Senior Streaming Systems Engineer — C/C++ & Linux

PlayStation Global; Aliso Viejo (CA); On-site; USD 177,000 - 266,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Wellness program

Employee discounts on Sony products

Job summary

Sony Interactive Entertainment in Aliso Viejo, CA is seeking a Senior Software Engineer focused on Streaming & Systems. You will work across low-level C/C++, Linux and Windows, building performance-sensitive systems for game streaming, platform software, and cloud-enabled capabilities.

You will prototype, debug, and ship components, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and apply AI-native engineering practices to improve reliability, developer velocity, and user experience.

Qualifications

• BS in Computer Science or equivalent senior-level software engineering experience.
• Strong C/C++ skills and deep Linux systems experience.
• Fluency with AI-native engineering workflows including coding agents, LLM-assisted debugging, test generation, automation, and rapid exploration.
• Experience in systems-oriented or performance-sensitive codebases.
• Strong product judgment, systems curiosity, and focus on improving user and developer experience.
• Ability to operate in ambiguity, prototype quickly, validate ideas, and harden successful approaches.
• Clear communication skills and habit of raising team quality through technical judgment and reusable workflows.
• Ownership mindset with clear trade-offs and momentum as priorities change.

Responsibilities

• Explore, prototype, validate, and ship performance-sensitive systems that improve reliability and user experience.
• Build low-level software in C/C++ on Linux environments.
• Work across game streaming, platform software, infrastructure, tooling, and cloud-enabled capabilities.
• Use AI-native workflows for coding, debugging, testing, documentation, automation, and rapid prototyping.
• Investigate cloud-delivered experiences to surpass local experiences.
• Turn ambiguous ideas into demos, experiments, measurements, and production-quality implementations.
• Debug complex systems issues across performance, reliability, and production-like environments.
• Collaborate with a focused engineering team and domain experts across streaming, platform, infrastructure, and cloud.

Skills

C/C++

Linux systems

AI-native workflows

Cloud-enabled capabilities

Game streaming

Performance optimization

Debugging

Communication

Ownership

Education

BS in Computer Science

Tools

Windows

Docker

Job description

Sony Interactive Entertainment in Aliso Viejo, CA is seeking a Senior Software Engineer focused on Streaming & Systems. You will work across low-level C/C++, Linux and Windows, building performance-sensitive systems for game streaming, platform software, and cloud-enabled capabilities.

You will prototype, debug, and ship components, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and apply AI-native engineering practices to improve reliability, developer velocity, and user experience.