Front End Software Engineer

 At PlayStation, we are passionate about both teamwork and technology.  We love building the systems that millions of people use and are our own first customers.  We strive to be at the forefront of development technologies and are a diverse company with developers on four continents. 

We're looking for a bright, confident software engineer to develop the front end of our content pipeline which drives the Playstation network. They will employ Agile best practices, use modern software development paradigms, and focus on continuous improvement in the delivery of high quality applications for our customers. We look for problem solvers, who can intuitively anticipate problems; look beyond immediate issues; and take initiative to improve both our software and our development infrastructure. In short, we look for people who take pride in the craft of software engineering and have proven to be great at it. We believe in agile software development, metrics, short feedback loops, well-designed application, early test development, automation wherever possible, and are open to adoption of the latest tools and techniques for solving complex problems.

Responsibilities:

•  Architecting and developing JavaScript-based applications for the content pipeline that drives the PlayStation network for gaming consoles

•  Produce excellent, thorough design and development documentation

•  Work with limited supervision under tight time constraints and respond to rapidly evolving requirements

•  Contribute to existing and develop new common software components to benefit other SIE client applications

Required Qualifications:

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

• Proficient with at least one widely adopted single page application (SPA) architecture

• Proficient with React Native

• Expert in object oriented, asynchronous JavaScript

• Highly proficient in HTML5 / CSS3

• Experience shipping consumer facing, web applications

• Strong technical, analytical and problem-solving skills

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Self-motivated with an ability to take initiative

• Experience in developing high-performance user interfaces

• Passionate about quality and writing clean, readable code that scales and performs well

Preferred Qualifications:

• Familiarity with JavaScript frameworks

• Familiarity with Restful API’s

• Professional experience in Java or object-oriented programming

• Customer-facing UI Development

• Experience with Agile/Scrum software development methodologies