Software Engineer II- Data Platform

Hybrid: San Diego

Do you want to join a team of talented engineers dedicated to enhancing the PlayStation experience for millions of users and creators? As part of our Data Platform team, you will play a key role in building cutting-edge systems that power PlayStation’s data-driven features, delivering impactful insights and enabling seamless, interactive experiences!

The Software Engineers within our Platform Engineering Group design, build, document, and deploy large-scale data platforms that optimize performance and scalability across PlayStation systems. You will work on solving complex data challenges, improving platform capabilities, and ensuring high availability, all while supporting a dynamic, interactive environment for PlayStation users.

We’re looking for someone who is passionate about building innovative data platforms that scale to millions of users, collaborating across Engineering and Product teams in an agile environment. You’ll have the opportunity to work with the latest technologies, tools, and processes, helping to drive forward our technical and architectural goals.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the development, testing, and deployment of high-quality code across the data platform

• Collaborate actively with global teams across multiple time zones, ensuring alignment and continuity

• Support platform capabilities for data cataloging, analytics, and ETL/ELT pipelines

• Assist in identifying performance bottlenecks and implementing improvements with guidance from senior engineers

• Build and support services that handle structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data (audio, video, text, images)

• Participate in on-call rotation for production support and help troubleshoot critical issues

• Contribute to platform documentation and maintain clarity for internal consumers

• Present work in team demos and represent engineering contributions in internal discussions

• Follow best practices in testing, monitoring, and deployment to ensure platform reliability

• Continuously learn and apply new tools, patterns, and technologies in the data platform space

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience developing scalable, distributed systems

• Proficient in at least one language: Scala, Java, or Python

• Experience building or maintaining cloud-based applications/services (AWS preferred, GCP is a plus)

• Exposure to event streaming platforms such as Kafka, Kinesis, or SQS and Data Ingestion

• Familiarity with distributed data processing frameworks like Apache Spark or Apache Flink

• Understanding of CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, and observability best practices

• Comfortable working in a globally distributed team

• Willingness to participate in production on-call rotations

Nice to Have

• Exposure to Databricks or similar unified data platforms

• Experience working with unstructured data formats such as images, video, or audio

• Familiarity with data cataloging, lineage, and metadata tools

• Experience supporting platform-scale features such as ETL frameworks, analytics services, or data quality checks

• Knowledge of GCP or multi-cloud environments

• Curiosity and enthusiasm for tackling scalability and reliability challenges

Your First 90 Days

• 30 Days: Ramp up on our tech stack, development tools, and team workflows. Deliver your first minor enhancement or bug fix and sync with global peers.

• 60 Days: Begin contributing to core platform features. Participate in code/design reviews and propose improvements.

• 90 Days: Own medium-scope features end-to-end. Engage in roadmap discussions and build strong cross-functional relationships with global stakeholders.

Sr. Director Data Platform Engineering & Operations

San Diego, CA

The Sr. Director Data Platform Engineering & Operations is a critical leadership role at SIE, responsible for driving innovation and scalability across the company’s data and AI platform ecosystem. This role oversees platforms including Data Infrastructure (Streaming, Ingestion, Warehouse, and Data Ocean), Experimentation and Audience Platforms, and Governance & Data Observability tools.

In this role, you will ensure SIE’s platforms process massive volumes of data, delivering insights that enhance Player, Creator, Publisher, and Enterprise experiences. By enabling data-driven decisions at scale, you will drive the future of personalized gaming, efficient operations, and enterprise productivity through advanced AI and machine learning technologies.

As a strategic leader, you will define and execute the vision for SIE’s data and AI platform ecosystem, ensuring scalable solutions that support key business objectives across gaming, content creation, and enterprise operations. Reporting to the VP of Data & AI, you will lead global teams of engineers and experts to build platforms that democratize data and transform decision-making across the company.  Priority consideration will be given to candidates with proven experience in a previous or current Sr. Director level role. 

This highly cross-functional role works closely with senior leadership in engineering, product, and business to align the platform ecosystem with the organization’s strategic goals.

