Senior Technical Operations Developer – London, UK 

PlayStation Studios User Research is a team that serves all of PlayStation’s global first- and second-party game development studios. We conduct research with players throughout the development process and deliver data and insights to development teams to help them improve the games and to ensure players have the incredible experiences our studios intend for them to have.

To do this work, we have created bespoke, high-tech playtest labs and proprietary toolsets that allow us to livestream our play sessions to studio partners and collect and analyze data efficiently. We are looking for a skilled developer to work with our global Technical Operations team to help with building out those toolsets and supporting the technical requirements of the research.

Principal responsibilities

• Building tools that provide solutions for the end-to-end research process.

• Helping define and being accountable for the long-term technical roadmap and technical requirements for the team’s research tools infrastructure.

• Anticipating incremental changes to the team’s technical needs and planning accordingly to pursue improvements to existing tools and systems.

• Sizing and prioritizing tasks and the roadmap within an agile development workflow.

• Designing and utilizing structured feedback mechanisms to continuously evolve research tooling.

• Maintaining and troubleshooting holistic lab systems.

• Creating scalable solutions for wide-ranging technical troubleshooting and self-help for a large team.

• Proactively educating the research team and Studio teams about research tools and infrastructure.

• Owning relationships with relevant vendor partners and internal partners.

Qualifications

• Experienced with full-stack coding for web-based applications primarily in PHP, JS, React, and utilizing relational databases.

• Understanding of common services in AWS, including deploying and operating containerized services, networking fundamentals, and monitoring/alerting.

• Technical writing.

• Non-technical skills are as important as technical:

• Strong verbal and written communicator.

• Interest in learning & growing.

• Willingness to collaboratively solve problems with their broad range of technical knowledge.

• Critical thinker and problem solver.

• Can-do attitude for troubleshooting and creating solutions.

• Contributes to an existing strong team culture centered on openness, helpfulness, playfulness, and psychological safety.

• Ability to work quickly and re-prioritise work when necessary to unblock expensive and time-sensitive playtests.

PlayStation Studios User Research has a hybrid working model. The Senior Technical Operations Developer will need to be onsite when configuring or setting up lab equipment. When there is not a need to work onsite in the playtest labs, this position may work from home or wherever they feel most productive.

Though not required, the ideal candidate will also have a love of video games and a passion for empowering game development teams and our research team to do their best work.

Experienced Deep Learning Engineer for Game Technology

We are looking for a machine learning engineer with a solid understanding of low-level systems programming. If you are as comfortable in the memory view of your debugger as you are with training networks to solve problems, we would love to hear from you.

This role could suit an experienced embedded/games industry programmer with a passion for Machine Learning, or an accomplished Machine Learning/Vision programmer with a good understanding of computer architecture and performance.

About the Advanced Technology Group

The Advanced Technology Group (ATG) is a part of Foundational Systems and Experiences Engineering (FSEE) within the Platform Business Group. Established over 20 years ago as part of PlayStation’s first party game development studios, ATG's focus has always been to help game developers to get the most out of PlayStation hardware, and this is still true today. The majority of the group holds responsibility for a large part of the GPU software stack used by all PlayStation games, which allows us to collaborate with engineering teams worldwide, from third party game developers to hardware vendors, to deliver key platform technologies.

You will be part of a small creative team within ATG, tackling problems centred around computer vision and machine learning. Examples of projects include a novel facial performance capture system used to produce assets for AAA games, and building a general purpose solution for on-console inference.

The Role

You will be expected to develop innovative ML solutions for deployment in games and in the development pipeline. This also involves making technology choices, prototype solutions and bringing them to production.

Some of these systems are expected to run on millions of PlayStations in people’s homes, making high run-time performance crucial. You should stay up to date with the competition and the industry’s latest advances and academic developments. The role also involves close collaboration with our other teams in Europe, the U.S and Japan, as well as technical communication of the ideas and solutions developed.

The Essential Requirements

• Experience with modern Deep Learning and Pytorch: You will be expected to make decisions about data and architectures, to implement pipelines for training and validation and to develop and deploy models in production.

• Experience with production-facing software development and strong debugging skills. This also requires demonstrating applied engineering skills through a shipped ML network or personal project.

• Understanding of 3D maths/geometry: Including multiple-view geometry and 3D mesh representations.

