Staff Data Platform Engineer, Real-Time Analytics

playstation; San Diego (CA); Hybrid; USD 198,000 - 297,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Wellness program

Employee discounts

Job summary

Sony Interactive Entertainment's PlayStation data platform team is seeking a Staff Software Engineer – Data to lead real-time analytics platform development.

You will design, build, and operate large-scale distributed data systems powering analytics and data-driven experiences across PlayStation, collaborating with Engineering, Product, Infrastructure, Security, and Data Engineering teams to shape technical strategy.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8+ years designing and building large-scale distributed systems, real-time data processing, or data platform engineering.
• Strong proficiency in Python; experience with Scala is beneficial.
• Hands-on experience with Flink, Spark Structured Streaming, or equivalent.
• Experience with ClickHouse, Druid, or OLAP databases; experience with query optimization at scale.
• Experience with event-driven pipelines using AWS MSK, Kafka, or equivalent.
• Experience applying AI/ML techniques to automate engineering workflows and improve pipelines.
• Strong systems design and technical leadership abilities.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate large-scale distributed data systems powering real-time analytics and data-driven applications.
• Lead architecture and evolution of RTAP’s streaming and analytics platforms, improving scalability, reliability, and performance.
• Own critical platform capabilities end-to-end from architecture to production operations.
• Build and optimize distributed data services using Flink, Spark Structured Streaming, ClickHouse, and Druid.
• Partner with Data Engineering to integrate batch and streaming workloads with lakehouse architectures.
• Build AI-powered capabilities to automate engineering workflows and improve developer productivity.
• Establish technical standards and best practices for distributed systems and platform reliability.
• Mentor engineers, review designs, and raise the technical bar across teams.
• Collaborate with Product, Infrastructure, Security, and Platform teams to define long-term technical strategy.
• Investigate and resolve production challenges to ensure high availability and operational excellence.
• Participate in on-call rotation and incident response; drive reliability improvements.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and investments to improve scalability and cost efficiency.

Skills

Python

Scala

Apache Flink

Spark Structured Streaming

ClickHouse

Apache Druid

Apache Kafka

AWS MSK

AI/ML techniques

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Databricks

Apache Iceberg

Job description

Sony Interactive Entertainment's PlayStation data platform team is seeking a Staff Software Engineer – Data to lead real-time analytics platform development.

You will design, build, and operate large-scale distributed data systems powering analytics and data-driven experiences across PlayStation, collaborating with Engineering, Product, Infrastructure, Security, and Data Engineering teams to shape technical strategy.