Real-Time Data Engineer - Cloud Streaming (JVM/Flink)

Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.; San Diego (CA); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental & Vision

401(k)

Paid time off

Employee discounts

Job summary

Sony Interactive Entertainment is seeking a Data Engineer II to build and maintain a scalable data platform powering PlayStation Cloud Streaming. You will design backend services in JVM languages, develop Flink jobs, and collaborate with BI teams to turn data into actionable insights across time zones.

You'll work in a distributed team, implement high-throughput pipelines, and help migrate on-prem Kafka to cloud technologies.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent.
• 3+ years of backend software development experience.
• Proficient in JVM languages (Kotlin/Scala/Java) and Python.
• Experience with Kafka, Flink, Spark, and SQL.
• Knowledge of REST, JSON, gRPC, and WebSockets.
• Familiar with data formats like JSON/Avro/Protobuf.
• Experience with ETL, stream processing, real-time pipelines.
• Git and CI/CD tooling experience.
• Strong communication and collaboration across time zones.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement middleware and backend systems for high throughput.
• Develop and maintain stream processing jobs using Flink and ETL pipelines.
• Optimize performance, reliability, and monitoring of the data pipeline.
• Support migration of on-prem Kafka to cloud technologies.
• Perform in-depth analysis of requirements.
• Contribute to architectural decisions for cloud streaming data pipeline.
• Liaise with BI and product teams to turn data into business value.

Skills

JVM languages

Python

Kafka

Flink

Spark

SQL

REST APIs

WebSockets

Git CI/CD

Distributed systems

Education

CS degree

related field

equivalent experience

Tools

Git

Job description

Sony Interactive Entertainment is seeking a Data Engineer II to build and maintain a scalable data platform powering PlayStation Cloud Streaming. You will design backend services in JVM languages, develop Flink jobs, and collaborate with BI teams to turn data into actionable insights across time zones.

You'll work in a distributed team, implement high-throughput pipelines, and help migrate on-prem Kafka to cloud technologies.