Senior Software Engineer, Machine Learning Platform

Sony Playstation; San Diego (CA); Hybrid; USD 187,363 - 265,900; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Paid time off

401(k) matching

Employee discounts

Job summary

Sony Playstation is looking for a Senior Software Engineer for their Machine Learning Platform in San Diego, CA. The successful applicant will architect innovative ML inference systems, ensuring high availability, scalability, and cost-efficiency.

The role involves designing advanced distributed systems and developing essential ML services. Candidates should have a Master's degree in Computer Science, alongside extensive experience in machine learning and distributed systems.

Sony offers a generous benefits package, including comprehensive health benefits and employee discounts.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in designing and deploying low-latency inference systems.
• Experience with multithreading and reactive frameworks.
• Strong knowledge of cloud-agnostic inference environments.

Responsibilities

• Architect and design ML inference infrastructure.
• Lead the development of observability frameworks for distributed systems.
• Mentor junior engineers in ML platform practices.

Skills

Machine Learning

Scala

Computer Vision

Golang

Distributed Systems

CI/CD Pipelines

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.

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 (Prow); 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.

Benefits

In addition, this role is eligible for SIE’s top‑tier benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, matching 401(k), paid time off, wellness program and coveted employee discounts for Sony products. This role also may be eligible for a bonus package.

The estimated base pay range for this role is $187,363 – $265,900/year.

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Equal Opportunity Statement

Sony is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All persons will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender (including gender identity, gender expression and gender reassignment), race (including colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin), religion or belief, marital or civil partnership status, disability, age, sexual orientation, pregnancy, maternity or parental status, trade union membership or membership in any other legally protected category. We strive to create an inclusive environment, empower employees and embrace diversity. Sony Interactive Entertainment is a Fair Chance employer and qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records will be considered for employment.