Sony Network Entertainment International LLC (SNEI), a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, is the premier provider of digital entertainment. Through the Sony Entertainment Network portal, consumers around the world are able to access their favorite digital entertainment conveniently and instantly on their favorite connected devices. SNEI offers the latest and highest quality music, video, and game content through Sony Entertainment Network as well as PlayStation Network while also delivering third-party services. In addition, SNEI provides a compelling consumer experience through innovative content discovery features and a simple user interface that is globally consistent, yet locally relevant.
Sr. Software Engineer / Web Applications Developer
Los Angeles, CA
SNEI's Technology group supports several of Sony’s global products and services such as PlayStation®, Sony Network Entertainment, Bravia® and the Sony Reader® through a number of internal web-based corporate applications and high-profile consumer-facing properties. To expand its delivery of automation tools and rich user experiences, the Creative Technologies web development team is seeking a qualified and dedicated Senior Software Engineer with a proven specialization in web technologies to contribute to their web automation and development efforts.
Candidates must be results-oriented individuals who enjoy taking ownership of highly visible and mission-critical projects that require focus on details and elegant user experiences. The ability to handle a variety of tasks and priorities in a demanding, fast paced, and high-performance environment, while working effectively with a range of personalities and technical backgrounds, both independently and in team settings is extremely important.
The Creative Technologies group is comprised of small surgical teams, using agile and iterative development to create innovative solutions for the larger enterprise, and using best-practices web-technologies such as PHP and Javascript.. Other programming language experience is a plus, but at minimum candidate should be a full-stack engineer with a strong PHP background.
Architect, coordinate, develop, and deploy new web applications, features, and sites to support SNEI's web strategy, objectives, and vision.
Take individual responsibility for the entire development cycle from requirements definition and design through coding, debugging, testing and final release.
Work closely within a tight knit team of experienced engineers to produce high-quality software products on an aggressive schedule.
Implement the user interface for web applications and customer-facing websites using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, JSON and other web technologies.
Demonstrate professional engineering practices including adherence to coding standards, producing design documentation, and supporting integration.
Understand technological fundamentals of all SNEI internal and external web properties representing SNEI's technical vision and capabilities in relationships with vendors and stakeholders.