Manager, Software Engineering

<div class="content-intro"><p><strong>Why Sony Interactive Entertainment?</strong></p> <p>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.</p></div><p><span style="color: #0f4761;">Engineering Manager – PlayStation Portal Platform&nbsp;</span></p> <p style="color: !important;"><span style="color: #0f4761;">Overview&nbsp;</span></p> <p style="color: !important;"><span style="color: #000000;">Sony Interactive Entertainment is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead Platform Quality, Operational Excellence, and Engineering Productivity initiatives for PlayStation Portal based on AOSP.&nbsp;</span></p> <p style="color: !important;"><span style="color: #000000;">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.&nbsp;</span></p> <p style="color: !important;"><span style="color: #000000;">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.&nbsp;</span></p> <p style="color: !important;"><span style="color: #000000;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p style="color: !important;"><span style="color: #0f4761;">Responsibilities&nbsp;</span></p> <p style="color: !important;"><span style="color: #0f4761;">People Leadership &amp; Team Management&nbsp;</span></p> <ul> <li><span style="color: #000000;">Lead, mentor, and grow a team of experienced software engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence, ownership, collaboration, and innovation.&nbsp;</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span style="color: #000000;">Provide coaching, career development, performance management, and continuous feedback to support individual and team success.&nbsp;</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span style="color: #000000;">Establish clear goals, expectations, and growth opportunities while ensuring team members feel valued, empowered, and heard.&nbsp;</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span style="color: #000000;">Drive talent development, succession planning, and hiring efforts to build and maintain a high-performing engineering team.&nbsp;</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span style="color: #000000;">Foster an inclusive and collaborative work environment that encourages creativity, accountability, and continuous learning.&nbsp;</span></li> </ul> <p style="color: !important;"><span style="color: #0f4761;">Platform Performance &amp; Stability&nbsp;</span></p> <ul> <li><span style="color: #000000;">Lead initiatives to improve Performance, Stability, Scalability, and overall reliability of the PlayStation Portal platform.&nbsp;</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span style="color: #000000;">Define and drive Platform Health KPIs and Operational Excellence objectives.&nbsp;</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span style="color: #000000;">Identify bottlenecks and systemic issues through profiling, telemetry, benchmarking, and large-scale data analysis.&nbsp;</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span style="color: #000000;">Drive root-cause analysis and long-term corrective actions for platform issues.&nbsp;</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span style="color: #000000;">Establish measurable quality targets and continuously improve platform health and user experience.&nbsp;</span></li> </ul> <p style="color: !important;"><span style="color: #0f4761;">Telemetry, Logging &amp; Data-Driven Improvements&nbsp;</span></p> <ul> <li><span style="color: #000000;">Design and implement telemetry, logging, observability, and monitoring systems across the platform stack.&nbsp;</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span style="color: #000000;">Establish data-driven methodologies to continuously measure, analyze, and improve platform quality.&nbsp;</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span style="color: #000000;">Build scalable data collection and analytics pipelines to generate actionable insights from devices, test environments, and CI/CD systems.&nbsp;</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span style="color: #000000;">Enable engineering teams to make informed decisions through platform analytics, dashboards, and operational metrics.&nbsp;</span></li> </ul> <p style="color: !important;"><span style="color: #0f4761;">Quality Engineering &amp; Automation&nbsp;</span></p> <ul> <li><span style="color: #000000;">Partner closely with QE teams to define measurable KPIs for Performance, Stability, Reliability, and Quality.&nbsp;</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span style="color: #000000;">Integrate automated measurements, benchmarking, and validation into CI/CD pipelines.&nbsp;</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span style="color: #000000;">Lead automation efforts for regression detection, performance monitoring, and platform health assessment.&nbsp;</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span style="color: #000000;">Improve engineering productivity through continuous testing, automated quality gates, and development workflow optimization.&nbsp;</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span style="color: #000000;">Drive adoption of engineering best practices and continuous improvement initiatives.&nbsp;</span></li> </ul> <p style="color: !important;"><span style="color: #0f4761;">Security Collaboration&nbsp;</span></p> <ul> <li><span style="color: #000000;">Collaborate with Security teams to identify platform security risks, vulnerabilities, and mitigation strategies.&nbsp;</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span style="color: #000000;">Drive implementation and tracking of security improvements across the platform stack.&nbsp;</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span style="color: #000000;">Establish proactive monitoring and reporting mechanisms for security-related issues.&nbsp;</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span style="color: #000000;">Support secure platform architecture, threat mitigation, and security best practices throughout the software lifecycle.