Senior Data Engineer: AI-Powered Pipelines & Leadership

Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Sony Interactive Entertainment in the United Kingdom is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to design, build and operate scalable data solutions powering decision-making across PlayStation domains. You will own end-to-end data pipelines, contribute to data products, ensure reliability, security and governance, and mentor engineers while partnering with product, security and analytics teams.

Applicants should have 5+ years of experience with Snowflake, dbt, PySpark and AWS, and proven ability to lead

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional data engineering or software engineering experience with ownership of complex production data solutions.
• Experience designing data pipelines and transformations using modern ETL/ELT tools and frameworks.
• Strong SQL and Python skills with distributed data processing (PySpark/Databricks).
• Experience with Snowflake and cloud data platforms; understanding of data modelling and data product principles.
• Knowledge of data security, governance, observability and regulatory considerations in enterprise environments.

Responsibilities

• Design, deliver and maintain robust batch and near-real-time data pipelines and ETL/ELT workflows across Player data systems and cloud environments.
• Develop reusable, well-documented data models and data products; translate complex business logic into reliable engineering solutions.
• Lead technical design, evaluate trade-offs, ensure scalable, secure, maintainable and cost-effective solutions.
• Mentor engineers, lead reviews and promote coding standards across teams.

Skills

SQL

Python

PySpark

Databricks

Snowflake

ETL/ELT

dbt

AWS

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Data governance

Data security

AI tooling

Mentoring

Distributed teams

Git workflows

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline

Tools

Snowflake

dbt

Ab Initio

Databricks

AWS services

Job description

Sony Interactive Entertainment in the United Kingdom is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to design, build and operate scalable data solutions powering decision-making across PlayStation domains. You will own end-to-end data pipelines, contribute to data products, ensure reliability, security and governance, and mentor engineers while partnering with product, security and analytics teams.

Applicants should have 5+ years of experience with Snowflake, dbt, PySpark and AWS, and proven ability to lead