Key Responsibilities:

Strategic Leadership:

• Define the long-term vision for SIE’s Data and AI Platform ecosystem, aligning with business goals and driving value across Player, Creator, Publisher, and Enterprise touchpoints.
• Lead the development of platforms that process large-scale, real-time data from millions of users, delivering insights to enhance gaming experiences, content creation, and enterprise productivity.
• Build scalable platforms for personalized player experiences, content creation tools, and enterprise efficiency, optimizing performance and cost-effectiveness.

Platform Development & Operations:

• Provide thought leadership in the design, architecture, and execution of the platform ecosystem, ensuring innovation and seamless integration with SIE’s global gaming services and enterprise operations.
• Ensure platforms are optimized for performance, scalability, and reliability, processing billions of data points daily across Player, Creator, Publisher, and Enterprise activities.
• Champion operational excellence by driving continuous improvements in platform cost efficiency, performance, and security to support SIE’s global user base.

Cross-functional Collaboration:

• Collaborate with senior leaders to deliver data and AI solutions that drive value across gaming, content creation, and enterprise operations.
• Work with teams to ensure data platforms improve engagement, content creation, monetization, and efficiency.
• Ensure compliance with privacy, security, and regulatory requirements while supporting scalable data operations.

Innovation & Efficiency:

• Lead efforts to optimize platform performance, reduce costs, and improve data accessibility across gaming and enterprise operations.
• Implement innovative solutions to scale data operations and maximize value from Player, Creator, Publisher, and Enterprise data.
• Drive AI/ML adoption to enhance gaming experiences, content discovery, operational efficiency, and enterprise workflows.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, or a related field.

Experience:

Technical Expertise:

• 15+ years of experience in data engineering, platform engineering, or related fields, with deep expertise in designing and building distributed data systems and large-scale data warehouses.
• Proven track record of architecting platforms capable of processing petabytes of data and supporting the real-time ingestion and processing of billions of data points daily across gaming and enterprise domains.
• Extensive experience in building and scaling cloud-native architectures (AWS, Azure, GCP) for data platforms, with a strong focus on high availability, fault tolerance, and cost-efficiency.
• Demonstrated success in growing and evolving data platforms to meet the needs of a rapidly scaling business, ensuring data-driven decisions are made at all levels of the organization.
• Extensive experience with Kafka for data streaming and real-time data ingestion.
• Strong hands-on knowledge of Databricks and Snowflake for scalable data engineering, analytics, and cloud data warehousing.
• Proven experience making buy vs. build decisions, assessing in-house development versus integrating third-party platforms based on cost, scalability, and business needs.
• Expertise with Data Governance tools such as Alation and Collibra for managing data catalogs, compliance, and data quality.
• Knowledge and experience with Data Observability tools to monitor data pipelines and ensure data accuracy, reliability, and transparency.
• Experience with experimentation platforms such as Optimizely, Statsig, and LaunchDarkly, with a focus on A/B testing and feature management.
• Expertise in AI/ML platforms like AWS SageMaker and Databricks MLflow for machine learning model development, deployment, and MLOps practices.

Leadership & Strategic Skills:

• Proven leadership (in a prior Sr. Director level role strongly preferred) building and leading high-performing global engineering teams, balancing short-term execution with long-term strategic growth.
• Strong strategic mindset, translating business objectives into scalable technical solutions that deliver value across the organization.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, driving impactful solutions across engineering, product, and business teams.

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Sr. Director Data Platform Engineering & Operations

San Mateo, CA

The Sr. Director Data Platform Engineering & Operations is a critical leadership role at SIE, responsible for driving innovation and scalability across the company’s data and AI platform ecosystem. This role oversees platforms including Data Infrastructure (Streaming, Ingestion, Warehouse, and Data Ocean), Experimentation and Audience Platforms, and Governance & Data Observability tools.

In this role, you will ensure SIE’s platforms process massive volumes of data, delivering insights that enhance Player, Creator, Publisher, and Enterprise experiences. By enabling data-driven decisions at scale, you will drive the future of personalized gaming, efficient operations, and enterprise productivity through advanced AI and machine learning technologies.

