Data Engineer II

Socket.dev; Aliso Viejo (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Wellness program

Employee discounts for Sony products

Bonus package

Job summary

Sony Interactive Entertainment is seeking a Data Engineer II for its Aliso Viejo, CA office. You will build and maintain server-side data applications, including JVM-based services in Kotlin/Scala/Java and Python, plus Flink jobs and APIs to support real-time insights across the Cloud Streaming platform.

Collaborate with BI and product teams to deliver scalable data solutions, while improving data quality, throughput, and reliability across a distributed infrastructure.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of software development and backend engineering experience with high availability and fault tolerance.
• Proficient in JVM languages (Kotlin, Scala, Java) and Python.
• Experience with Kafka, Flink, Spark, and SQL.
• Familiar with REST, JSON, gRPC, and WebSockets.
• Experience with ETL, stream processing, real-time pipelines, and batch processing.
• Git and CI/CD familiarity.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems and performance monitoring.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement middleware and backend systems capable of handling high throughput and load.
• Develop and maintain stream processing jobs using Flink (stateful/stateless) and scalable ETL jobs.
• Optimize performance, reliability, and monitoring of the data pipeline stack.
• Support migration of on-prem Kafka to new cloud technologies.
• Perform in-depth analysis of functional or business requirements.
• Contribute to architectural decisions for PlayStation's cloud streaming data pipeline.
• Collaborate with BI and product teams to turn data into information and business value.

Skills

Kotlin

Scala

Java

Python

JSON

Avro

Protobuf

ETL/Streaming

REST API

gRPC

WebSockets

Git

CI/CD

OpenSearch

MSK

EKS

Kubernetes

Docker

AWS

Distributed systems

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Kafka

Flink

Spark

SQL

OpenSearch

MSK

EKS

Kubernetes

Docker

Git

CI/CD

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.

Data Engineer II

Aliso Viejo, CA

The Data Engineering Team fuels real-time, intelligent data insights for PlayStation's Cloud Streaming offering. In this role, you'll collaborate closely with teams across PlayStation to deliver a scalable and reliable data platform that drives a data-first culture and outlook.

As a Data Engineer II, you will develop and maintain server-side applications for shaping, managing, and transforming data on a large geographically distributed infrastructure for PlayStation. Your work will include developing JVM based applications using Kotlin, Scala, or Java, Flink jobs, and APIs to provide real time data and insights across the Cloud Streaming ecosystem to ensure seamless data flow throughout our data pipeline. You will also work closely with our Business Intelligence team to translate product requirements to usable insights that fuel our business decisions. You bring passion and expertise to continuously improve the value that our data platform provides to data producers and consumers across the organization, providing tooling, standard methodologies, and state-of-the-art technology to empower data-driven decisions to the company. You are self-motivated and thrive in a distributed team environment - comfortable taking initiative, handling your own work, and collaborating effectively across time zones and communication channels, embodying our one team mantra!

Responsibilities

• Design and implement middleware and backend systems capable of handling high throughput and load
• Develop and maintain stream processing jobs using Flink (stateful / stateless), and implement scalable ETL jobs that enable our partners and customers to glean intelligent insight
• Optimize performance, reliability, and monitoring of the data pipeline stack
• Support migration efforts of our on-premises Kafka to new cloud technologies
• Perform in-depth analysis of functional or business requirements
• Contribute to architectural decisions for PlayStation's cloud streaming data pipeline
• Liaise with Business Intelligence and product domain teams to help turn data into information, and information into business value

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or a related field or equivalent practical experience
• 3+ years of experience in software development and backend engineering developing and maintaining high throughput and concurrent systems with high availability and fault tolerance
• Proficient in JVM Languages (Kotlin, Scala, Java) and Python
• Experience with Apache Kafka, Flink, Spark, and SQL
• Knowledge of software paradigms like functional programming, object oriented programming, TDD
• Knowledge of web technologies including REST, JSON, gRPC, and WebSockets
• Expertise on data structures (JSON, Avro, Protobuf) as well as unstructured and semi-structured data
• Experience with ETL, stream processing, real-time pipelines, and batch processing
• Familiarity with software development tools and processes like Git and CI/CD
• Track record monitoring and analyzing system performance, isolating issues or bottlenecks that could impact reliability, performance and scalability
• Self-motivated, strong interpersonal and communication skills; ability to work with geographically remote teams
• Experience with Amazon Web Services at enterprise scale including, but not limited to, OpenSearch, MSK, and EKS is a plus
• Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, and cloud deployment technologies is a plus

At SIE, we consider several factors when setting each role's base pay range, including the competitive benchmarking data for the market and geographic location. Please note that the base pay range may vary in line with our hybrid working policy and individual base pay will be determined based on job-related factors which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location.

• In addition, this role is eligible for SIE's top-tier benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, matching 401(k), paid time off, wellness program and coveted employee discounts for Sony products.
• This role also may be eligible for a bonus package.

The estimated base pay range for this role is listed below.

$150,100 - $225,100 USD

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