Senior Software Engineer, Audio Validation Systems
Why Sony Interactive Entertainment? Sony Interactive Entertainment isn’t just the Best Place to Play — it’s also the Best Place to Work. Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) is the company behind the PlayStation brand. As a subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation, we’re part of a proud legacy of innovation and excellence. SIE is a dynamic technology company, delivering cutting-edge hardware and network services to more than 100 million people and an entertainment leader, home to some of the most beloved and recognizable intellectual properties (IP) in the world. Our role at SIE is to create and nurture the experiences under the PlayStation brand, a name synonymous with entertainment excellence and creativity.United Kingdom, London Why Sony Interactive Entertainment? Sony Interactive Entertainment isn’t just the Best Place to Play — it’s also the Best Place to Work. We’re the company behind PlayStation, delivering cutting-edge hardware, software, and network services to players and game creators around the world.Our role is to create the technologies, tools, and experiences that help developers build the best games on PlayStation. We work at the intersection of platform engineering, developer experience, and interactive entertainment, pushing the boundaries of play through high-quality SDKs, systems, and tools. Role overview We’re looking for a Senior Software Engineer to build the tools and automated systems we use to validate audio technologies in the PlayStation SDK. This role sits within SDK Quality Engineering, but the work is primarily software engineering. You’ll design and build audio analysis tools, automated validation pipelines, regression detection systems, and developer-facing diagnostics that help engineers understand whether audio behaviour is correct, stable, and release-ready. You’ll work closely with Audio SDK engineers and platform teams to turn complex audio quality problems into measurable, repeatable engineering systems. The right person will have strong C/C++ and Python skills, practical digital audio knowledge, and experience building reliable tools, automation, or analysis systems. Previous testing or QE experience is helpful, but we’re most interested in engineers who can write production-quality code, reason about audio behaviour, and build systems that other engineers depend on. The team The SDK Quality Engineering team is part of the Foundational Systems and Experiences Engineering group in London. We work on low-level SDKs and core platform technologies used by game developers building PlayStation games. This role focuses on audio technologies within the PlayStation SDK, including libraries, tools, runtime behaviour, and platform-level audio features. You’ll work close to both engineering and quality. The goal is to make audio behaviour measurable, regressions easier to detect, and release decisions better informed. What you’ll be doing Design, build, and maintain audio validation tools for PlaySt...