Lead Software Engineer - Data

PlayStation; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to drive data platform integrations and APIs for PlayStation data. You will partner with Game Analytics engineers to scale the data platform, define technical direction, and extend its reach across development and post-launch insights.

The role involves owning integrations, enabling self-service for studios, and collaborating with DevOps, data and frontend teams to deliver robust, scalable services with strong documentation.

Qualifications

• Experience building data integrations between different platforms and pipelines.
• Ability to design robust, scalable services and APIs for data platforms.
• Proven track record of delivering measurable impact and owning parts of a platform.

Responsibilities

• Own integrations with the data platform, including BI tooling and APIs.
• Drive improvements to meet technical and business goals.
• Enable studio self-service on the platform.
• Collaborate with DevOps, data, frontend engineers and stakeholders.
• Support existing tooling with high quality and solid documentation.
• Share deep technical knowledge with colleagues.

Skills

Data integrations

Go or Python

Distributed systems

Impactful delivery

Platform ownership

AWS services

Tools

Amazon S3

AWS Lambda

Redshift

Kinesis

Data Firehose

Athena

AWS Glue

Job description

Why Sony Interactive Entertainment?

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.

PlayStation Studios is the game development division of Sony PlayStation, and is responsible for developing some of the most recognisable and ambitious console games and franchises on PlayStation, including The Last of Us, Horizon, Spider-Man, God of War, Helldivers and Gran Turismo.

We work with some of the best game studios in the world, and use data to help them make their games even better. We provide end-to-end analytics services for PlayStation Studios and use data to help them in the game development lifecycle. We are looking for talented people to join us in pushing the boundaries of game analytics for PlayStation games.

This role offers a flexible hybrid working arrangement, with most time spent working remotely unless you prefer to come into the office. We attend the office for key moments that matter, such as important team meetings, collaboration sessions and business activities where in-person engagement is beneficial.

Role Overview:

As a Lead Software Engineer with experience in data pipelines, you'll work in our cross-disciplinary Data Platform team to develop integrations and APIs supporting our Data Platform. These will include working with our data pipelines. You'll work closely with our Game Analytics data engineers, who process this data to gain valuable insights both during game development and post-launch. As a lead, you'll scale our platform and help us define its technical direction, expand its reach, and help define and build the future of the data platform for PlayStation games.

What you'll be doing:

• Own integrations with our data platform, including BI tooling, APIs, internal websites and other tooling
• Drive improvements to achieve our technical and business goals
• Enable studio self-service on our platform
• Work closely with the Devops team, our data and frontend engineers, and stakeholders across the studio business group
• Support our existing tooling, improving quality and documentation
• Be a technical expert and share than knowledge with your colleagues

What we're looking for:

• You have experience building data integrations between different platforms, including APIs and pipelines
• You are adept at writing code in Go, or write Python with a willingness to learn Go
• You are experienced in building robust, scalable, and resilient services
• You can demonstrate measurable impact that you have made in your current and previous roles
• You enjoy having primary ownership of parts of a platform
• Experience with AWS services, such as Amazon S3, Lambda, Redshift, Kinesis, Data Firehose, Athena and AWS Glue

Nice to have:

• Has made use of AI during the development cycle, including use of Claude Code, Codex or other harnesses
• Experience integrating with with Omni Analytics, or a similar BI tool (Looker, Tableau etc)
• GitHub and GitHub Actions experience

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Equal Opportunity Statement:

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.

We strive to create an inclusive environment, empower employees and embrace diversity. We encourage everyone to respond.

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