# Manager, Software Engineering

Hiring organization: [Bend Studio](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/bend-studio)

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/a53557af-b608-44f4-b55e-0813fefc936e

Listed on Bend Studio's own careers site. Applications go to them directly.

- Employment type: full time
- Seniority: Senior
- Location: San Mateo, CA
- Salary: 201400 – 302000 USD per year

## Summary

This role leads a team of engineers responsible for the quality, performance, and reliability of the PlayStation Portal platform, which runs on Android. You'll drive platform stability through data-driven practices, build observability systems, and manage technical initiatives while developing your engineering team.

_Our summary, not Bend Studio's wording._

## Skills named

Agile, Android Studio, Angular, CI/CD, Java, Kotlin, React, React Native, Scrum

## Required

- 7+ years in interactive entertainment, graphics, SDKs, frameworks, or Android development
- Experience managing software engineering teams on large-scale platform or consumer products
- Strong Android/AOSP platform architecture knowledge
- Proficiency in Java and Kotlin for Android development
- Experience with performance optimization and stability analysis
- Experience building telemetry, observability, and monitoring systems
- Experience with CI/CD and automated testing infrastructure
- Multi-threaded application development and concurrency expertise
- Proven people management skills including goal-setting, mentoring, and talent development
- Project management and Agile experience
- Experience shipping products from requirements through global launch
- Strong cross-functional communication and stakeholder management
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience

## Nice to have

- Consumer electronics, gaming devices, or embedded systems experience
- Platform security or security engineering experience
- Metrics platforms, dashboards, or business intelligence tools
- Cloud analytics pipelines and large-scale data processing
- Performance benchmarking or SRE practices
- Experience with globally distributed teams
- Internal engineering portals or developer productivity tools

Apply on Bend Studio's site: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/sonyinteractiveentertainmentglobal/jobs/6018465004