Senior Software Engineer/ Software Developer (Backend)

Sony Interactive Entertainment
Waterloo
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeCAD 141,900 - 212,900 annuallyFunction: Software EngineeringEducation: mastersSkills: ["Mentorship","Cross-functional collaboration","Architectural decision-making","Incident response focus"]

Design and evolve backend architecture for highly available, scalable mobile and web consumer experiences. Build and operate backend services and APIs, including data modeling across relational/non-relational, caching, and event-driven systems. Optimize performance, reliability, observability, and incident response, while establishing engineering standards for testing, deployment, and development practices. Collaborate cross-functionally and mentor engineers to raise the backend quality bar.

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Sony Interactive Entertainment
Sony Interactive Entertainment
3 days ago

Senior Software Engineer/ Software Developer (Backend)

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Job Summary

Design and evolve backend architecture for highly available, scalable mobile and web consumer experiences. Build and operate backend services and APIs, including data modeling across relational/non-relational, caching, and event-driven systems. Optimize performance, reliability, observability, and incident response, while establishing engineering standards for testing, deployment, and development practices. Collaborate cross-functionally and mentor engineers to raise the backend quality bar.
Location: Waterloo
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Define and evolve backend architecture for highly available, scalable consumer applications across mobile and web.
  • •Design, build, test, deploy, and operate reliable backend services and APIs.
  • •Design data models and storage strategies across relational, non-relational, caching, and event-driven systems.
  • •Drive performance optimization, service reliability, observability, monitoring, and incident response best practices.
  • •Mentor engineers and establish coding standards, testing strategies, deployment patterns, and development practices that raise the backend quality bar.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: CAD 141,900 - 212,900 annually

Key Requirements

  • •5+ years of professional software development experience building and operating backend services in production.
  • •BS/MS degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
  • •Proficiency in server-side development (Node.js with TypeScript preferred).
  • •Experience with relational and non-relational databases, including data modeling, indexing, transactions, and performance optimization (PostgreSQL preferred).
  • •Demonstrated ability to design and build GraphQL and REST APIs, plus familiarity with caching, message queues, event streams, and asynchronous processing systems.
Experience:Consumer productsMobile and webGamingSocial/communityZero-to-one startup
Education:Master's in Computer Science, Software Engineering
Skills:MentorshipCross-functional collaborationArchitectural decision-makingIncident response focus
Tech Stack:Node.jsTypeScriptGraphQLREST APIsPostgreSQLAWSCI/CDInfrastructure as code (IaC)ContainersCachingMessage queuesEvent streamsAsynchronous processingMonitoringObservabilityIAMRelational databasesNon-relational databases

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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