Senior AI & Streaming Engineer – Real-Time Cloud Gaming

Sony Interactive Entertainment; Aliso Viejo (CA); On-site; USD 177,000 - 266,000; Full time

Job summary

HellaGoodAudio seeks a Senior Software Engineer to build AI-powered capabilities for a real‑time streaming platform in Aliso Viejo, CA. You will design and ship agents, optimize latency and cost, and extend the streaming stack in C++. Expect a fast-paced, ambiguity-friendly environment with ownership on critical paths.

You will work across streaming, platform, and cloud teams, turning ideas into production-ready features with measurable impact on performance and player experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
• Senior software engineer with end-to-end ownership of complex systems.
• Strong C++ production experience and AI-powered features in production.

Responsibilities

• Design, prototype, and ship AI-powered capabilities across streaming platform.
• Apply inference and agents to performance, engagement, personalization, and accessibility.
• Build and extend our platform in C++, and shape technologies and architecture.
• Create evaluation, telemetry, guardrails, fallbacks, and latency/cost awareness.
• Turn ambiguous ideas into demos, measure results, and productionize.

Skills

C++

AI in production

End-to-end ownership

Ambiguity handling

Strong communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Python

Rust

Linux

Windows

Job description

HellaGoodAudio seeks a Senior Software Engineer to build AI-powered capabilities for a real‑time streaming platform in Aliso Viejo, CA. You will design and ship agents, optimize latency and cost, and extend the streaming stack in C++. Expect a fast-paced, ambiguity-friendly environment with ownership on critical paths.

You will work across streaming, platform, and cloud teams, turning ideas into production-ready features with measurable impact on performance and player experience.