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.
14 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
El Dorado High SchoolCal Poly Pomona
Github Skills (200)
atom-editor10
multiple-browsers10
composition10
google-analytics10
command-line-interface10
state-machine10
less-mixins10
test-coverage10
directives10
github-api10
html10
home-automation10
inheritance10
envelope10
commonjs10
Programming languages (21)
Github contributions (5)
ProLoser/Github-Omnibox
May 2013 - Aug 2022
Github Commands from Google Chrome Omnibox (address bar)
Contributions:11 commits, 4 PRs, 19 pushes in 9 years 5 months
google-chrome
ProLoser/david
Sep 2015 - Aug 2024
Contributions:1 push, 1 comment, 3 issues in 9 years
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