Nice-to-have

• Experience with Graphics and/or Game Engines

• Experience with Computer Vision

Benefits

• Discretionary bonus opportunity
• Private Medical Insurance
• Dental Scheme
• 25 days holiday per year
• On Site Gym
• Subsidised Café
• Free soft drinks
• On site bar
• Access to cycle garage and showers

About the Advanced Technology Group 

The Advanced Technology Group (ATG) is a part of Foundational Systems and Experiences Engineering (FSEE) within the Platform Business Group. Established over 20 years ago as part of PlayStation®’s first-party game development studios, ATG has always focused on helping game developers get the most out of PlayStation® hardware - a mission that continues to this day. As a team, we are responsible for large parts of the graphics software stack used by all PlayStation® games, and collaborate with leading engineering teams worldwide, from game developers to hardware vendors, to deliver key platform technologies.  

The group’s work centres around the interface between games and graphics hardware. Our job is to create a development environment – and to a degree hardware – for game teams, middleware providers, and our own platform teams. We enable other to create compelling games and technologies, so that our players get the most out of investing in our platform. When a developer implements a path-tracer, they will be using our APIs to program the GPU and build their BVH structures, our compiler to create shader microcode and our tools to debug and profile. 

What you’ll be doing 

• You will be joining the team responsible for rendering APIs, shader compiler, profiler  and debugging tools used by developers to being games to PlayStation. 

• You will have the opportunity to work on multiple projects to determine which area suits you best. 

• You implement features, fix bugs, profile and optimise code, and possibly help game developers get the most of our hardware and software.  

• You will be joining early-career development events provided by the company. 

This is a unique opportunity for a graduate to get to the heart of PlayStation graphics programming and to work with and learn from a highly experience team. 

We are offering a 12-month fixed-term contract as part of our wider Graduate Programme within the Product and Technology group. This programme is designed to provide a structured early-career experience, combining hands-on work with dedicated development opportunities. 

As part of the scheme, you will have access to a speaker series featuring leaders and experts from across the organisation, a range of training opportunities to build professional skills, and regular opportunities to connect and network with fellow graduates across the Product and Technology organisation 

What we are looking for 

• A strong interest in how GPUs work and how to use them efficiently. 

• Experience in writing, debugging, and optimizing C++ code. 

• Experience with writing code that directly accesses low-level graphics APIs such as DirectX 12 or Vulkan.  

• Experience with writing shader code. Complex shading models are not required, but experience with non-trivial compute shaders is a plus. 

• A demonstrable interest in computing and computer hardware and ideally gaming consoles. 

• Experience with hardware ray-tracing is a plus. 

PlayStation Game Analytics

In Game Analytics, we partner with product, design, engineering, and marketing teams to improve player experiences through data. Our focus is on helping teams make better decisions by embedding experimentation, lifecycle thinking, and player/customer insights into how products evolve over time. We work across PlayStation Studios and platform teams to support rapid iteration, personalisation, and long-term engagement in live service environments.

As a Lifecycle Data Analyst, you will work as part of a cross‑disciplinary team focused on improving player/customer journeys through experimentation and lifecycle optimisation. This role is heavily oriented toward experiment design, scalable measurement frameworks, and exploratory analysis that inform personalised lifecycle content and messaging.

As a Data Analyst, you will work closely with cross-functional partners to support analytics initiatives across one or more game titles. You will support a broad range of game analytics projects from early feature evaluation through live performance optimisation. You will contribute to experimentation, feature analysis, performance reporting, and exploratory research that informs product and business decisions.

You will:

• Design and analyse experiments (A/B tests, holdouts, quasi-experiments) to evaluate features, content, and player-facing initiatives.
• Conduct exploratory analysis of player behavior, engagement, and monetisation data to uncover insights and inform recommendations.
• Define and track KPIs related to engagement, retention, progression, and revenue.
• Build repeatable analytical frameworks, dashboards, and data products that enable consistent measurement across teams.
• Translate ambiguous product or business questions into clear analytical approaches and actionable insights.
• Partner with Product Managers, Designers, Engineers, and Publishing teams to align on success metrics and measurement strategies.
• Support both short-term analysis needs (e.g., feature readouts) and longer-term performance tracking.
• Ensure analytical rigor and data quality across all workstreams.

What We Are Looking For

We’re looking for an analyst who thrives in collaborative, fast-moving environments and enjoys solving complex problems with data.

You have:

• Strong experience in experiment design and analysis, including hypothesis definition, metric selection, and interpretation of results.
• Advanced SQL skills and experience working with large-scale behavioural datasets.
• Experience creating scalable analytical frameworks or standardised reporting tools.
• Strong exploratory analysis skills and the ability to generate clear, structured insights.
• Experience translating business questions into analytical plans and recommendations.
• Experience working cross-functionally with Product, Design, Engineering, or Marketing teams.
• Experience with data visualisation tools such as Looker or Tableau and strong written communication skills.

Domain Experience

Experience working on live or rapidly iterated digital products is required (gaming experience is strongly preferred but not mandatory).

