Software Engineer II, Front End

Waterloo, ON

PlayStation is looking for a Software Engineer to build our next-generation technologies and applications. Are you ready for a rare opportunity to deliver high-quality, thoroughly tested code at one of the world’s most recognizable brands? We’re doing really cool things with web technologies like React, React Native, and more to keep PlayStation the #1 gaming platform in the world.

This is a hybrid role. We offer a flexible work-from-home policy. In-person meetings may sometimes be required. Otherwise, you can work in the office as much or as little as you prefer. We also host many social and team bonding events in our Waterloo campus. 

 The team

This team focuses on building Payments client experiences for PlayStation consoles, websites, mobile applications and beyond. These features serve millions of users around the world. If you strive for outstanding UX, improving performance for a fast experience, and the blend of games and technology, please apply. 

 Responsibilities:

• Develop, test and document business critical features and applications
• Work with Product Owners and Product Managers to understand feature requirements, capture technical requirements and craft solutions for components and applications for the PlayStation ecosystem
• Passionate about quality and strives to improve processes, proposes standard methodologies and drives their usage within the teams
• Developing JavaScript-based applications for PlayStation gaming consoles, web, mobile and future flagship Sony devices and services
• Building digital commerce solutions for PlayStation games, media content, subscription services and more
• Write robust unit and component tests to ensure reliability and prevent regressions.
• Work quickly and optimally in a fast-paced ever-evolving environment
• Work independently and collaborate with internal and external engineers
• Work with other team members by reviewing and giving feedback on pull requests and design plans
• Define and refine technical approaches that support performance, accessibility, and scalability.
• Exercise your feature building capabilities and collaborate within your team to optimize existing solutions as well
• Deploying platform experiences through CI/CD pipelines
• Monitoring software releases, analyze telemetry, and adapt to production data
• Continuously learn, experiment, and bring forward innovative ideas — participate in Hackathons and Café Days to help shape the future of PlayStation experiences.

 Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent, or 3+ years of relevant work experience instead of a degree
• 2-3 years of building product experiences with proficiencies in UI technologies
• A passion for robust sustainable and high-quality code
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• Strong technical, analytical, and problem-solving skills
• Capable of producing detailed design and development documentation

Preferred Qualifications:

• Using HTML, CSS, the JavaScript ecosystem and familiarity with popular frameworks like React, Angular, Jest, and TypeScript
• Familiarity with GraphQL, TanstackQuery, REST APIs, and containerization tools such as Docker.
• Understanding of build pipelines and CI/CD standards, especially across multiple platforms.
• Experience working with performance optimization, accessibility, and responsive design principles.
• Curiosity about AI-assisted development tools or automation that improves developer efficiency

Software Engineer II, Contractor

Waterloo, ON

PlayStation is looking for a Software Engineer to help build our next generation technologies. Are you ready for a rare opportunity to deliver high quality, thoroughly tested code at one of the world’s most recognizable brands? We’re doing really cool things with web technologies like React, React Native, and more to keep PlayStation the #1 gaming platform in the world.

Yes, there is a Sony office in Waterloo, Canada! We are located in the heart of uptown Waterloo with many phenomenal restaurants and social opportunities right outside the door. We have a very flexible work from home policy: live close enough to the office for occasional in-person meetings and events, otherwise work in the office as much or as little as preferred! Although your home base will be Waterloo, the team includes members in other PlayStation offices - strong abilities to collaborate in a hybrid environment is a must.

Responsibilities:

• Develop, test and document JavaScript-based business critical web features and applications

• Work with Product Owners and Product Managers to understand feature requirements, gather technical requirements and craft solutions for JavaScript-based components and applications for the PlayStation ecosystem

• Passionate about quality and strives to improve processes, proposes standard methodologies and drives their usage within the teams

• Write unit tests and component tests for features with key characteristics of stability and maintainability which prevent regressions in the product code.

