Staff Software Engineer

Sony Interactive Entertainment
Waterloo
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeCAD 188,200 - 282,200 annuallyFunction: Software EngineeringExperience: 8+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Technical leadership","Mentoring","Cross-functional communication","Problem-solving","Incremental delivery"]

Lead the evolution of PlayStation adaptive experiences by defining the architecture for a Dynamic Experience Management platform and its experiances SDK. Modernize the PS5 Store experience runtime, designing a platform-independent composition layer with public TypeScript APIs, versioned schemas, and rendering contracts. Deliver reusable primitives for personalization, experimentation, telemetry, accessibility, localization, and reliable, performant client experiences across console and beyond, while mentoring engineers and partnering with cross-functional teams.

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Sony Interactive Entertainment
Sony Interactive Entertainment
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Staff Software Engineer

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Job Summary

Lead the evolution of PlayStation adaptive experiences by defining the architecture for a Dynamic Experience Management platform and its experiances SDK. Modernize the PS5 Store experience runtime, designing a platform-independent composition layer with public TypeScript APIs, versioned schemas, and rendering contracts. Deliver reusable primitives for personalization, experimentation, telemetry, accessibility, localization, and reliable, performant client experiences across console and beyond, while mentoring engineers and partnering with cross-functional teams.
Location: Waterloo
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Define and drive the technical direction for the experiances SDK, turning the adaptive-experiences vision into an incremental, production-ready architecture.
  • •Lead modernization of the PS5 Store experience runtime, migrating from legacy EMS SDK and client-specific rendering paths to schema-driven DXM experiences via Content SDK.
  • •Design and evolve the platform-independent composition layer, including public TypeScript APIs, versioned schemas, content adapters, component model, data bindings, and platform renderer contracts.
  • •Build reusable experience primitives and native rendering capabilities supporting responsive layouts, personalization, experimentation, telemetry, accessibility, localization, and platform-specific interaction models.
  • •Establish safe coexistence and migration patterns (backward compatibility, capability negotiation, validation, feature flags, fallbacks, rollback, and observability) and improve runtime performance and developer experience.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: CAD 188,200 - 282,200 annually
Perks:MedicalDentalVision401kPaid LeaveWellness Stipend

Key Requirements

  • •Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • •8+ years of professional software engineering experience delivering production client platforms, SDKs, frameworks, or shared libraries.
  • •Expert-level TypeScript or JavaScript proficiency, with strong experience using React, React Native, or comparable component-based frameworks.
  • •Strong software architecture and API design skills, including modularity, dependency management, versioning, backward compatibility, and incremental migration.
  • •Demonstrated ability to diagnose and improve client performance and reliability using profiling, telemetry, automated testing, and production observability.
Experience:8+ yearsProduction client platformsSDKsFrameworks
Education:Bachelor's in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field
Skills:Technical leadershipMentoringCross-functional communicationProblem-solvingIncremental delivery
Languages:English
Tech Stack:TypeScriptJavaScriptReactReact NativeTypeScript APIs

Company Brief

Sony Interactive Entertainment
Develops and publishes PlayStation hardware, software, and digital services, operating the PlayStation platform and ecosystem for gaming, entertainment, and network services worldwide.
Industry: Gaming
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Established Company
Headquarters: San Mateo, United States
Founded: 1993
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