Senior Software Engineer - Streaming & Systems
Sony Interactive Entertainment Global · United States, Aliso Viejo, CA
About this role
**Senior Software Engineer - Streaming & Systems** *Aliso Viejo, CA* **The Vision** Use AI-native engineering practices to build performance-sensitive systems across game streaming, platform software, infrastructure, and emerging product areas. Work with low-level C/C++, Linux and Windows, real-time media, cloud-enabled capabilities, and systems problems still taking shape. **What You'll Do** • Explore, prototype, validate, and ship performance-sensitive systems that improve reliability, developer velocity, and user experience • Build low-level and performance-sensitive software in C/C++, primarily in Linux environments • Work across game streaming, platform software, infrastructure, developer tooling, and cloud-enabled capabilities • Use AI-native workflows for code exploration, implementation, debugging, testing, documentation, automation, and rapid prototyping • Investigate ways cloud-delivered experiences can become better than local experiences • Turn ambiguous ideas into demos, experiments, measurements, and production-quality implementations • Debug complex systems issues across performance, reliability, platform behavior, and production-like environments • Collaborate with focused engineering teams and domain experts across streaming, platform, infrastructure, and cloud **You're a Great Fit If You Have** • BS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or senior-level software engineering experience • Strong C/C++ skills and deep Linux systems experience • Practical fluency with AI-native engineering workflows (coding agents, LLM-assisted debugging, test generation, automation) • Experience in systems-oriented or performance-sensitive codebases • Strong product judgment, systems curiosity, and focus on improving user and developer experience • Ability to operate in ambiguity, prototype quickly, validate ideas, and harden successful approaches • Clear communication skills and habit of raising team quality through technical judgment and mentoring • Ownership mindset with clear communication of trade-offs **Bonus XP** • Rust development experience • Windows systems experience • Real-time media, game streaming, or interactive media experience • Graphics, GPU, capture, rendering, or video encoding experience • Distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, or production platform experience • Experience helping teams adopt AI-native engineering practices • Japanese language or cross-cultural collaboration experience • Video game enthusiast **Compensation & Benefits** Estimated base pay: $177,300 – $265,900 USD Eligible for medical, dental, vision, 401(k) matching, paid time off, wellness program, employee discounts, and potential bonus package. **Equal Opportunity Employer** Sony is committed to equal opportunity employment and fair chance hiring practices.
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