About this Software Developer Co-op – Back End role at PlayStation Waterloo Co-Op
Software Developer Co-op – Back End
Why PlayStation?
PlayStation isn’t just the Best Place to Play — it’s also the Best Place to Work. Today, we’re recognized as a global leader in entertainment producing The PlayStation family of products and services including PlayStation®5, PlayStation®4, PlayStation®VR, PlayStation®Plus, acclaimed PlayStation software titles from PlayStation Studios, and more.
PlayStation also strives to create an inclusive environment that empowers employees and embraces diversity. We welcome and encourage everyone who has a passion and curiosity for innovation, technology, and play to explore our open positions and join our growing global team.
The PlayStation brand falls under Sony Interactive Entertainment, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation.
Job Summary
We’re part of PlayStation’s CAPE organization, building the systems and experiences that help players discover, purchase, and engage with content across the PlayStation ecosystem. Our work supports millions of players worldwide, focusing on making every interaction simple, seamless, and enjoyable. We’re hiring across two areas: Transact, which powers purchase and payments, and Nurture (Merchandising & Experiences), which focuses on personalized content discovery and dynamic user experiences. You’ll work on high-scale systems, collaborate across Sony, and help shape how players connect with games every day.
You’ll be a good fit if:
- You possess a drive and passion for quality with the ability to inspire,excite and motivate other team members.
- You have outstanding verbal and written communication skills, and are able to work with others at all levels.
- You possess a strong willingness to learn and thrive on acquiring new knowledge and skills.
- Your curiosity drives you to go beyond your immediate assignments and look for ways to make things better. You’re not afraid to ask questions.
Required Skills
- Experience in developing software using Enterprise Java/J2EE, Web Services, REST APIs and JSON/XML.
- Knowledge of microservices architecture and object oriented programming analysis, design.
- Experience developing with AWS native services such as EC2, S3, Kinesis, Glue, Lambda, SQS, SNS and DynamoDB.
- Experience working on scalable systems with very high levels of concurrency and transactions.
- Experience with SpringBoot, testing frameworks ( e.g., Spoch, JUnit , Cucumber), servlet containers (e.g., Tomcat), container technologies ( e.g., docker) , container orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes) and related technologies.
- Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases.
- Experience developing applications on Unix/Linux platforms.
- Understanding of SDLC, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations.
- Experience in developing cross-platform code.
- Experience using source control and bug tracking systems in a team environment.
- Experience with an e-commerce company
- Excellent communication skills, and hopefully a good sense of humor!
Benefits
- Above average pay based on your current work term, verified by the latest co-op earnings report on the UWaterloo website. Feel free to ask about compensation in the interview!
- PlayStation game vouchers for select PS5 games that are released during the co-op term
- PlayStation store credit every month
- Access to our employee store with discounts on select Sony/PlayStation products
- Paid lunch for team/company special events
- Hackathons
- Career/personal development resources
A few other things you should know:
- Our office is a fun, relaxed and casual environment. We’re a tight-knit community of about 50+ full-time employees, and we enjoy welcoming new co-ops each term (we typically have 5 or more)
- We're currently offering a hybrid work environment, with some folks working remotely and others working from the office. You can choose what suits you best! If you do choose to work remotely, you'll find that we connect heavily over Slack and video conferencing. During lunch breaks and team hangouts you'll find folks playing network-based games and connecting about things outside of work.
- Please note that Day 1 of your co-op term will be held onsite at our office in Waterloo, ON.
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.
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.
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.
Please refer to our Candidate Privacy Notice for more information about what personal information we collect, how we use it, who we share it with, and your data protection rights.
