About the role
About Sony Interactive Entertainment
Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) is the company behind the PlayStation brand, a subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation. SIE is a technology company delivering hardware and network services to over 100 million people and an entertainment leader managing globally recognized intellectual properties.
PlayStation Studios is the game development division of Sony PlayStation, responsible for developing franchises including The Last of Us, Horizon, Spider-Man, God of War, Helldivers, and Gran Turismo. The data team provides end-to-end analytics services to support the game development lifecycle.
Working Arrangement
This role offers a flexible hybrid working arrangement. Most work is performed remotely, with office attendance required for key moments such as important team meetings, collaboration sessions, and business activities where in-person engagement is beneficial.
Role Overview
As a Lead Data Engineer, you will work within a cross-disciplinary Data Platform team to ingest and process high-volume data. You will collaborate with Game Analytics analysts and analytics engineers to provide insights for game development and post-launch performance. As a lead, you will scale the platform, define technical direction, expand reach, and build the future of analytics for PlayStation games.
Responsibilities
- Own parts of the data pipeline and drive improvements to achieve technical and business goals.
- Build supporting services for the pipeline, such as integrations with in-game maps and video tooling.
- Integrate the data collection platform with BI tools to enable studio self-service.
- Work closely with the DevOps team, analytics engineers, and stakeholders across the studio business group.
- Focus on improving data quality, lineage, and observability.
- Support existing tooling, improving quality and documentation.
- Act as a technical expert and share knowledge with colleagues.
Required Qualifications and Experience
- Experience building and owning data pipelines for high-throughput streaming and batch data.
- Adept at writing code in Go, or experience with Python and a willingness to learn Go.
- Experienced in building robust, scalable, and resilient services.
- Ability to demonstrate measurable impact made in current and previous roles.
- Strong problem-solving skills with a focus on data quality, investigation, and remediation.
- Experience with cloud data services (specifically AWS services such as Amazon S3, Redshift, Kinesis, Data Firehose, Athena, and AWS Glue).
Nice to Have
- Utilization of AI during the development cycle, including Claude Code, Codex, or other AI harnesses.
- Experience with near real-time data processing, querying, and visualization.
- Experience with Omni Analytics, Looker, Tableau, or similar BI tools.
- GitHub and GitHub Actions experience.
Additional Information
- Background Checks: Sony Interactive Entertainment conducts background checks at the offer stage for all new employees, which may include criminal background checks.
- Privacy: Candidate data is processed according to the official Candidate Privacy Notice.
- Equal Opportunity: Sony is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to gender, race, religion, marital status, disability, age, sexual orientation, pregnancy, maternity, parental status, or trade union membership.
- Inclusive Culture: The company strives to create an inclusive environment and embraces diversity.
- Fair Chance Employer: Sony Interactive Entertainment is a Fair Chance employer; qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records will be considered for employment.