As a strategic leader, you will define and execute the vision for SIE’s data and AI platform ecosystem, ensuring scalable solutions that support key business objectives across gaming, content creation, and enterprise operations. Reporting to the VP of Data & AI, you will lead global teams of engineers and experts to build platforms that democratize data and transform decision-making across the company.  Priority consideration will be given to candidates with proven experience in a previous or current Sr. Director level role. 

This highly cross-functional role works closely with senior leadership in engineering, product, and business to align the platform ecosystem with the organization’s strategic goals.

Key Responsibilities:

Strategic Leadership:

• Define the long-term vision for SIE’s Data and AI Platform ecosystem, aligning with business goals and driving value across Player, Creator, Publisher, and Enterprise touchpoints.
• Lead the development of platforms that process large-scale, real-time data from millions of users, delivering insights to enhance gaming experiences, content creation, and enterprise productivity.
• Build scalable platforms for personalized player experiences, content creation tools, and enterprise efficiency, optimizing performance and cost-effectiveness.

Platform Development & Operations:

• Provide thought leadership in the design, architecture, and execution of the platform ecosystem, ensuring innovation and seamless integration with SIE’s global gaming services and enterprise operations.
• Ensure platforms are optimized for performance, scalability, and reliability, processing billions of data points daily across Player, Creator, Publisher, and Enterprise activities.
• Champion operational excellence by driving continuous improvements in platform cost efficiency, performance, and security to support SIE’s global user base.

Cross-functional Collaboration:

• Collaborate with senior leaders to deliver data and AI solutions that drive value across gaming, content creation, and enterprise operations.
• Work with teams to ensure data platforms improve engagement, content creation, monetization, and efficiency.
• Ensure compliance with privacy, security, and regulatory requirements while supporting scalable data operations.

Innovation & Efficiency:

• Lead efforts to optimize platform performance, reduce costs, and improve data accessibility across gaming and enterprise operations.
• Implement innovative solutions to scale data operations and maximize value from Player, Creator, Publisher, and Enterprise data.
• Drive AI/ML adoption to enhance gaming experiences, content discovery, operational efficiency, and enterprise workflows.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, or a related field.

Experience:

Technical Expertise:

• 15+ years of experience in data engineering, platform engineering, or related fields, with deep expertise in designing and building distributed data systems and large-scale data warehouses.
• Proven track record of architecting platforms capable of processing petabytes of data and supporting the real-time ingestion and processing of billions of data points daily across gaming and enterprise domains.
• Extensive experience in building and scaling cloud-native architectures (AWS, Azure, GCP) for data platforms, with a strong focus on high availability, fault tolerance, and cost-efficiency.
• Demonstrated success in growing and evolving data platforms to meet the needs of a rapidly scaling business, ensuring data-driven decisions are made at all levels of the organization.
• Extensive experience with Kafka for data streaming and real-time data ingestion.
• Strong hands-on knowledge of Databricks and Snowflake for scalable data engineering, analytics, and cloud data warehousing.
• Proven experience making buy vs. build decisions, assessing in-house development versus integrating third-party platforms based on cost, scalability, and business needs.
• Expertise with Data Governance tools such as Alation and Collibra for managing data catalogs, compliance, and data quality.
• Knowledge and experience with Data Observability tools to monitor data pipelines and ensure data accuracy, reliability, and transparency.
• Experience with experimentation platforms such as Optimizely, Statsig, and LaunchDarkly, with a focus on A/B testing and feature management.
• Expertise in AI/ML platforms like AWS SageMaker and Databricks MLflow for machine learning model development, deployment, and MLOps practices.

Leadership & Strategic Skills:

• Proven leadership in building and leading high-performing global engineering teams, balancing short-term execution with long-term strategic growth.
• Strong strategic mindset, translating business objectives into scalable technical solutions that deliver value across the organization.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, driving impactful solutions across engineering, product, and business teams.

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Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Optimisation (Gurobi)

Do you want to join a Machine Learning team committed to enhancing the PlayStation

experience for hundreds of millions of users and also game studios? Are you passionate about solving complex constrained optimisation problems at scale? We are building advanced decision systems that drive pricing, promotion planning, and large-scale commercial strategy across the PlayStation ecosystem. These systems directly deliver highly impactful recommendations to our studios and have strong leadership sponsorship.

