Senior Software Engineer (Platform Data Reliability & Automation)

<div class="content-intro"><p><strong>Why Sony Interactive Entertainment?</strong></p> <p>Sony Interactive Entertainment isn’t just the Best Place to Play — it’s also the Best Place to Work. Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) is the company behind the PlayStation brand. As a subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation, we’re part of a proud legacy of innovation and excellence. SIE is a dynamic technology company, delivering cutting-edge hardware and network services to more than 100 million people and an entertainment leader, home to some of the most beloved and recognizable intellectual properties (IP) in the world. Our role at SIE is to create and nurture the experiences under the PlayStation brand, a name synonymous with entertainment excellence and creativity.</p></div><p><span style="color: #000000;">Ready to level up your career? Join <strong>PlayStation</strong> as a <strong>Senior Software Engineer</strong> focused on <strong>Platform Data Reliability</strong> and <strong>Automation</strong> and help drive innovation at the forefront of interactive entertainment. You’ll be part of a world-class engineering team focused on building seamless, scalable experiences for millions of players around the globe.</span></p> <p><span style="color: #000000;">At PlayStation, we’re known not only for delivering exceptional gaming experiences but also for fostering a top-tier engineering environment centered on <strong>innovation, creativity, and technical excellence</strong>. We welcome passionate engineers who thrive on solving complex problems and are aligned with our vision of shaping the future of play.</span></p> <h3><span style="color: #1d1c1d;"><strong><br></strong></span><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Role Overview:</strong></span></h3> <p><span style="color: #000000;">We are seeking a <strong>Senior Software Engineer (Platform Data Reliability &amp; Automation)</strong> to play a critical role in building, automating, and operating scalable data platforms with a strong emphasis on <strong>Infrastructure as Code (IaC)</strong> and <strong>cloud technologies</strong>.</span></p> <p><span style="color: #000000;">This role focuses on the <strong>reliability</strong> and <strong>automation</strong> of <strong>NoSQL, Streaming, and Caching services</strong> across <strong>AWS and GCP</strong> environments. You’ll design robust automation frameworks, ensure high availability, and partner with product and platform teams to deliver resilient, highly available infrastructure supporting billions of transactions and millions of players globally.</span></p> <p><span style="color: #000000;">By embracing <strong>Development</strong> &amp; <strong>DBRE principles</strong>, driving <strong>automation-first practices</strong>, and applying <strong>AI/ML where applicable</strong>, you’ll enhance system uptime, reduce manual toil, and enable velocity for engineering teams across PlayStation.<br><br>You'll work closely with platform and product teams to ensure seamless integration and delivery of high-performance, scalable solutions across <strong>PlayStation's</strong> global ecosystem. Your contributions will directly support the reliability, scalability, and operational excellence of our data platform powering millions of players worldwide.</span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h3><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Responsibilities:</strong></span></h3> <ul> <li style="color: #000000 !important;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Design</strong> and <strong>implement</strong> Infrastructure as Code (<strong>IaC</strong>) and <strong>automate</strong> the provisioning, monitoring, scaling, and lifecycle management of NoSQL, Streaming, and Caching platforms (e.g., Cassandra, Aerospike, Kafka, Redis). <strong><br><br></strong></span></li> <li style="color: #000000 !important;"><span style="color: #000000;">Drive end-to-end <strong>automation</strong> to enable repeatable, reliable, and self-service deployment of data services across cloud and hybrid environments.<br><br></span></li> <li style="color: #000000 !important;"><span style="color: #000000;">Ensure high availability, scalability, and resiliency of the <strong>platform data solutions </strong>.<br><br></span></li> <li style="color: #000000 !important;"><span style="color: #000000;">Define and enforce <strong>SLIs, SLOs, and error margins </strong>for data platforms to drive reliability engineering practices.<br><br></span></li> <li style="color: #000000 !important;"><span style="color: #000000;">Build highly <strong>performant</strong>, <strong>self-healing</strong> systems, automated failover, and auto scaling solutions for databases and streaming platforms.<br><br></span></li> <li style="color: #000000 !important;"><span style="color: #000000;">Develop observability solutions (metrics, logging, tracing) for <strong>Cassandra, Aerospike, Redis, and Kafka/MSK</strong> to ensure proactive issue detection.<br><br></span></li> <li style="color: #000000 !important;"><span style="color: #000000;">Partner with engineering and platform teams to provide <strong>reliable</strong>, <strong>scalable</strong>, and <strong>performant</strong> data services.<br><br></span></li> <li style="color: #000000 !important;"><span style="color: #000000;">Lead incident response for critical database/caching/streaming issues and drive root cause analysis with permanent automated fixes.<br><br></span></li> <li style="color: #000000 !important;"><span style="color: #000000;">Explore and apply <strong>AI-driven approaches to automation</strong> (e.g., anomaly detection, predictive scaling, automated remediation) to enhance operational efficiency.<br><br></span></li> <li style="color: #1d1c1d !important;"><span style="color: #1d1c1d;">Drive and implement <strong>best practices, procedures, operational playbooks</strong> to <strong>facilitate knowledge sharing</strong> and support continuous improvement <strong>across global teams</strong> <br><br></span></li> <li style="color: #1d1c1d !important;"><span style="color: #000000;">Mentor junior engineers and influence best practices in <strong>automation, distributed systems, and database reliability</strong>.