define measurable KPIs for Performance, Stability, Reliability, and Quality.
• Integrate automated measurements, benchmarking, and validation into CI/CD pipelines.
• Lead automation efforts for regression detection, performance monitoring, and platform health assessment.
• Improve engineering productivity through continuous testing, automated quality gates, and development workflow optimization.
• Drive adoption of engineering best practices and continuous improvement initiatives.

Security Collaboration

• Collaborate with Security teams to identify platform security risks, vulnerabilities, and mitigation strategies.
• Drive implementation and tracking of security improvements across the platform stack.
• Establish proactive monitoring and reporting mechanisms for security-related issues.
• Support secure platform architecture, threat mitigation, and security best practices throughout the software lifecycle.

Dashboard & Platform Visibility

• Build and maintain dashboards that provide real-time visibility into platform health, quality, performance, and operational metrics.
• Enable engineering and leadership teams to continuously monitor platform status and trends.
• Improve transparency and operational awareness through intuitive reporting and visualization tools.
• Establish reporting mechanisms for platform health and quality indicators.

Technical Program Leadership

• Lead large-scale technical initiatives from requirements definition and architecture through implementation, launch, and post-launch support.
• Coordinate execution across multiple teams while balancing technical excellence, business priorities, and delivery commitments.
• Drive predictable execution through Agile methodologies, effective planning, risk management, and stakeholder alignment.
• Contribute to technical roadmap planning and strategic platform initiatives.

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 7+ years of experience delivering technologies in the interactive entertainment industry, computer graphics, SDKs, frameworks, Android applications, mobile game development, or related fields.
• Experience managing software engineering teams delivering large-scale platform, system software, mobile, or consumer products.
• Strong understanding of Android/AOSP platform architecture and system-level software development.
• Proficiency in Android development using Java, Kotlin, and Android Studio.
• Strong understanding of mobile architectures, Android ecosystems, development trends, and emerging technologies.
• Experience with Performance Optimization, Stability Analysis, Reliability Engineering, and Production Debugging.
• Demonstrated ability to lead, measure, and optimize UI and application performance, including UI responsiveness, startup performance, rendering performance, and efficient network utilization.
• Experience building telemetry, observability, logging, monitoring, analytics, or diagnostics systems.
• Experience with CI/CD systems, automated testing infrastructure, and engineering productivity tooling.
• Experience developing multi-threaded applications with strong understanding of concurrency, synchronization, and performance optimization.
• Excellent people management skills, including goal setting, performance reviews, coaching, mentoring, organizational planning, and talent development.
• Proven experience fostering an inclusive, collaborative, and high-performing engineering culture.
• Strong project management skills with experience prioritizing work, managing resources, mitigating risks, and delivering projects on schedule.
• Proven experience with Agile development methodologies, including Scrum and iterative development practices.
• Experience taking products or platforms from requirements definition through global launch and live operation.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills with the ability to build strong partnerships across engineering, product, QE, security, and leadership organizations.
• Strong technical writing and documentation skills, with the ability to communicate designs, implementation details, architecture decisions, and testing strategies across global teams.
• Strong advocacy for personal and professional growth, ensuring every team member feels valued, supported, and empowered to succeed.
• A proactive, adaptable leadership style with a deep commitment to team success and organizational excellence.

Preferred

• Experience developing consumer electronics, gaming devices, handheld devices, or embedded systems.
• Experience with Platform Security, Security Engineering, Security Architecture, or Platform Hardening initiatives.
• Experience with metrics platforms, dashboards, business intelligence tools, and data visualization systems.
• Experience with cloud-based analytics pipelines, distributed systems, and large-scale data processing platforms.
• Familiarity with Performance Benchmarking, Reliability Engineering, SRE practices, and Operational Excellence methodologies.
• Experience working with globally distributed engineering organizations.
• Experience with modern JavaScript frameworks such as React, React Native, Angular, or similar technologies.
• Experience building internal engineering portals, operational dashboards, analytics platforms, or developer productivity tools.

Leadership Expectations

• Drive a culture of engineering excellence, operational ownership, and continuous improvement.
• Champion personal and professional growth while creating an environment where every team member feels valued, respected, and heard.
• Lead with empathy, accountability, transparency, and a strong sense of ownership.
• Empower teams through automation, observability, measurable outcomes, and data-driven decision making.
• Balance short-term execution with long-term platform sustainability.
• Partner effectively with stakeholders across Platform, QE, Security, Infrastructure, and Product organizations.
• Foster collaboration, innovation, accountability, and engineering craftsmanship within and across teams.

Impact

This role will directly influence the quality, reliability, performance, security, and operational excellence of the PlayStation Portal experience for millions of users worldwide. Through strong technical leadership, team development, and data-driven platform improvements, you will help deliver a world-class experience for PlayStation players.

Pay & Benefits

Base pay range: $201,400 — $302,000 USD.

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. 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 role is eligible for SIE’s top-tier benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, matching 401(k), paid time off, wellness program and coveted employee discounts for Sony products. This role also may be eligible for a bonus package.

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