Senior Software Engineer - Low Level GPU

About the Advanced Technology Group

The Advanced Technology Group (ATG) is a part of Foundational Systems and Experiences Engineering (FSEE) within the Platform Business Group. Established over 20 years ago as part of PlayStation®’s first-party game development studios, ATG has always focused on helping game developers get the most out of PlayStation® hardware - a mission that continues to this day. As a team, we are responsible for large parts of the graphics software stack used by all PlayStation® games, and collaborate with leading engineering teams worldwide, from game developers to hardware vendors, to deliver key platform technologies.

What you’ll be doing

• You will be working on Razor GPU, a GPU performance analysis and debugging tool, for current and future PlayStation® platforms.
• You will be developing GPU Capture and Replay technology, which allows GPU commands, shaders and resources to be captured, analysed and later reinstated, so that graphics frames can be re-executed on the GPU independently from the running game.
• You will be developing profiling and debugging features upon this core technology, to help game developers worldwide to realize their creative vision and push PlayStation® hardware to its limits.
• You will be developing internal features used by platform software and hardware teams, to help build and improve the PlayStation® graphics software stack, as well as diagnose low-level platform issues.
• You will collaborate with game developers and platform engineers to gain a deep understanding of their needs, with a view to creating efficient, reliable and scalable tools, which are a joy to use for new and deeply technical engineers alike.

This is a unique senior engineering role at the heart of PlayStation® GPU technology, where you will work within a highly experienced technology-driven team. We are looking for developers who are passionate about their craft, the products they build, and who would like to make a lasting impact on the PlayStation® graphics software stack, its tooling, and its future.

What we are looking for

• Strong problem-solving skills, including the ability to design and implement highly reliable performant systems in C++.
• Strong debugging skills, including the ability to understand and reason about complex systems, as well as unpick their interactions.
• Experience developing on consoles, particularly using console graphics and memory management APIs.
• An interest in GPU architecture and low-level graphics engineering.
• Experience using GPU profiling and debugging tools.
• An eagerness to learn and take responsibility of features end-to-end, from building core systems, to influencing end-user UX design.