Real-Time JVM & Flink Data Engineer II

Sony Interactive Entertainment; San Diego (CA); On-site; 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 in San Diego is seeking a Data Engineer II to design and build JVM‑based data processing platforms for the PlayStation Cloud Streaming ecosystem. You will develop and optimize real‑time pipelines, collaborate with BI and product teams, and shape scalable data solutions across a distributed infrastructure.

The role requires strong JVM skills (Kotlin/Scala/Java) and experience with Kafka, Flink, Spark, and SQL, plus modern data tooling.

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

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

Distributed systems

Kafka/Flink/Spark

REST/JSON/gRPC/WebSockets

Education

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

Tools

Apache Kafka

Flink

Spark

SQL

Git

CI/CD

OpenSearch

MSK

EKS

Kubernetes

Docker

Job description

Sony Interactive Entertainment in San Diego is seeking a Data Engineer II to design and build JVM‑based data processing platforms for the PlayStation Cloud Streaming ecosystem. You will develop and optimize real‑time pipelines, collaborate with BI and product teams, and shape scalable data solutions across a distributed infrastructure.

The role requires strong JVM skills (Kotlin/Scala/Java) and experience with Kafka, Flink, Spark, and SQL, plus modern data tooling.