We are looking for an experienced engineer with deep expertise in mathematical optimisation and operational research, particularly using tools such as Gurobi or OR-Tools, to design and deploy production-grade optimisation systems. You will work within the ML teams in the DTIS organisation, on high-impact, executive-sponsored projects and collaborate closely with Product, Business, and others in Engineering, to transform complex business constraints into scalable solutions.

What You’ll Do

• Design and implement large-scale optimisation models using industry-standard
• solvers, such as Gurobi.

Build decision systems that:

• Incorporate predictive signals from machine learning models (e.g., forecasts and scoring models).
• Operate under multiple operational and business constraints.
• Automatically balance trade-offs across competing objectives.
• Improve existing workflows to maximise the core usage of the Gurobi solver and reduce
• job runtime
• Partner closely with ML engineers, product teams, and business stakeholders to integrate predictive models into downstream systems.
• Conduct scenario analysis and uplift forecast to support strategic planning.
• Mentor and guide junior machine learning engineers, providing technical leadership and
• raising the bar of technical quality.
• Thought-lead and influence technology strategy and product roadmap through OR/ML lens, contributing to the development and execution of overall OR/ML strategy.

You Bring:

• Advanced degree (Master’s or Ph.D.) in Operations Research/Applied Mathematics/Data Science, specialising in optimisation problems.
• Strong hands-on experience with Gurobi, OR-Tools.
• Industry experience building, deploying, and owning Gurobi or ORTools-driven optimisation systems in production.
• Strong programming skills in Python, Java, with experience integrating optimisation solvers into cloud-based backend systems
• Excellent communication skills and ability to bridge technical solutions with business objectives, to convey complex concepts to stakeholders with little knowledge of OR or ML.
• Experience working with outputs from machine learning models and incorporating them into downstream decision-making pipelines.
• Excellent resilience and problem-solving skills, with the ability to navigate through fast-changing conditions to land results.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in promotion calendar optimisation using Gurobi.
• Experience with large-scale structured data manipulation and processing, using
• Databricks, PySpark, Snowflake.
• Experience in running online A/B testing for predictive models and improving relevant
• Experience working with custom ML platforms for continuous integration, deployment,and monitoring of machine learning models.
• Experience in the gaming industry.
• Experience working with cross-timezone teams.

Engineering Manager, Machine Learning

Do you want to lead a team building advanced decision systems that directly shape monetisation strategies across the PlayStation ecosystem? Are you passionate about combining machine learning and operational research to solve complex, high-impact business problems at scale? We are building systems that power decisions across a global catalogue of games, including base pricing across lifecycle stages of a game, while balancing revenue growth, player experience, and cannibalisation across titles.

We are looking for an experienced Machine Learning Engineering Manager to lead a hybrid team of Machine Learning engineers and Operations Research experts. You will work on high-impact, executive-visible initiatives, partnering closely with Product, Business, and Engineering teams to translate complex, ambiguous problems into scalable, production-ready systems.

What You’ll Do

Lead and grow a team of machine learning engineers and optimisation specialists, fostering collaboration across disciplines and raising the bar for technical excellence.

Build a high-performing, inclusive team by:

• Coaching and developing engineers across ML and OR disciplines
• Providing clear feedback, career growth, and performance management
• Hiring and retaining top talent

Improve large-scale optimisation systems that:

• Incorporate predictive signals from machine learning models (e.g., demand forecasting, item elasticity).
  
  
• Leverage optimisation frameworks using Gurobi to make decision recommendations under known business constraints.

Partner closely with Product, Business, and regional stakeholders to:

• Translate business goals and constraints into optimisation frameworks.
  
  
• Align on tradeoffs between short-term performance and long-term strategy.
  
  
• Resolve conflicting priorities through data-driven decision-making.

Ensure systems are explainable, trustworthy, and actionable by:

• Providing clear reasoning behind model-recommended decisions.
  
  
• Enabling debugging and traceability across ML and optimisation components.
  
  
• Driving adoption with business and product stakeholders.

