Sr. Manager, Software Engineering, Engineering Enablement at Playstation

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United States, San Francisco, CA

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Senior Software Engineering Manager, Engineering Enablement

San Francisco, CA

About the Job:

We are looking for a visionary Engineering Manager to lead our talented team of software engineers and devops engineers in creating and maintaining innovative CI/CD tools and infrastructures that significantly improve the efficiency and productivity of functional, performance, and reliability testing. This role is crucial for driving excellence in our software solutions, impacting global teams, and enhancing product quality and engineer satisfaction. The successful candidate will manage technical direction, support migrations, and foster strong collaboration across international teams, including our colleagues in the US and Japan.

Responsibilities:

Lead a team of software engineers and devops engineers in designing, building, and maintaining advanced CI/CD pipelines and containerization solutions, with a special focus on tools that enhance testing efficiency across functional, performance, and reliability testing.
Provide leadership and support for all tools developed by the team, ensuring they meet operational standards and continuously enhance user satisfaction.
Manage onboarding and migration of systems to incorporate advanced testing methodologies and tools, ensuring high adaptability and minimal disruption.
Coordinate with our Indian team and Japan team to ensure seamless communication and synchronization of project goals and timelines, enhancing cross-functional team collaboration.
Strategically plan project executions and resource allocations and meeting tight deadlines.
Regularly assess team performance, providing feedback and developmental opportunities to promote career growth and operational excellence.

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
Minimum of 8 years of experience in software development, including at least 5 years in a leadership role overseeing engineering teams.
Exceptional problem-solving, technical, analytical abilities.
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, capable of managing and inspiring a team to achieve high performance and innovation.
Strong understanding of CICD standard methodologies and familiar with tools used in CICD pipeline: such as Jenkins, GitHub, Artifactory, Maven, Gradle, and SonarQube
Extensive expertise of Docker, Kubernetes, and modern containerization technologies.
Expertise in major programming languages such as Groovy, Golang, Java.

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience with large-scale distributed systems
Experience with software system design
Experience with public cloud platforms such as AWS or GCP
Experience with networking, storage, logging, monitoring, tracing and alert

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In addition, this role is eligible for SIE’s top-tier benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, matching 401(k), paid time off, wellness program and coveted employee discounts for Sony products. This role also may be eligible for a bonus package. Click here to learn more.

The estimated base pay range for this role is listed below.

$239,400—$359,000 USD

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