# Dean Sofer > I built PlayStation 5 and work on Next Gen. Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/deansofer ## Work Experience ### Staff Software Engineer @ Sony Jan 2016 – Present | San Francisco, California, United States - Video streaming and multitasking architect for PlayStation 4, 5 and Next Gen - Seriously impacted key projects and introduced optimizations impacting all PlayStation OS developers - Novel Controller Input Patents for VR controllers without VR - Akamai optimizations reducing millions $ in costs - Gave dozens of talks on everything from credit cards and financial management to team process and pipeline optimizations - Mentored dozens of colleagues and junior hires - Expanded Game Streaming exploration on new platforms - Explored Smart Home integration products - Built Windows and Mac software using Electron and React ### Head Of Engineering @ Townsquared Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 | San Francisco Bay Area - Converted company to streamlined project tracking software - Developed team-wide feedback and collaboration process - Iterated with design on feature and design prototypes - Setup telemetry for tracking user interactions and pain points - Managed engineers and distributed workload amongst team - Mentored junior colleagues ### Head of Frontend Architecture @ Paxata Jan 2012 – Jan 2014 | Redwood City, California, United States - Developed scalable architecture and ORM: youtu.be/Iw-3qgG_ipU - Implemented real-time synchronization across frontend architecture Excel like million row data cleaning pipeline - Performed UX audits with customers such as Pabst Blue Ribbon and integrated feedback into designs ### Mentor @ Codementor Jan 2012 – Jan 2013 I was a founding mentor on the CodeMentor platform with a specialization on AngularJS at the time. As a founding user I provided early feedback to the CodeMentor team on my experience working with their platform. ### Head of Frontend Architecture @ Jobvite Jan 2011 – Jan 2012 | Burlingame, California, United States - Developed Facebook job directory and social referral application - Prototyped Backbone, Spine, Knockout, and AngularJS to select new framework to rebuild core product - Collaborated and instructed team members on new framework and technologies - Started open-source organization AngularUI to support Google's AngularJS framework - Cleaned up Jobvite internal Wiki, documentation, bugtracker and FE automation - Invited to give talk at Google on AngularUI, gave internal company talk on using Git ### Web Application Developer @ International Student Volunteers Jan 2011 – Jan 2011 | Yorba Linda, California, United States - Built website for Volunteers to register, apply and submit documents regarding their "Voluntourism" trip across the globe. - Developed flight itinerary catalogue and manager with accounting backend at ISVOnline.org - Built several plugins for CakePHP including a standardized payment gateway & cart - Took over the jQuery AnythingSlider and ElegantAccordian plugins for CSS-Tricks.com ### Technical Consultant @ Cortex EDI Jan 2009 – Jan 2010 | Brea, California, United States - Created remote VNC client for their technical support that was later merged into their software - Expedited migration from Windows to web based forms, including fix formatting ### Web Developer @ Unknown Jan 2007 – Jan 2009 | Pomona, California, United States - Created resume / portfolio websites for various aspiring actors and creatives in Hollywood - Built dozens of sites in Drupal, Wordpress and CakePHP - Created PSD to CSS prototypes - Worked closely with clients translating business objectives into requirements ### Web Developer @ Academic Learning Company, LLC Jan 2007 – Jan 2009 | El Monte, California, United States - Updated VelazquezPress.com frontend and managed development of dictionary apps. - Built multi-site portal using a shared DB with bookstore and Yahoo! Answers clone using CakePHP and Google Checkout ### Lead Tutor @ California State Polytechnic University-Pomona Jan 2007 – Jan 2008 | Pomona, California, United States Department tutor for Computer Information Systems department. My duties were to provide open office hours for peers in my major to come and ask questions and assistance with their programming assignments. These were typically introduction to java courses and a few simple web development courses. ### Sushi Chef @ San Sai Jan 2006 – Jan 2006 | Yorba Linda, California, United States Small job I did during summer over college break at a new fast food sushi location. I was interested in learning new skills and went back to school at the end of summer. - Learned sushi prep - Clean and refilled sushi workstation - Cleaned and closed dining room ### Fast Food Worker @ El Pollo Loco, Inc. Jan 2003 – Jan 2005 | Yorba Linda, California, United States - Front register cashier and Drive Thru cashier - Learned prep, cooking, and cleaning - Worked after high-school or weekends and over summer for spare cash to use on electronics and food. ### Assembly Worker @ Jon Goldman Associates Jan 2001 – Jan 2002 | Orange, California, United States - Assembled Fiberoptic cables and electronic enclosures for components used by Silicone Manufacturing ovens - Setup Windows workstations on company network - Edited company presentation in Adobe Flash - Assisted cartoonist contractor in hand painting CES display banners ## Education ### Bachelor's degree in Computer Information Systems California State Polytechnic University-Pomona ### El Dorado High School ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/dean-sofer --- Source: https://flows.cv/deansofer JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/deansofer/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-12