Senior Data Platform Engineer

Remote; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Sony Interactive Entertainment in San Francisco is seeking a Staff Software Engineer – Data to lead the Real-Time Analytics Platform. You will design, build, and operate large-scale data systems powering real-time analytics and data-driven experiences across PlayStation.

You will mentor engineers, shape architecture, and collaborate with product, infrastructure, security, and data teams to deliver scalable platform capabilities that enhance reliability and developer productivity.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience designing and building large-scale distributed systems.
• Strong proficiency in Python with production-grade data systems experience.
• Experience with Flink, Spark Structured Streaming or equivalent.
• Experience with ClickHouse and Druid for OLAP analytics and tuning.
• Experience building event-driven pipelines with Kafka/AWS MSK.
• Experience applying AI/ML techniques to automate workflows.
• Strong systems design and leadership across teams.
• Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate large-scale distributed data systems supporting real-time analytics.
• Lead architecture and evolution of RTAP, focusing on scalability and reliability.
• Own platform capabilities end-to-end from design to production operations.
• Build and optimize distributed data services with Flink, Spark, ClickHouse, and Druid.
• Partner with Data Engineering to integrate batch and streaming workloads.
• Build AI-powered capabilities to automate engineering workflows and improve productivity.
• Establish standards for distributed systems and platform reliability.
• Mentor engineers and review architectures across teams.
• Collaborate with Product, Infra, Security, and Platform teams on strategy.
• Investigate production issues and drive reliability improvements.

Skills

Python

Distributed systems

Real-time analytics

Mentoring engineers

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Apache Flink

Apache Spark

ClickHouse

Apache Druid

Apache Kafka

AWS MSK

Job description

Sony Interactive Entertainment in San Francisco is seeking a Staff Software Engineer – Data to lead the Real-Time Analytics Platform. You will design, build, and operate large-scale data systems powering real-time analytics and data-driven experiences across PlayStation.

You will mentor engineers, shape architecture, and collaborate with product, infrastructure, security, and data teams to deliver scalable platform capabilities that enhance reliability and developer productivity.