Dean Sofer
Staff Software Engineer at Sony
San Francisco Bay Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDean Sofer is a Staff Software Engineer in the San Francisco Bay Area with 13 years of experience building high-performance application and platform software, most recently architecting video streaming and multitasking systems for PlayStation 4, 5 and next-gen consoles at Sony. He blends deep frontend and systems expertise—shipping Electron/React desktop apps, real-time million-row data sync, and platform-level optimizations that saved millions in CDN costs—with a strong track record of mentoring and shaping team processes. Dean holds patents for novel controller input techniques for VR-less experiences and regularly presents on topics from financial systems to pipeline workflow improvements. Previously he led frontend architecture and engineering teams at startups, driving telemetry, UX-driven iteration, and engineering transformations that scaled products and teams.
13 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
El Dorado High SchoolCal Poly Pomona
Github Skills (200)
atom-editor10
dynamic-forms10
multiselect10
automation10
visual-studio10
state-machine10
google-tag-manager10
less-mixins10
test-coverage10
sinon10
browser10
directives10
api10
playback10
html10
Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
ProLoser/funcheapmap
Oct 2017 - Dec 2024
A map of FunCheapSF events
Contributions:3 PRs, 131 pushes, 8 branches in 7 years 3 months
eventsmap
ProLoser/IntelliJ-SubliMate
Dec 2012 - Apr 2014
Contributions:5 commits, 1 comment in 1 year 4 months
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