Staff Software Engineer – Data

Sony Interactive Entertainment
San Diego
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 198,200 - 297,400 annuallyFunction: Software EngineeringExperience: 8+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Technical leadership","Mentoring","Systems design","Influencing technical decisions","Incident response"]

Design and evolve a Real-Time Analytics Platform for PlayStation, delivering high-throughput, low-latency stream processing and analytics at scale. Lead architecture and end-to-end platform capabilities from implementation through production operations, performance, reliability, and lifecycle management. Build and optimize distributed data services with technologies like Flink, Spark Structured Streaming, ClickHouse, and Druid, partner across engineering and security teams, and mentor engineers to raise technical standards.

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Sony Interactive Entertainment
Sony Interactive Entertainment
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Staff Software Engineer – Data

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Job Summary

Design and evolve a Real-Time Analytics Platform for PlayStation, delivering high-throughput, low-latency stream processing and analytics at scale. Lead architecture and end-to-end platform capabilities from implementation through production operations, performance, reliability, and lifecycle management. Build and optimize distributed data services with technologies like Flink, Spark Structured Streaming, ClickHouse, and Druid, partner across engineering and security teams, and mentor engineers to raise technical standards.
Location: San Diego
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Design, build, and operate large-scale distributed data systems powering real-time and near real-time analytics and data-driven applications.
  • •Lead RTAP stream processing and analytics platform architecture and evolution to improve scalability, reliability, performance, and developer productivity.
  • •Own critical platform capabilities end-to-end, including production operations, performance optimization, reliability, and lifecycle management.
  • •Build and optimize distributed data services using Apache Flink, Spark Structured Streaming, ClickHouse, and Apache Druid.
  • •Partner across engineering, product, infrastructure, and security teams; mentor engineers through architecture/design/code reviews and raise technical standards.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 198,200 - 297,400 annually
Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVision401kPaid Leave

Key Requirements

  • •Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Engineering (or related) or equivalent practical experience.
  • •8+ years building large-scale distributed systems with expertise in real-time data processing, analytics, or data platform engineering.
  • •Strong Python proficiency and production-grade distributed systems/data processing experience; Scala experience is beneficial.
  • •Hands-on stream processing with Apache Flink or Apache Spark Structured Streaming (or equivalent).
  • •Production experience with ClickHouse and/or Apache Druid for distributed analytics, including query optimization and performance tuning.
Experience:8+ years
Education:Bachelor's in Computer Science, Engineering
Skills:Technical leadershipMentoringSystems designInfluencing technical decisionsIncident response
Tech Stack:PythonScalaApache FlinkSpark Structured StreamingClickHouseApache DruidAWS MSKApache KafkaDatabricksApache Iceberg

Company Brief

Sony Interactive Entertainment
Develops and publishes PlayStation hardware, software, and digital services, operating the PlayStation platform and ecosystem for gaming, entertainment, and network services worldwide.
Industry: Gaming
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Established Company
Headquarters: San Mateo, United States
Founded: 1993
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