This engineer wil assume the role of a Developer Support Engineer working to enable and assist with non-game application development by PlayStation® partners. This engineer is expected to work with the engineering teams in US R&D to provide top quality support for SCE licensed developers on all PlayStation® platforms, including triaging bug reports, escalating to appropriate groups within SCE and responding to partner issues. The engineer will also generate documentation and samples that will efficiently commuicate the best technologies, algorithms, and processes to the PlayStation® development community.

 

Principle Duties / Responsibilities:

• Provide top quality support using the PlayStation® Developer Network website for private support tracker issues and public forums for existing and future PlayStation platforms, including investigating and responding to support requests in a timely manner.


• Identitfy and write any documentation, including sample code, required to provide licensed developers with the most current technical information for existing and future PlayStation platforms.


• Collaborate with groups outside of SCEA US R&D including the Developer Services & Support team and other Sony groups on projects that will best benefit/assist licenesed developers.


• Contribute to the expansion of PlayStation® non-game application software development kits and tools.

 

This job listing originated on Gamasutra.com, the game industry's leader.

Required Knowledge / Skills:

• Bachelors of Science in Computer Science or equivalent degree.
• At least 4 years of experience as a software developer with a mixture of C, C++ or Objective-C programming and web technologies such as JavaScript or Flash/Active Script.
• Additionally, must have skills in one or more of the following areas:

o Embedded software or game software user interface development.
o Graphics programming with 2D or 3D APIs, including OpenGL.
o Rich internet application development with HTML/CSS/JavaScript.

• Be able to communicate technical ideas and issues clearly.
  
• Experience in participating in a formal to light weight development process (requirements, design, implementation, risk and issues tracking, bug triages, testing, release).
  
• Developed on a mobile, gaming or computing platform and has experience in using developer support resources on that platform.
  

 
Preferred Experience / Education:

• At least 6 years of experience in C, C++ or Objective-C programming or web technologies such as JavaScript or Flash/Active Script.
  
• Experience with PlayStation®3 development.
  
• Experience as a development support engineer for gaming, application or computing platforms.
  

 
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