Data Platform Engineer II - Hybrid AWS

Sony Playstation; Los Angeles (CA); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision

401(k) Matching

Paid Time Off

Wellness program

Employee discounts

Job summary

Sony Interactive Entertainment is seeking a Software Engineer II for the Data Platform team in a hybrid role based in California. You will help design, build, and deploy large-scale data platforms powering PlayStation experiences, collaborating with global teams and product stakeholders.

You will tackle data cataloging, analytics, and ETL/ELT pipelines while contributing to performance improvements, reliability, and platform documentation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science.
• 3+ years of experience developing scalable distributed systems.
• Proficient in at least one language: Scala, Java, or Python.
• Experience building cloud-based applications/services (AWS preferred, GCP a plus).
• Exposure to event streaming platforms such as Kafka, Kinesis, or SQS and Data Ingestion.
• Familiarity with distributed data processing frameworks like Spark or Flink.
• Understanding of CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, and observability practices.
• Comfortable working in a globally distributed team.
• Willingness to participate in production on-call rotations.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to development, testing, and deployment of high-quality code across the data platform.
• Collaborate with global teams across multiple time zones to ensure alignment.
• Support data cataloging, analytics, and ETL/ELT pipelines.
• Identify performance bottlenecks and implement improvements with guidance from senior engineers.
• Build and support services handling structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data.
• Participate in on-call rotation for production support and troubleshooting.
• Contribute to platform docs and clarity for internal consumers.
• Present work in team demos and internal discussions.
• Follow testing, monitoring, and deployment best practices for reliability.

Skills

Scala/Java/Python

Cloud AWS/GCP

Event streaming (Kafka/Kinesis/SQS)

Spark/Flink

CI/CD, observability

Globally distributed teams

Production on-call

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Databricks

AWS

Job description

Sony Interactive Entertainment is seeking a Software Engineer II for the Data Platform team in a hybrid role based in California. You will help design, build, and deploy large-scale data platforms powering PlayStation experiences, collaborating with global teams and product stakeholders.

You will tackle data cataloging, analytics, and ETL/ELT pipelines while contributing to performance improvements, reliability, and platform documentation.