&nbsp;</span></li> </ul> <p style="color: !important;"><span style="color: #0f4761;">Dashboard &amp; Platform Visibility&nbsp;</span></p> <ul> <li><span style="color: #000000;">Build and maintain dashboards that provide real-time visibility into platform health, quality, performance, and operational metrics.&nbsp;</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span style="color: #000000;">Enable engineering and leadership teams to continuously monitor platform status and trends.&nbsp;</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span style="color: #000000;">Improve transparency and operational awareness through intuitive reporting and visualization tools.&nbsp;</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span style="color: #000000;">Establish reporting mechanisms for platform health and quality indicators.&nbsp;</span></li> </ul> <p style="color: !important;"><span style="color: #0f4761;">Technical Program Leadership&nbsp;</span></p> <ul> <li><span style="color: #000000;">Lead large-scale technical initiatives from requirements definition and architecture through implementation, launch, and post-launch support.&nbsp;</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span style="color: #000000;">Coordinate execution across multiple teams while balancing technical excellence, business priorities, and delivery commitments.&nbsp;</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span style="color: #000000;">Drive predictable execution through Agile methodologies, effective planning, risk management, and stakeholder alignment.&nbsp;</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span style="color: #000000;">Contribute to technical roadmap planning and strategic platform initiatives.&nbsp;</span></li> </ul> <p style="color: !important;"><span style="color: #000000;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p style="color: !important;"><span style="color: #0f4761;">Qualifications&nbsp;</span></p> <p style="color: !important;"><span style="color: #0f4761;">Required&nbsp;</span></p> <ul> <li><span style="color: #000000;">Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.&nbsp;</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span style="color: #000000;">7+ years of experience delivering technologies in the interactive entertainment industry, computer graphics, SDKs, frameworks, Android applications, mobile game development, or related fields.&nbsp;</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span style="color: #000000;">Experience managing software engineering teams delivering large-scale platform, system software, mobile, or consumer products.&nbsp;</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span style="color: #000000;">Strong understanding of Android/AOSP platform architecture and system-level software development.&nbsp;</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span style="color: #000000;">Proficiency in Android development using Java, Kotlin, and Android Studio.&nbsp;</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span style="color: #000000;">Strong understanding of mobile architectures, Android ecosystems, development trends, and emerging technologies.&nbsp;</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span style="color: #000000;">Experience with Performance Optimization, Stability Analysis, Reliability Engineering, and Production Debugging.&nbsp;</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span style="color: #000000;">Demonstrated ability to lead, measure, and optimize UI and application performance, including UI responsiveness, startup performance, rendering performance, and efficient network utilization.&nbsp;</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span style="color: #000000;">Experience building telemetry, observability, logging, monitoring, analytics, or diagnostics systems.&nbsp;</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span style="color: #000000;">Experience with CI/CD systems, automated testing infrastructure, and engineering productivity tooling.&nbsp;</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span style="color: #000000;">Experience developing multi-threaded applications with strong understanding of concurrency, synchronization, and performance optimization.&nbsp;</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span style="color: #000000;">Excellent people management skills, including goal setting, performance reviews, coaching, mentoring, organizational planning, and talent development.&nbsp;</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span style="color: #000000;">Proven experience fostering an inclusive, collaborative, and high-performing engineering culture.&nbsp;</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span style="color: #000000;">Strong project management skills with experience prioritizing work, managing resources, mitigating risks, and delivering projects on schedule.&nbsp;</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span style="color: #000000;">Proven experience with Agile development methodologies, including Scrum and iterative development practices.&nbsp;</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span style="color: #000000;">Experience taking products or platforms from requirements definition through global launch and live operation.&nbsp;</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span style="color: #000000;">Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills with the ability to build strong partnerships across engineering, product, QE, security, and leadership organizations.&nbsp;</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span style="color: #000000;">Strong technical writing and documentation skills, with the ability to communicate designs, implementation details, architecture decisions, and testing strategies across global teams.&nbsp;</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span style="color: #000000;">Strong advocacy for personal and professional growth, ensuring every team member feels valued, supported, and empowered to succeed.&nbsp;</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span style="color: #000000;">A proactive, adaptable leadership style with a deep commitment to team success and organizational excellence.