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