• Work quickly and effectively in a fast-paced ever-evolving environment

• Work independently and collaborate with internal and external engineers 

• Work with other team members by reviewing and giving feedback on pull requests and design plans

• Exercise your feature building capabilities and collaborate within your team to optimize existing solutions as well

• Participate in Hackathons and Cafe Days to improve your skills and increase innovation at PlayStation.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent, or at least 5 years of relevant professional experience in lieu of a degree

• You possess 2+ years professional web development experience

• Highly proficient in customer facing UI Development using HTML, CSS, the JavaScript ecosystem and familiarity with popular frameworks like React, Angular, Ember, Jest, Babel, and TypeScript

• Experience collaborating with multi functional partners, especially with product, design, and server engineering

• Domain proficiency in performance optimization or comparable areas within your current field.

• Strong problem-solving skills

• Ambitious with an ability to take initiative

• A passion for robust sustainable code

Bonus:

• Expertise with SPA/front-end frameworks such as React, Angular, or similar

• Experience with React Native

This post is describing an existing vacancy at SIE.  As part of the Foundational Systems and Experiences Engineering (FSEE) organization, this role contributes directly and takes ownership of the infrastructure, tooling, and automation that empower PlayStation developers worldwide. Our team builds and maintains the systems that support build, test, and release workflows across console, mobile, web, and PC platforms. The ideal candidate is passionate about developer productivity, highly collaborative, and motivated by solving complex technical problems that enable development teams to deliver exceptional experiences to PlayStation users.

This position offers the opportunity to work at global scale, partnering with engineering, QA, operations, and platform teams to enhance delivery pipelines, streamline development processes, and ensure the reliability, security, and scalability of the platforms that power the PlayStation ecosystem, while influencing technical direction within their domain.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain software build and release pipelines that support delivery across PlayStation consoles, Web, Mobile, and PC platforms.

• Automate provisioning, configuration, and lifecycle management of cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) to enable consistent, secure, and scalable deployments.

• Build internal tools and applications that streamline development workflows and accelerate software delivery.

• Engage closely with dependent engineering, QA, and operations teams to understand requirements, remove obstacles, and ensure smooth end-to-end delivery, often driving alignment across teams.

• Monitor and analyze telemetry (metrics, logs, traces) to detect issues, identify improvement opportunities, and lead efforts to improve operational excellence across CI/CD systems and tools.

• Develop dashboards and visualizations to communicate system performance, reliability, and pipeline health.

• Identify and resolve CI/CD challenges proactively, providing support to development teams and continually improving system resilience.

• Produce clear, high-quality documentation including tutorials, how-to guides, references, and conceptual explanations for infrastructure, pipelines, and internally developed tools.

• Collaborate with globally distributed team members and developers across all SIE offices to design and deliver scalable PlayStation software experiences.

• Work across diverse web technology stacks and environments, adapting solutions to multiple platforms and application architectures, and guiding best practices where appropriate.

Skills & Qualifications

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.

• Strong understanding of object-oriented programming principles.

• Knowledge of fundamental data structures and algorithms.

• Experience with Git and GitHub for source control and workflow management.

• Experience developing with JavaScript and/or TypeScript.

• Familiarity with modern web technologies, package managers, and frameworks.

• Experience with container orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).

• Comfort working within Linux environments and command-line tooling.

• Experience with CI/CD systems such as Jenkins or GitHub Actions.

• Excellent communication, collaboration, and problem-solving abilities.

Preferred Requirements

• Experience integrating or developing against RESTful APIs.

• Understanding of Linux and Windows operating system fundamentals.

• Familiarity with observability platforms (Grafana, Prometheus, Loki, etc.).

• Strong understanding of Infrastructure As Code, and experience with Cloudformation or CDK

• Extensive experience working with AWS services (e.g., EC2, EKS, S3, RDS, etc.).

• Hands-on experience with CI/CD workflows, using Jenkins or GitHub Actions at an advanced level.

Job Summary

Join PlayStation as a Tools & Build Software Engineer to drive the future of CI/CD, designing and optimizing scalable pipelines for global game development. This role offers the chance to lead critical initiatives, mentor talent, and shape best practices in a dynamic entertainment leader.

