{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"da1d50e4349bd0d25fae0312","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/da1d50e4349bd0d25fae0312","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/da1d50e4349bd0d25fae0312","title":"Manager, Software Engineering","description":"Why Sony Interactive Entertainment?\nSony Interactive Entertainment isn't just the Best Place to Play — it's also the Best Place to Work. Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) is the company behind the PlayStation brand. As a subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation, we're part of a proud legacy of innovation and excellence. SIE is a dynamic technology company, delivering cutting-edge hardware and network services to more than 100 million people and an entertainment leader, home to some of the most beloved and recognizable intellectual properties (IP) in the world. Our role at SIE is to create and nurture the experiences under the PlayStation brand, a name synonymous with entertainment excellence and creativity.\nWhy PlayStation\nOur team is innovating and crafting the next generation of gaming experiences on PlayStation! You will work alongside partners in engineering, product, design, and research to build tools and technologies that keep our players safe. PlayStation Network currently has more than 100 million monthly active users. This is a phenomenal opportunity to join our high leverage team working on building outstanding new experiences!\nYou will lead a passionate engineering team responsible for developing Microsoft Windows® PC based software for the PlayStation® and other applications/devices. You will be responsible for providing strong technical leadership in highly secure and performant PC-based software design and development.\nRole Responsibilities\nLead, coach, mentor, grow, and empower your team to achieve their goals\nStrong understanding of software engineering methodologies\nCollaborate with colleagues to develop, implement, and uphold SDK and application security features for PC applications\nCreate technical specifications as a Product Owner\nGuide the team technically to build high quality products on PC\nParticipate in code reviews and documentation\nLead day-to-day activities of the team using Agile/Scrum methodologies\nCollaborate with geographical diverse teams to coordinate development activities\nContribute to engineering-wide initiatives as a member of PlayStation's engineering management team\nQualifications\n2+ years of people management experience\nA bachelor's degree in computer science, or equivalent experience\nExperience with requirements gathering and analysis, design and development of scalable code with unit tests across multiple technology stacks\nExperience in building high-performance SDKs or Frameworks\nKnowledge of client-side Operating System security fundamentals and features\nExperience with securing consumer client-side applications\nExtensive experience with C/C++\nExperience or knowledge of cryptographic algorithms and ciphers\nExperience recruiting and building great teams\nAbility to work with a high level of autonomy and responsibility\nExcellent written and verbal communication skills\nPassion for supporting team members' career growth\nNice-to-Have Skills\nSimilar experiences with security engineering on non-PC platforms\nExperience with low-level engineering tools (e.g. disassemblers/decompiling)\nExperience with game development or game engine development\nExperience with securing PC games\nExperience or knowledge of anti-cheat and/or anti-tamper concepts and products\nExperience with codesigning and certificate verification workflows\nExperience or knowledge with data integrity checking\nExperience or knowledge of binary obfuscation\nExperience securing IPC traffic\nExperience using tools such as Ghidra, IDA or x64Dbg\n\nPlease note, Sony Interactive Entertainment conducts background checks at the offer stage for all new employees (which may include criminal background checks for some roles) and will need to process personal information to support these checks.\nPlease refer to our Candidate Privacy Notice for more information about what personal information we collect, how we use it, who we share it with, and your data protection rights.\nEqual Opportunity Statement:\nSony is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All persons will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender (including gender identity, gender expression and gender reassignment), race (including colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin), religion or belief, marital or civil partnership status, disability, age, sexual orientation, pregnancy, maternity or parental status, trade union membership or membership in any other legally protected category.\nWe strive to create an inclusive environment, empower employees and embrace diversity. We encourage everyone to respond.\nSony Interactive Entertainment is a Fair Chance employer and qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records will be considered for employment.","company":"Playstatio","rawCompany":"playstatio","city":"Millbrae","state":"CA","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-08-08T13:25:47.004Z","occupations":[{"code":"15-1252.00","title":"Software Developers","slug":"software-developers"},{"code":"15-1299.08","title":"Computer Systems Engineers/Architects","slug":"computer-systems-engineers-architects"},{"code":"11-3021.00","title":"Computer and Information Systems Managers","slug":"computer-and-information-systems-managers"}],"industries":[{"code":"513210","title":"Software Publishers","slug":"software-publishers"},{"code":"541511","title":"Custom Computer Programming Services","slug":"custom-computer-programming-services"},{"code":"541512","title":"Computer Systems Design Services","slug":"computer-systems-design-services"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Manager, Software Engineering","description":"Why Sony Interactive Entertainment?\nSony Interactive Entertainment isn't just the Best Place to Play — it's also the Best Place to Work. 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