
Senior Software Engineer - Cloud Streaming (Contractor)
Bend StudioAliso Viejo, CA · contract · Senior
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What this role is
Sony is hiring a senior engineer to design and operate the server infrastructure powering their cloud gaming service across a global network. This role suits someone with deep production systems experience who enjoys solving complex distributed systems problems and wants to work on technology that delivers games to millions of players.
Our summary, not Bend Studio’s wording. The full posting is on their site.
Skills this role names
- Ansible
- Asynchronous Programming
- C++
- Docker
- Git
- GitOps
- Grafana
- Java
- Kubernetes
- Linux
- OpenTelemetry
- Prometheus
- Rust
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What they ask for
Required
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
- 7+ years of professional software development
- Experience designing, implementing, and operating production software systems
- Ability to troubleshoot complex technical problems across software and infrastructure
- Strong production experience developing in Rust
- Experience building applications or controllers on Kubernetes
- Experience developing software on Linux
- Proficiency with Git and modern development workflows
- Experience with Docker and Kubernetes container technologies
- Experience debugging complex distributed applications
- Automated unit and integration testing experience
- Knowledge of distributed systems concepts including concurrency, asynchronous programming, event-driven architectures, and fault tolerance
Nice to have
- Familiarity with Java or C++
- Familiarity with Agile development concepts
- Ability to work across software, infrastructure, networking, and hardware domains
- Experience with infrastructure automation using Ansible, AWX, or GitOps workflows
- Open-source community contributions such as blogs or source code