Job Role Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable CI/CD pipelines across diverse platforms (PlayStation consoles, Web, Mobile, PC) with a focus on Jenkins and GitHub Actions
• Modernize and standardize build, test, and release workflows across teams, ensuring reliability, speed, and developer efficiency
• Partner closely with engineering, QA, and operations teams to understand their workflows and proactively build solutions that remove friction
• Own the strategy for pipeline health: implement monitoring, automated recovery, and continuous improvements to minimize build/test failures and downtime
• Develop tools and frameworks to improve build reproducibility, dependency management, and artifact handling
• Collaborate with global teams to drive alignment on CI/CD strategy and support large-scale software delivery at PlayStation

Minimum Requirements:

• Strong understanding of software engineering fundamentals, including object-oriented principles, data structures, and algorithms
• Experience with version control (Git, GitHub)
• Hands-on experience with Jenkins and/or GitHub Actions at scale
• Experience with containerization (Docker) and working with Linux-based build environments
• Proven ability to design and maintain scalable build and automation pipelines in complex engineering environments
• Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills in CI/CD contexts

Preferred Requirements:

• Experience leading CI/CD initiatives or driving adoption of new build/release systems across multiple teams
• Experience with Kubernetes or similar orchestration technologies
• Knowledge of Linux and Windows build environments, including cross-compilation or multi-platform support
• Familiarity with build acceleration techniques (caching, parallelization, artifact repositories)
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to influence across engineering organizations

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Overview

This post is describing an existing vacancy at SIE. As part of the Foundational Systems and Experiences Engineering (FSEE) organization, this role contributes directly to the infrastructure, tooling, and automation that empower PlayStation developers worldwide. Our team builds and maintains the systems that support build, test, and release workflows across console, mobile, web, and PC platforms. The ideal candidate is passionate about developer productivity, highly collaborative, and motivated by solving complex technical problems that enable development teams to deliver exceptional experiences to PlayStation users.

This position offers the opportunity to work at global scale, partnering with engineering, QA, operations, and platform teams to enhance delivery pipelines, streamline development processes, and ensure the reliability, security, and scalability of the platforms that power the PlayStation ecosystem.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain software build and release pipelines that support delivery across PlayStation consoles, Web, Mobile, and PC platforms.
• Automate provisioning, configuration, and lifecycle management of cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) to enable consistent, secure, and scalable deployments.
• Build internal tools and applications that streamline development workflows and accelerate software delivery.
• Engage closely with dependent engineering, QA, and operations teams to understand requirements, remove obstacles, and ensure smooth end-to-end delivery.
• Monitor and analyze telemetry (metrics, logs, traces) to detect issues, identify improvement opportunities, and drive operational excellence across CI/CD systems and tools.
• Develop dashboards and visualizations to communicate system performance, reliability, and pipeline health.
• Identify and resolve CI/CD challenges proactively, providing support to development teams and continually improving system resilience.
• Produce clear, high-quality documentation including tutorials, how-to guides, references, and conceptual explanations for infrastructure, pipelines, and internally developed tools.
• Collaborate with globally distributed team members and developers across all SIE offices to design and deliver scalable PlayStation software experiences.
• Work across diverse web technology stacks and environments, adapting solutions to multiple platforms and application architectures.

Skills & Qualifications

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Strong understanding of object-oriented programming principles.
• Knowledge of fundamental data structures and algorithms.
• Experience with Git and GitHub for source control and workflow management.
• Experience developing with JavaScript and/or TypeScript.
• Familiarity with modern web technologies, package managers, and frameworks.
• Experience with container orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Comfort working within Linux environments and command-line tooling.
• Experience with CI/CD systems such as Jenkins or GitHub Actions.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and problem-solving abilities.

Preferred Requirements

• Experience integrating or developing against RESTful APIs.
• Understanding of Linux and Windows operating system fundamentals.
• Familiarity with observability platforms (Grafana, Prometheus, Loki, etc.).
• Experience working with AWS services (e.g., EC2, EKS, S3, RDS, etc.).
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD workflows using Jenkins or GitHub Actions beyond basic usage.