&nbsp;</span></li> </ul> <p style="color: !important;"><span style="color: #0f4761;">Preferred&nbsp;</span></p> <ul> <li><span style="color: #000000;">Experience developing consumer electronics, gaming devices, handheld devices, or embedded systems.&nbsp;</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span style="color: #000000;">Experience with Platform Security, Security Engineering, Security Architecture, or Platform Hardening initiatives.&nbsp;</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span style="color: #000000;">Experience with metrics platforms, dashboards, business intelligence tools, and data visualization systems.&nbsp;</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span style="color: #000000;">Experience with cloud-based analytics pipelines, distributed systems, and large-scale data processing platforms.&nbsp;</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span style="color: #000000;">Familiarity with Performance Benchmarking, Reliability Engineering, SRE practices, and Operational Excellence methodologies.&nbsp;</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span style="color: #000000;">Experience working with globally distributed engineering organizations.&nbsp;</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span style="color: #000000;">Experience with modern JavaScript frameworks such as React, React Native, Angular, or similar technologies.&nbsp;</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span style="color: #000000;">Experience building internal engineering portals, operational dashboards, analytics platforms, or developer productivity tools.&nbsp;</span></li> </ul> <p style="color: !important;"><span style="color: #000000;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p style="color: !important;"><span style="color: #0f4761;">Leadership Expectations&nbsp;</span></p> <ul> <li><span style="color: #000000;">Drive a culture of engineering excellence, operational ownership, and continuous improvement.&nbsp;</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span style="color: #000000;">Champion personal and professional growth while creating an environment where every team member feels valued, respected, and heard.&nbsp;</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span style="color: #000000;">Lead with empathy, accountability, transparency, and a strong sense of ownership.&nbsp;</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span style="color: #000000;">Empower teams through automation, observability, measurable outcomes, and data-driven decision making.&nbsp;</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span style="color: #000000;">Balance short-term execution with long-term platform sustainability.&nbsp;</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span style="color: #000000;">Partner effectively with stakeholders across Platform, QE, Security, Infrastructure, and Product organizations.&nbsp;</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span style="color: #000000;">Foster collaboration, innovation, accountability, and engineering craftsmanship within and across teams.&nbsp;</span></li> </ul> <p style="color: !important;"><span style="color: #000000;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p style="color: !important;"><span style="color: #0f4761;">Impact&nbsp;</span></p> <p style="color: !important;"><span style="color: #000000;">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.&nbsp;</span></p> <p style="color: !important;"><span style="color: #000000;">&nbsp;</span></p><div class="content-pay-transparency"><div class="pay-input"><div class="description"><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">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.<br></span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br>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.&nbsp;<br></span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br>In addition, this role </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">is eligible</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> 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. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">This role also may be eligible for a bonus package.</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Click&nbsp;</span><a href="https://careers.playstation.com/benefits" target="_blank"><strong>here</strong></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> to learn more.</span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p></div><div class="title">The estimated base pay range for this role is listed below.</div><div class="pay-range"><span>$201,400</span><span class="divider">&mdash;</span><span>$302,000 USD</span></div></div></div><div class="content-conclusion"><p class="p1">Please note, Sony Interactive Entertainment conducts background checks at the offer stage for all new employees (which may include criminal background checks for some roles) and will need to process personal information to support these checks.</p> <p class="p1">Please refer to our&nbsp;<a href="https://www.playstation.com/legal/careers-privacy-notice/" target="_blank">Candidate Privacy Notice</a>&nbsp;for more information about what personal information we collect, how we use it, who we share it with, and your data protection rights.</p> <p><strong>Equal Opportunity Statement:</strong></p> <p><em>Sony is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All persons will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender (including gender identity, gender expression and gender reassignment), race (including colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin), religion or belief, marital or civil partnership status, disability, age, sexual orientation, pregnancy, maternity or parental status, trade union membership or membership in any other legally protected category.</em></p> <p><em>We strive to create an inclusive environment, empower employees and embrace diversity. We encourage everyone to respond.&nbsp;</em></p> <p><em>Sony Interactive Entertainment is a Fair Chance employer and qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records will be considered for employment.</em></p> <p>&nbsp;</p></div>