Software Engineering Manager

Who you are

• 2+ years of people management experience
• A bachelor’s degree in computer science, or equivalent experience
• Experience with requirements gathering and analysis, design and development of scalable code with unit tests across multiple technology stacks
• Experience in building high-performance SDKs or Frameworks
• Knowledge of client-side Operating System security fundamentals and features
• Experience with securing consumer client-side applications
• Extensive experience with C/C++
• Experience or knowledge of cryptographic algorithms and ciphers
• Experience recruiting and building great teams
• Ability to work with a high level of autonomy and responsibility
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Passion for supporting team members’ career growth
• Similar experiences with security engineering on non-PC platforms
• Experience with low-level engineering tools (e.g. disassemblers/decompiling)
• Experience with game development or game engine development
• Experience with securing PC games
• Experience or knowledge of anti-cheat and/or anti-tamper concepts and products
• Experience with codesigning and certificate verification workflows
• Experience or knowledge with data integrity checking
• Experience or knowledge of binary obfuscation
• Experience securing IPC traffic
• Experience using tools such as Ghidra, IDA or x64Dbg What the job involves
• Our 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!
• You 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
• Lead, coach, mentor, grow, and empower your team to achieve their goals
• Strong understanding of software engineering methodologies
• Collaborate with colleagues to develop, implement, and uphold SDK and application security features for PC applications
• Create technical specifications as a Product Owner
• Guide the team technically to build high quality products on PC
• Participate in code reviews and documentation
• Lead day-to-day activities of the team using Agile/Scrum methodologies
• Collaborate with geographical diverse teams to coordinate development activities
• Contribute to engineering-wide initiatives as a member of PlayStation's engineering management team