You Bring:

• Deep understanding of the relevant ML and OR domains and infrastructure with a track record of delivering complex ML and OR systems into production.
• Proven strong experience leading and developing high-performing ML and OR teams, including: Growing engineers across different skill sets (Machine Learning, ML Infra, Operational Research); Driving career growth and performance evaluation; Hiring and retaining high-performing teams.
• Demonstrated ability to create a strong team culture with high accountability, creativity and continuous improvement.
• Ability to provide technical direction at the architecture level while fostering pragmatic, high-quality, high-velocity execution.
• Demonstrated success driving cross-functional initiatives that require influencing without direct authority, in fast-moving environments
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to convey complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

• MS, or PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Operational Research

Preferred Qualifications:

• Hands-on experience with tools such as Gurobi, Snowflake, Databricks, and PySpark.
• Experience in pricing, promotions or marketplace optimisation.
• Experience in modelling demand elasticity and forecasting.
• Experience in the gaming or digital content industry.
• Experience working with globally distributed functions and teams.

The role 

We are looking for a Data Engineer to join Sony Interactive Entertainment, where data plays a key role in how we build, improve and understand PlayStation experiences around the world.

As part of our Data Engineering team, you will help design, build and evolve the data processing platforms that power reporting, analytics and insight across our global business. Your work will support teams in understanding how our products are used and enjoyed, helping us make better decisions in service of our players.

You will be part of a collaborative and welcoming team that values curiosity, learning and shared problem solving. This role offers the opportunity to take ownership of meaningful work, grow your technical skills, and explore new tools and ideas in a supportive environment. Based in our London office, you will join a diverse team where different perspectives are valued and building great things together is part of the culture.

What you’ll be doing

• Designing, building and maintaining reliable data pipelines and processing components used across the business
• Writing clean, maintainable code and improving performance, data quality and cost efficiency over time
• Taking ownership of defined pieces of work, with support from the wider team, from development through to delivery
• Contributing to technical design, estimation and planning discussions to help the team deliver effectively
• Reviewing code and sharing feedback to support guidelines and collective code quality
• Working closely with project managers, analysts and other engineers to deliver work on time and to a high standard
• Operating comfortably in a fast-paced environment, balancing multiple priorities and adapting as requirements evolve
• Learning and applying new tools, technologies and approaches as the platform and team continue to grow
• Collaborating with teammates across different countries and cultures, with flexibility around time zones and ways of working

What we are looking for

Must have

• Experience as a data engineer (or similar), delivering production-ready, scalable code
• Strong SQL skills and experience with relational and analytical databases
• Programming experience in one or more of Python, Java, C or Spark-based technologies (PySpark, Spark)
• Experience contributing to data platforms handling complex, high-volume data (Databricks)
• Experience with data warehouse or analytical platforms (for example Snowflake or Teradata)
• Understanding of performance and cost considerations in data processing systems
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to handle multiple priorities
• Clear communication skills, including explaining technical concepts to non-technical partners
• Experience working in UNIX or Linux environments, including shell scripting
• Curiosity and eagerness to learn new tools and technologies
• Eligibility to work in the UK, with ability to travel occasionally to the US and Japan

Nice to have

• Familiarity with additional data processing or integration technologies
• Experience with graphical or low-code data development tools (for example Ab Initio)
• Understanding of data modelling concepts
• Experience translating business requirements into technical solutions

Role Overview:

The Senior Director of Data Engineering & Services is a critical leadership role at Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE), responsible for shaping and driving the data product strategy that powers intelligence across the company. This role focuses on designing, building, and scaling decision and AI-ready data assets that enable deeper, faster insights and drive data-informed decisions across Player, Creator, Publisher, and Enterprise experiences. It blends deep technical expertise with strong business knowledge, playing a key role in advancing SIE’s connected data ecosystem and enabling the next generation of intelligence and operational efficiency across the company.

You will oversee domain-focused data engineering organizations spanning Player Data, Partner Data, and Enterprise Enablement, driving a unified strategy for how SIE designs, builds, and scales its data products.

