Data Engineer II, Real-Time JVM Data Platform

PlayStation; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

401(k) Matching

Paid time off

Wellness program

Employee discounts

Job summary

Sony Interactive Entertainment is seeking a Data Engineer II to power real-time insights for PlayStation's Cloud Streaming platform. You will build and operate JVM-based data services that ingest, transform, and serve data across a geographically distributed infrastructure.

You’ll work with Kotlin/Scala/Java, Flink, and Kafka, collaborating with BI and product teams to translate requirements into scalable data pipelines, while prioritizing reliability, performance, and data quality in a

Qualifications

• 3+ years of software development and backend engineering experience.
• Proficient in JVM languages Kotlin/Scala/Java and Python.
• Experience with Apache Kafka, Flink, Spark, and SQL.
• Knowledge of REST, JSON, gRPC, and WebSockets.
• Experience with ETL, stream processing, real-time pipelines, and batch processing.
• Familiarity with Git and CI/CD.
• Self-motivated with strong interpersonal skills and ability to work with distributed teams.
• Experience with AWS at enterprise scale including OpenSearch, MSK, and EKS is a plus.

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

Skills

Kotlin

Scala

Java

Python

TDD

Functional programming

Distributed systems

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related field

Tools

Apache Kafka

Flink

Spark

SQL

Git

CI/CD

Kubernetes

Docker

OpenSearch

MSK

EKS

Job description

Sony Interactive Entertainment is seeking a Data Engineer II to power real-time insights for PlayStation's Cloud Streaming platform. You will build and operate JVM-based data services that ingest, transform, and serve data across a geographically distributed infrastructure.

You’ll work with Kotlin/Scala/Java, Flink, and Kafka, collaborating with BI and product teams to translate requirements into scalable data pipelines, while prioritizing reliability, performance, and data quality in a