Relevant backgrounds include:

• Console or mobile games
• Live service products
• Ecommerce or subscription platforms
• Other digital products where experimentation and engagement measurement are core

Familiarity with player engagement, retention, progression systems, and monetization models is preferred.

Bonus Points If You Have

• Experience supporting live service games or ongoing content releases.
• Experience with Python or statistical tooling for deeper analysis.
• Experience building dashboards or scalable analytics products used by non-technical stakeholders.
• Curiosity-driven mindset and a strong desire to improve how teams learn from data.

About the Advanced Technology Group 

The Advanced Technology Group (ATG) is a part of Foundational Systems and Experiences Engineering (FSEE) within the Platform Business Group. Established over 20 years ago as part of PlayStation®’s first-party game development studios, ATG has always focused on helping game developers get the most out of PlayStation® hardware - a mission that continues to this day. As a team, we are responsible for large parts of the graphics software stack used by all PlayStation® games, and collaborate with leading engineering teams worldwide, from game developers to hardware vendors, to deliver key platform technologies. 

What you’ll be doing 

• You will be working on Razor GPU, a GPU performance analysis and debugging tool, for current and future PlayStation® platforms. 

• You will be developing GPU Capture and Replay technology, which allows GPU commands, shaders and resources to be captured, analysed and later reinstated, so that graphics frames can be re-executed on the GPU independently from the running game. 

• You will be developing profiling and debugging features upon this core technology, to help game developers worldwide to realize their creative vision and push PlayStation® hardware to its limits. 

• You will be developing internal features used by platform software and hardware teams, to help build and improve the PlayStation® graphics software stack, as well as diagnose low-level platform issues. 

• You will collaborate with game developers and platform engineers to gain a deep understanding of their needs, with a view to creating efficient, reliable and scalable tools, which are a joy to use for entry/new-level and deeply technical engineers alike. 

This is a unique senior engineering role at the heart of PlayStation® GPU technology, where you will work within a highly experienced technologytechnical-driven team. We are looking for developers who are passionate about their craft, the products they build, and who would like to make a lasting impact on the PlayStation® graphics software stack, its tooling, and future. 

 What we are looking for 

• Strong problem-solving skills, including the ability to design and implement highly reliable performant systems in C++. 

• Strong debugging skills, including the ability to understand and reason about complex systems, as well as unpick their interactions. 

• Experience developing on consoles, particularly using console graphics and memory management APIs. 

• An interest in GPU architecture and low-level graphics engineering. 

• Experience using GPU profiling and debugging tools. 

• An eagerness to learn and take responsibility of features end-to-end, from building core systems, to influencing end-user UX design. 

About the Advanced Technology Group 

The Advanced Technology Group (ATG) is a part of Foundational Systems and Experiences Engineering (FSEE) within the Platform Business Group. Established over 20 years ago as part of PlayStation®’s first-party game development studios, ATG has always focused on helping game developers get the most out of PlayStation® hardware - a mission that continues to this day. As a team, we are responsible for large parts of the graphics software stack used by all PlayStation® games, and collaborate with leading engineering teams worldwide, from game developers to hardware vendors, to deliver key platform technologies. 

What you’ll be doing 

• You will be working on the current and future rendering APIs used by PlayStation games, as well as the hardware underpinning them. 

• You will design and implement features that enable efficient game development, push GPU programming forward, and create a healthy platform. 

• You will observe industry trends, understanding of – and empathy for – our customers, and business needs as the foundation of your decision making. 

• You will help shape the path of the PlayStation graphics stack going forward. 

• You will collaborate with the platform software and hardware teams, as well as game developers. 

• You will often take the role as the game-developer advocate when working with the platform teams, or the role as the platform-team advocate when working with game developers. 

This is a senior position at the core of PlayStation GPU technology with an unusual degree of influence on future of console graphics-programming. ATG is granted a high degree of trust and autonomy in shaping the graphics software stack and we are looking for people who are passionate about carrying this forward. You will not be spending your time in committee meetings or writing endless proposals, this is very much an engineering role where your primary role is to determine what needs to be implemented, how best to implement it and to then sit down, code, debug. We believe that this practical focus is crucial in building up the skill, experience, and insight required to make the large-scale and long-term decisions we have been entrusted with. 

What we are looking for 

• Experience and interest in low-level graphics architecture and engineering. 

• Experience writing rendering code on top of multiple existing rendering APIs. 

• Experience writing rendering code on console. 

• The ability to keep an eye on the big picture, even when deep in the weeds. 

• An eagerness to learn and to take responsibility for the long run. 

