Senior Software Engineer

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.

Sony Interactive Entertainment is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our team. You will be a part of an entirely new team getting formed with a laser focus of building an AI Middleware for the enterprise. You’ll collaborate closely with other dedicated Software developers, ML engineers and Integration specialists to deliver this platform. For those who excel at navigating intricate, fast-moving projects, overcoming tough technical hurdles, and staying at the forefront of modern web development trends, this opportunity is a perfect fit. Plus, you’ll be part of a vibrant PlayStation culture that values innovation, creativity, and—of course—having fun shaping the future of interactive entertainment.

If you’re ready to join a team that drives innovation and builds experiences enjoyed by players around the world, this is the challenge you’ve been waiting for!

Key Responsibilities

• Build and Operate AI Middleware : Implement, and manage Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers, gateways, and API wrappers that securely expose enterprise systems, tools, and data for AI agent consumption.
• Build and Govern Agentic Workflows : Deploy and extend agentic AI platforms (e.g., LangGraph, LangChain) to deliver resilient orchestration, enforcing governance, tracing, audit logs, and human-in-the-loop controls.
• Develop Enterprise Data & Context Pipelines : Build scalable pipelines for parsing, cleaning, embedding, and storing structured and unstructured enterprise data (text, code, multimedia) to enable retrieval-augmented generation and domain-specific agent knowledge.
• Productize and Optimize AI Services : Translate prototypes into production-grade microservices (Python / TypeScript, Kubernetes, CI / CD), optimizing for latency, throughput, resilience, and token / cost efficiency.
• Ensure Security, Compliance, and Reliability : Engineer AI middleware and workflows that meet enterprise standards for safety, governance, compliance, and fault tolerance, with built-in monitoring, telemetry, and automated evaluation harnesses.
• Partner multi-functionally with architects, platform teams, and product owners to deliver business-aligned AI solutions, while staying at the forefront of emerging LLM and middleware trends.

Qualifications

Domain Expertise

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In addition, this role is eligible 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. This role also may be eligible for a bonus package. Click  here to learn more.

The estimated base pay range for this role is listed below.

$161,100 - $241,700 USD

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