Director, Mobile Platform Development

At Sony, our mission is to be a company that inspires and fulfills your curiosity.

The Director, Mobile Platform Development, will guide the next generation architecture that will power the mobile and console experience of Sony’s over-the-top platform. As part of a small team, he/she will bring to life an architecture supporting backend services, data, and mobile (console) client code. He/She will work directly with client product teams to understand their goals and customers and will build a team of developers (both internal and external) to coach and guide them, and to understand their needs.

• Build and manage a team top performing software engineers to deliver world-class experiences to our customers.
• Drive the architecture and technology choices that enable engaging mobile and console experiences.
• Work closely with, and influence the implementation of, server-side architecture and development to meet the unique needs of mobile and console clients.
• Continuously deliver rapid and consistent software and services.
• Thrive on taking ownership and doing whatever it takes to deliver results.
• Use data as a guiding light to make decisions and validate assumptions
• Establish a solid project framework and excellent development processes
• Be a champion for the user: Insist on the highest standards, create functional and engaging features, and ensure their needs always come first
• Shine with engineering excellence by developing test infrastructures, writing documentation, ensuring high performance, and following an agile development methodology
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, develop, and deliver new exciting features
• Continuously explore, evaluate, and incorporate new technologies into our products and processes to improve development efficiency

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or similar discipline
• 7+ years with work experience in software engineering
• 4+ years developing device applications (iOS, Android, etc.), with a preference shipping software on the Android / iOS / game console
• 2+ years with mobile video and audio streaming
• 2+ years proven experience in managing software development teams delivering on large scale/large impact products for Mobile enterprise or large scale mobile App projects including distributed components.
• 3+ years directly related experience launching mobile apps, web, and living rooms app experiences
• Deep understanding of core software concepts, including networking, security, memory management, multi-threading, and application life-cycle management
• Broad cross-disciplinary development experience, including experience with test-driven development
• A good sense of what goes into making a successful consumer product
• Knowledge of latest mobile emerging technologies, architectures, and trends
• Great communication and collaboration skills with a commitment to quality