Role overview:

Our team, PlayStation Studios' International Production & Localisation (IPL), is looking for a Senior Manager to lead our global Production and Localisation QA teams and drive excellence and innovation in the services we offer!

We partner with PlayStation Studios and external development teams, providing best-in-class localisation, production and LQA solutions that enable them to deliver outstanding games to a global audience!

Reporting into the Senior Director, International Production & Localisation, you will play an integral part in finding opportunities to drive innovation, increase operational efficiency, and further develop our core expertise in all aspects of localisation production, localisation QA, and international publishing. You will lead two critical functions - Production and LQA – driving seamless collaboration and shared excellence across teams.

What you’ll be doing:

• Lead IPL’s global Production and Localisation QA teams, ensuring they deliver high-quality work on time and on budget while achieving personal and departmental growth
• Build strong partnerships across PlayStation Studios, working closely with game creators to ensure their goals and needs are met
• Oversee multiple simultaneous projects, refining production processes and LQA methodologies whilst identifying dependencies, trade-offs and resolving risks
• Define excellence for localisation production and LQA services, establishing best practices and driving innovation across both functions, particularly around emerging technologies and automation
• Cultivate a high-performing, collaborative team culture with a focus on continuous improvement, upskilling, and shared learning
• Navigate organisational change as we evolve our services and capabilities, making strategic decisions to ensure alignment with business goals
• Contribute to key planning processes including budgets and operating plans, managing resource allocation and analysing data to identify optimisation opportunities
• Work across PlayStation Studios and SIE to understand needs, coordinate R&D efforts, and spearhead initiatives that strengthen our capabilities and support long-term strategic goals
• Foster cross-functional knowledge sharing, building mechanisms that drive transparency and collaboration across teams and studios
• Develop and promote the team's cultural pillars and departmental initiatives that reinforce what makes IPL a great team

What we are looking for:

• 10+ years' experience in games production or development roles with a successful track record delivering AAA titles
• Strong knowledge of both localisation production and QA, with understanding of current industry trends, emerging technologies, and automation in both subject areas
• Deep understanding of game development lifecycle, production methodologies, best practices and tools across multiple genres, platforms and business models
• Experience integrating new teams or functions into existing organisations and leading through organisational change
• Experience successfully leading, motivating and developing diverse, high performing teams across different cultures and time zones
• Excellent communication skills and ability to partner effectively across all levels of the organisation
• Strong project management skills with ability to prioritise and manage complex operational issues across multiple projects and partners
• Curiosity and aptitude for evaluating and adopting new technologies, with strong desire to optimise processes and drive continuous improvement
• Comfortable navigating ambiguity and adapting as conditions change in fast-paced environments
• Passion for games with extensive knowledge of the gaming market and good commercial acumen
• Experience managing external development projects and/or working on live service titles advantageous 

Benefits:

• Discretionary bonus opportunity
• Private Medical Insurance
• Dental Scheme
• 25 days holiday per year
• On Site Gym
• Subsidised Café
• Free soft drinks
• On site bar
• Access to cycle garage and showers

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Role overview:

Reporting to the group Technical Director, the Audio Programmer will provide tool development and technical system design & implementation for PlayStation Studios audio tools and technology department. Working across an array of PlayStation Studios interactive titles, the role will involve game code, middleware and plugin development along with offline tool development. It will also mean interfacing with multiple teams such as R&D, platform, game teams, QA and more across the globe.

What you’ll be doing: 

• Design of audio tools for sound design and music team.
• Process tools to drive automated build systems.
• Audio processing plugins for audio engines.
• Linking of game systems to audio engine.
• Linking game system authoring tools to sound design tools.
• Complex new audio engine features.
• Driving the planning, documenting and implementing all relevant audio systems in collaboration with other members of the audio programming team.
• Supporting the sound design and music production team in tooling requests and game debugging.
• Ensure code developed runs in an efficient manner and is bug free.
• Debugging code such that it is release ready.
• Providing packaged releases of audio systems.
• Taking responsibility of overall audio tech delivery on a shipping game title.
• Updating and maintenance of audio middleware

What we are looking for:

• Minimum 3 Years production experience and 1 shipped title on console/PC
• Passionate about audio and video games
• Strong experience in C++ and object orientated/data oriented design
• Experience in C# .NET and WPF
• Strong knowledge of 3D mathematics
• Knowledge of acoustics and digital signal processing
• Experience of audio production software: Pro Tools, Sound Forge, Reaper.
• Experience of Visual Studio or other development environments

Desired:

• Knowledge of streaming systems and multithreading
• Experience of VST development
• Experience of audio middleware (FMOD, Wwise)
• Experience of graphical patching environments (PD, MAX/MSP, Reaktor)
• Experience of Unity 3D/Unreal development