<br><br></span></li> </ul> <h3><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Skills and Qualifications:</strong></span></h3> <ul> <li style="color: #1d1c1d !important;"><span style="color: #1d1c1d;">Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or a related field<br><br></span></li> <li style="color: #000000 !important;"><span style="color: #000000;">6+ years of software development and DBRE experience, with at least 3+ years focused on <strong>Go</strong> <strong>and Infrastructure As Code with an emphasis on automation</strong>.<br><br></span></li> <li style="color: #000000 !important;"><span style="color: #000000;">Deep proficiency in <strong>Go (Golang)</strong>, with the ability to write performant, idiomatic, and maintainable code for production-scale systems<br><br></span></li> <li style="color: #000000 !important;"><span style="color: #000000;">Proven experience designing <strong>modular, domain-driven architectures</strong> in <strong>Go</strong>, supporting large and complex backend services<br><br></span></li> <li style="color: #000000 !important;"><span style="color: #000000;">Expertise with <strong>infrastructure-as-code tools</strong> such as <strong>Terraform, Ansible.</strong><br><br></span></li> <li style="color: #000000 !important;"><span style="color: #000000;">Deep <strong>expertise</strong> operating large-scale <strong>NoSQL</strong>, <strong>caching </strong>and <strong>streaming platforms</strong> (Apache Kafka, Redis, AWS MSK, etc) including tuning, compaction strategies, repair operations, backup/recovery, and performance optimization.<br><br></span></li> <li style="color: #000000 !important;"><span style="color: #000000;">Solid understanding of <strong>Linux internals, networking, and storage systems</strong>.<br><br></span></li> <li style="color: #1d1c1d !important;"><span style="color: #1d1c1d;">Experience building, deploying and operating <strong>stateful workloads </strong>on <strong>Kubernetes</strong>, including automation and lifecycle management of database and streaming platforms.<br><br></span></li> <li style="color: #000000 !important;"><span style="color: #000000;">Hands-on experience with AWS and/or GCP, including managed services such as MSK, DynamoDB, ElastiCache, or equivalent technologies.<br><br></span></li> <li style="color: #000000 !important;"><span style="color: #000000;">Strong problem-solving and analytical skills, with a passion for <strong>automation and distributed systems reliability</strong>.<br><br></span></li> <li style="color: #000000 !important;"><span style="color: #000000;">Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with experience mentoring and influencing peers </span><span style="color: #1d1c1d;">across diverse teams<br><br></span></li> <li style="color: #000000 !important;"><span style="color: #000000;">Experience building internal developer platforms, self-service infrastructure, or platform engineering solutions that improve developer productivity and operational efficiency.<br><br></span></li> <li style="color: #000000 !important;"><span style="color: #000000;">Prior use of <strong>Go</strong> for infrastructure automation, control plane services, or SRE-focused tooling is a plus<br><br></span></li> <li style="color: #000000 !important;"><span style="color: #000000;">Experience leveraging AI/ML and Generative AI technologies to improve infrastructure automation, operational workflows, incident management, observability, or developer productivity is a huge plus.<br><br></span></li> <li style="color: #000000 !important;"><span style="color: #1d1c1d;">Certification in relevant technologies (e.g., AWS Certified Database - Specialty) is a plus</span></li> </ul><div class="content-pay-transparency"><div class="pay-input"><div class="description"><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">At SIE, we consider several factors when setting each role’s base pay range, including the competitive benchmarking data for the market and geographic location.<br></span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br>Please note that the base pay range may vary in line with our hybrid working policy and individual base pay will be determined based on job-related factors which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location.&nbsp;<br></span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br>In addition, this role </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">is eligible</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> for SIE’s top-tier benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, matching 401(k), paid time off, wellness program and coveted employee discounts for Sony products. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">This role also may be eligible for a bonus package.</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Click&nbsp;</span><a href="https://careers.playstation.com/benefits" target="_blank"><strong>here</strong></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> to learn more.</span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p></div><div class="title">The estimated base pay range for this role is listed below.</div><div class="pay-range"><span>$177,300</span><span class="divider">&mdash;</span><span>$265,900 USD</span></div></div></div><div class="content-conclusion"><p class="p1">Please note, Sony Interactive Entertainment conducts background checks at the offer stage for all new employees (which may include criminal background checks for some roles) and will need to process personal information to support these checks.</p> <p class="p1">Please refer to our&nbsp;<a href="https://www.playstation.com/legal/careers-privacy-notice/" target="_blank">Candidate Privacy Notice</a>&nbsp;for more information about what personal information we collect, how we use it, who we share it with, and your data protection rights.</p> <p><strong>Equal Opportunity Statement:</strong></p> <p><em>Sony is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All persons will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender (including gender identity, gender expression and gender reassignment), race (including colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin), religion or belief, marital or civil partnership status, disability, age, sexual orientation, pregnancy, maternity or parental status, trade union membership or membership in any other legally protected category.</em></p> <p><em>We strive to create an inclusive environment, empower employees and embrace diversity. We encourage everyone to respond.&nbsp;</em></p> <p><em>Sony Interactive Entertainment is a Fair Chance employer and qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records will be considered for employment.</em></p> <p>&nbsp;</p></div>