Senior Backend Programmer

Sony Bend Studio, renowned creator of Days Gone, Uncharted: Golden Abyss, and Syphon Filter, is seeking outstanding talent to join our passionate and creative family in crafting our next high-profile AAA console title.

We are seeking a Senior Backend Programmer to contribute to our development process on a AAA game. The successful candidate will play a significant part in designing, developing, deploying and maintaining the backend systems for our AAA games. This role demands deep technical expertise, adaptability, and a dedication to deliver reliable and scalable backend infrastructure in a dynamic, collaborative environment.

Responsibilities:

• Design, build, and maintain highly scalable, reliable, and secure backend systems for our games.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to guide the delivery of quality backend systems throughout the development lifecycle.
• Replicate, identify, and resolve backend issues observed during testing and in live environments.
• Actively participate in code reviews, promote best practices, and ensure high software quality standards.
• Define, measure and improve system performance and stability.
• Mentor junior backend engineers and share knowledge across the team.
• Stay current with the latest backend technology, trends, and programming tools.

Requirements:

• B.S. in computer science, engineering or relevant curriculum/experience.
• Minimum of five years' experience in backend systems engineering, preferably for video games.
• Proficiency in using server-side languages such as Go, Java, Python, or C#.
• Deep understanding of database technologies (SQL or NoSQL) and data modeling techniques.
• Significant knowledge of cloud computing platforms (AWS, Google Cloud, Azure) along with container technologies like Docker, Kubernetes.
• Excellent understanding of scalable microservices architecture.
• Strong analytic and problem-solving skills; a proven eye for detail tempered by pragmatic, iterative approach to solving complex problems.
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies with a strong orientation for data-driven decision making.
• Proactively identifies and addresses issues within the backend services throughout the entire stack.

Bonus Qualifications:

• DevOps experience:
  • Experience with integration, deployment, and delivery systems.
  • Experience implementing robust monitoring and alerting solutions for operational support and issue detection like Grafana, Prometheus, Loki, Cloudwatch, etc.
  • Experience in root cause analysis and recovery of critical incidents, providing solutions to prevent future occurrences.
  • Experience developing and maintaining infrastructure for platform services including databases, servers, and networks.
  • Experience designing and implementing CICD pipelines using tools like Jenkins, ArgoCD, FluxCD, AWS Code Build, etc.
  • Comfortable managing virtual infrastructure in the form of Helm templates, AWS Cloudformation, or Terraform.
  • Frontend development experience in Web Development, Winforms, WPF, UWP, etc.