Senior Software Engineer, Machine Learning Platform

PlayStation; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 187,363 - 265,900; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Matching 401(k)

Paid time off

Employee discounts for Sony products

Potential bonus package

Job summary

Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC, known as PlayStation, seeks a Senior Software Engineer for its Machine Learning Platform based in San Diego, CA. The role involves architecting and leading the design of next-generation ML inference infrastructure focused on high availability and scalability.

The ideal candidate should have a Master’s degree in Computer Science, extensive experience in deploying high-throughput systems, and strong skills in Scala and machine learning. The position offers a competitive salary, a comprehensive benefits package including medical and 401(k), and the possibility of remote work.

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience designing and deploying low-latency, high-throughput inference systems.
• Proficient in optimizing ML algorithms in Scala, Java, and Go.
• Experience with multithreading and Guice dependency injection.

Responsibilities

• Architect and lead the design of ML inference infrastructure.
• Develop ML inference services ensuring hermetic builds.
• Mentor engineers and align architecture with MLOps standards.

Skills

Computer Vision

Scala

Distributed Systems

Machine Learning

Golang

MLOps

Education

Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Bazel

Pulumi

Job description

Senior Software Engineer, Machine Learning Platform

San Diego, CA

Role Overview

Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC seeks a Senior Software Engineer, Machine Learning Platform in San Diego, CA to architect and lead the design of next‑generation ML inference infrastructure to support globally distributed, multi‑tenant model serving with high availability, scalability, and cost efficiency.

Responsibilities and Requirements

• Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent and five (5) years of experience designing and deploying low-latency, high-throughput inference systems supporting computer vision and multimodal models including CNNs, segmentation and object detection; building large‑scale distributed systems in Scala using reactive frameworks, multithreading, and Guice dependency injection; integrating enterprise feature stores to ensure consistent, low-latency feature delivery; developing ML inference services within Bazel‑based monorepos ensuring hermetic builds and seamless integration with secure enterprise CI/CD pipelines; extending GitHub Prow workflows by writing Golang plugins/controllers to automate reviews, enforce policies, and coordinate multi‑repo build/test/deploy pipelines; utilizing Pulumi to provision and manage scalable, reproducible, and cloud‑agnostic inference environments; applying formal methods and computational theory to enhance scalability, reliability, and performance of distributed inference algorithms; optimizing ML algorithms in Scala, Java, and Go to improve memory efficiency, hardware utilization, and runtime speed; designing advanced observability frameworks with distributed tracing, model drift detection, and performance analytics; and standardizing ML platform practices while mentoring engineers and aligning architecture with MLOps, compliance (GDPR, SOC2), and scalability standards.
• Telecommuting and/or working from home may be permissible pursuant to company policies.

Compensation

$187,363 – $265,900/year

Benefits

Eligible for SIE’s top‑tier benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, matching 401(k), paid time off, wellness program and employee discounts for Sony products. Potential bonus package.

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