• In the Player Data domain, you will define how PlayStation’s player data ecosystem evolves—advancing unified attribution, identity and Player360, and trusted metrics that enable lifetime value modeling, next-best actions, causal measurement, and experimentation across player experiences.
• In the Partner Data domain, you will shape how PlayStation’s partner and creator ecosystem uses data through Partner360, secure data sharing, and self-serve analytics that provide insight into partner performance and lifecycle value—enabling insights that drive creator success, optimize publishing outcomes, and strengthen PlayStation as the preferred platform for partners.
• In the Enterprise Enablement domain, you will lead the strategy and execution of enterprise data capabilities that make SIE’s core functions—Finance, IT, Supply Chain, and HR—increasingly data-driven. Your leadership will ensure these functions operate with connected, governed, and intelligence-ready data, enabling better planning, forecasting, operational efficiency, and strategic decision-making.

What you'll be doing:

Strategic Leadership

• Define and drive the long-term data engineering strategy that powers SIE’s Connected Data Ecosystem — delivering trusted, high-impact data products aligned to strategic business priorities.
• Partner with business and product leaders to identify and deliver the most valuable data opportunities across Player, Creator, Publisher, and Enterprise domains.
• Ensure data engineering teams are building for insight velocity, reusability, and scalability, enabling faster and more informed decision-making across the organization.
• Develop a high-performance engineering culture built on quality, ownership, and continuous improvement across global data teams.

Data Engineering Excellence

• Lead the design, architecture, and execution of SIE’s connected data ecosystem, ensuring seamless integration across business domains and platforms.
• Deliver decision and AI-ready data pipelines and foundational datasets that power analytics, reporting, personalization, and operational intelligence.
• Establish and scale guidelines for data modeling, integration, processing, quality, lineage, and observability.
• Optimize for data usability, trust, and performance while managing cost efficiency and reliability at scale.
• Ensure all data engineering outputs meet enterprise standards for security, privacy, and compliance.

Multi-functional Collaboration

• Partner with Product, Analytics, and Business teams to understand data needs and translate them into scalable, high-quality solutions.
• Collaborate with AI/ML, BI, and Platform teams to ensure data assets are discoverable, governed, and integrated into analytical and operational tools.
• Work closely with Data Governance, Privacy, and Security teams to ensure responsible data use and compliance with regulatory frameworks.
• Drive adoption of data products by ensuring discoverability, documentation, and seamless integration into workflows and decision systems.

Innovation & Efficiency

• Lead initiatives to optimize data operations, improve pipeline efficiency, and reduce total cost of ownership across environments.
• Champion innovation in data engineering — advancing streaming, near-real-time, and event-driven architectures that improve agility and insight delivery.
• Partner with platform engineering to implement new capabilities that enhance data delivery and improve developer productivity.

What we're looking for:

Experience and Technical Expertise

• Proven experience building strong partnerships with product, business, and technology leaders to align on data strategy, accelerate delivery, and improve the strategic value of data across the organization.
• Extensive experience in data engineering or related fields, with deep expertise in designing, building, and scaling enterprise-grade data solutions that enable analytics and business intelligence.
• Proven track record of delivering high-quality, reusable, and trusted data assets that power decision-making across complex global organizations.
• Deep expertise in data architecture and modeling, with experience designing scalable ELT/ETL frameworks and distributed processing systems that support both batch and real-time workloads.
• Proven success in building and optimizing modern data platforms using technologies such as Databricks, Snowflake, and Kafka, with strong focus on data quality, lineage, observability, and reliability.
• Skilled in cloud-native data ecosystems (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and governance practices, ensuring performance, scalability, compliance, and trusted access through tools such as Alation and Collibra.
• Demonstrated ability to design and deliver domain-aligned data products
• Experience working across data privacy and regulatory frameworks, ensuring compliance while supporting global data operations.
• Proven leadership experience in building, mentoring, and growing high-performing global engineering teams, fostering a culture of inclusion, innovation, and accountability.
• Exceptional communicator and collaborator, capable of bridging technical depth and business impact.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, or a related technical field.

Benefits:

• Discretionary bonus opportunity
• Hybrid Working (within Flexmodes)
• Private Medical Insurance
• Dental Scheme
• 25 days holiday per year
• On Site Gym
• Subsidised Café
• Free soft drinks
• On site bar
• Access to cycle garage and showers