Lead Analytics Engineer

Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE); United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) is seeking a leader in analytics engineering to drive a platform that helps game development teams use player and game data across production. You’ll own models for specific titles, improve scale and consistency of analytics, and partner with studios and analytics colleagues to shape telemetry collection and usage.

This role expands the analytics team by advancing data modeling, performance, and shared standards, and encourages applying dbt and Airflow to

Qualifications

• Strong SQL skills and OLAP DB experience (Redshift or similar).
• Background in data or analytics engineering.
• Ability to collaborate with analysts and game teams on data modeling.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain data models that support efficient, consistent queries for new game launches.
• Work with game studios and analysts to design and validate in-game telemetry.
• Own models for assigned games, with attention to data quality, performance, and shared standards.
• Expand the use of analytics engineering and orchestration tools, including dbt and Airflow, where they fit the work.
• Collaborate across engineering, analytics, and game development to extend the analytics platform.

Skills

SQL

OLAP databases

Tools

dbt

Airflow

Job description

Role overview

Lead analytics engineering for a platform that helps game development teams use player and game data throughout production. You’ll own models for specific titles, improve the scale and consistency of analytics, and work with studio and analytics colleagues to shape how game telemetry is collected and used.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain data models that support efficient, consistent queries for new game launches.
• Work with game studios and analysts to design and validate in-game telemetry.
• Own models for assigned games, with attention to data quality, performance, and shared standards.
• Expand the use of analytics engineering and orchestration tools, including dbt and Airflow, where they fit the work.
• Collaborate across engineering, analytics, and game development to extend the analytics platform.

Requirements

• Strong SQL skills and experience working with analytical, OLAP-style databases; Redshift or a similar platform is relevant.
• Background in data or analytics engineering.
• Ability to collaborate with analysts and game development teams on data modeling and telemetry needs.
• Interest in video games and applying analytics to game development.