Senior Cloud Engineer (Contract) – Distributed Systems

Socket.dev; Aliso Viejo (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Sony Interactive Entertainment is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for Cloud Engineering (Contractor) to join a new team supporting our Cloud Streaming platforms. You will work with domain experts on distributed backend systems and help build a high-performance engineering unit.

You should have a strong Java background, AWS familiarity, and a talent for scalable architectures. This contract role focuses on end-to-end feature delivery with a global impact.

Qualifications

• BS in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of relevant experience.
• Deep experience in Java and distributed systems.
• Experience with AWS and Kubernetes.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and CNCF technologies.
• Strong communication and documentation skills.
• Nice to have: Python or Rust, Agile, streaming platforms, IaC (CDK, Terraform), AI-assisted tools.

Responsibilities

• Design and implementation of features in distributed back end systems.
• Ownership of the implementation and delivery of well-defined features from start to finish.
• Implementation of unit tests via testing frameworks.
• Define and craft integration tests with Test Engineering.
• Solve performance and reliability issues at a global scale.
• Triage and fix reported bugs.
• Communicate estimates, schedules, issues, and dependencies to technical or project lead.

Skills

Java

Distributed systems

REST

gRPC

Communication skills

Debugging and troubleshooting

Education

BS in Computer Science

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

Helm

GitHub

ArgoCD

Job description

Sony Interactive Entertainment is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for Cloud Engineering (Contractor) to join a new team supporting our Cloud Streaming platforms. You will work with domain experts on distributed backend systems and help build a high-performance engineering unit.

You should have a strong Java background, AWS familiarity, and a talent for scalable architectures. This contract role focuses on end-to-end feature delivery with a global impact.