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Why Sony Interactive Entertainment?

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.

We are seeking an experienced Java Full stack Developer to join our dynamic development team. This role involves creating seamless and secure solutions and ensuring delivery of exceptional user experiences. As a full-stack developer, you will work across the stack, contributing to both the front-end and back-end architecture and implementation. You will work closely with front-end developers, product managers, and other stakeholders to deliver scalable and reliable software solutions. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in Java programming, experience with microservices architecture, and a passion for building robust systems that drive our business forward.

Responsibilities:

• Executes creative software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems
• Design, develop, and maintain backend services and APIs using Java and Spring.
• Collaborate with front-end developers and other team members to integrate user-facing elements with server-side logic.
• Create automated unit tests using a Test-Driven Development approach
• Implement and maintain microservices architectures that are scalable, reliable, and efficient.
• Doing robust delivery of code into the production environment with zero tolerance for post implementation issues
• Take part in decisions affecting long range organizational goals & strategic planning.
• Proactively look to develop, implement and further development best practices across the group.
• Contribute to quality improvement, code reviews, code and architecture standards, code reuse etc.
• Experienced with handling integrations from any Content Management System and headless JSON framework
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues in a timely manner, ensuring the stability and reliability of the backend systems.
• Stay up-to-date with the latest industry trends and technologies to continuously improve our systems.

Experience:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent
• Hands-on practical experience in system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
• Strong core Java experience with clear understanding of advanced concepts in collection framework, garbage collection, multi threading etc.
• Hands on experience in Java\J2EE, Spring Boot, Database knowledge, Kafka, React JS, CI\CD, designing features, AWS cloud experience
• Strong problem solving, analytical and communication skills (both verbal and written)
• Experience in developing, debugging, and maintaining code in a large corporate environment with one or more modern programming languages and database querying languages
• Overall knowledge of the Software Development Life Cycle
• Solid understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Applicant Resiliency, and Security
• Ability to take on difficult and complex large scale problems and provide end to end solutions.
• Ability to build and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders in business, operations, operate etc.

Preferred Qualities & Experience

• Exposure to DevOps methodology and AWS concepts
• Having an Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) is a plus
• Strong debugging and performance optimization skills
• Experience with data pipeline tools and familiarity with Databricks and Power BI

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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.

We strive to create an inclusive environment, empower employees and embrace diversity. We encourage everyone to respond.

Sony Interactive Entertainment is a Fair Chance employer and qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records will be considered for employment.