PlayStation Global

Lead regional logistics and warehousing operations, including inbound and outbound transportation, to ensure effective end-to-end supply chain execution and customer commitments. | Requires 12+ years of logistics, warehousing, or supply chain operations experience and prefers a bachelor's degree in supply chain, logistics, operations, or a related field. | Why Sony Interactive Entertainment? Sony Interactive Entertainment isn’t just the Best Place to Play — it’s also the Best Place to Work. Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) is the company behind the PlayStation brand. As a subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation, we’re part of a proud legacy of innovation and excellence. SIE is a dynamic technology company, delivering cutting-edge hardware and network services to more than 100 million people and an entertainment leader, home to some of the most beloved and recognizable intellectual properties (IP) in the world. Our role at SIE is to create and nurture the experiences under the PlayStation brand, a name synonymous with entertainment excellence and creativity. Senior Manager, Operations The Senior Manager, Operations will be responsible for leading logistics and warehousing activities across the AMER region (US, CAN, LATAM) for Sony Interactive Entertainment, ensuring PlayStation products move efficiently, reliably, and compliantly through the end-to-end regional supply chain. This role will oversee inbound logistics, destination activity from port to warehouse, warehouse operations, and outbound transportation across both B2B and B2C channels. Working closely with the Japan Logistics group for international transportation, regional Operations teams, Planning, Commercial, D2C, Finance, Customer Service, external warehousing (3PL), and logistics partners including 4PL Control Towers, this senior leader will ensure the AMER supply chain is resilient, cost effective, agile, and able to deliver against PlayStation’s customer and commercial commitments. The Logistics Operations and Warehouse Operations team members will report into this role, with responsibility for managing performance, developing capability, and ensuring operational execution meets the needs of the business. What You’ll Be Doing: Lead all AMER logistics and warehousing operations, ensuring inbound, warehouse, and outbound activities are delivered safely, accurately, on time, and to the required service level. Partner closely with the Japan Logistics group to manage inbound transportation from factory, creating resilience across supply routes, shipment planning, issue management, and operational execution. Ensure destination activities from port into warehouse are completed on time and correctly, including coordination with freight partners, customs teams, port operations, and warehousing providers. Oversee warehouse operations across AMER, ensuring service providers deliver efficient, cost effective, resilient, and agile fulfilment capability for both B2B and B2C channels. Manage outbound transportation performance to deliver On Time In Full across retail, distributor, eCommerce, and PlayStation Direct customer requirements. Lead logistics and warehousing partner performance management, ensuring partners meet agreed service levels, cost expectations, operational standards, and business commitments. Own MBRs and relevant processes, ensuring the annual review schedule is planned, cordinated, and delivered to provide key insights into SIE and out to our warehousing, transport, and service partners. Work cross-functionally with Planning, Commercial, D2C Operations, Finance, Customer Service, and regional market teams to ensure operational plans are aligned to demand, customer needs, launch activity, and business priorities. Drive continuous improvement across cost, service, resilience, agility, warehouse productivity, transport performance, and operational ways of working. This role requires close collaboration hand in hand with Operational Excellence and Transformation to drive a defined improvement plan, develop and input into MRP, and undertake regular metric reviews in a standardised and systematic manner. Key Areas of Focus: Inbound Logistics & Supply Chain Resilience Manage inbound transportation activity from factory into AMER. Partner with Japan Logistics to ensure shipment plans, lead times, capacity, and risks are actively managed. Build resilience across inbound routes, providers, processes, and escalation paths. Ensure inbound issues are identified early and resolved quickly to protect customer and business commitments. Port, Destination & Warehouse Flow Oversee destination activity from port into warehouse. Ensure stock is received, transferred, and made available accurately and on time. Coordinate with freight forwarders, customs partners, port providers, and warehouse teams to maintain flow. Identify and remove bottlenecks across inbound handling, clearance, transport, and receipt processes. Warehouse Operations Lead AMER warehouse operations across B2B and B2C activity. Manage warehousing partners to deliver high service, strong productivity, cost control, and operational flexibility. Ensure warehouse operations support retail, distributor, D2C, launch, promotional, returns, and peak requirements. Drive partner accountability through service reviews, performance metrics, issue resolution, and improvement plans. Design, Deploy, and Deliver Continuous Improvement initiatives throughout the warehousing network. Outbound Transportation Manage outbound transport operations across AMER for B2B and B2C customers. Ensure transport partners deliver On Time In Full against agreed customer promises. Monitor delivery performance, cost, capacity, claims, exceptions, and service quality. Work with Customer Service, D2C, Commercial, and Planning teams to ensure customer requirements are understood and delivered. Leadership & Operational Performance Lead the Logistics Operations and Warehouse Operations teams. Build a high-performing operational culture focused on service, accountability, resilience, and continuous improvement. Establish clear governance, KPIs, reporting, and escalation routines across logistics and warehousing. Undertake regular standardised metrics reviews with the team, tracking actions to pivot, stay agile, and keep the business on track. Deliver measurable improvements in service performance, cost efficiency, partner capability, and operational execution via a well-defined plan of action. Input into the MRP process and communicate plans effectively. Create a Lean culture, capitalising on VSMs and undertaking waste removal activities via Continuous Improvement. Work closely with the Operational Excellence Team to gain support and take guidance on strategic and continuous improvement plans. What We’re Looking For: 12+ years’ experience in logistics, warehousing, supply chain operations, transportation, fulfilment, or a related field. Strong experience managing regional logistics and warehouse operations across complex supply chains. Experience working with inbound freight, port-to-warehouse activity, 3PL warehousing partners, and outbound transport providers. Strong understanding of B2B and B2C operational requirements, including retail fulfilment, eCommerce, and direct-to-consumer delivery. Proven ability to manage service partners against cost, service, resilience, and performance expectations. Strong leadership experience, with the ability to manage operational teams and influence cross-functional partners. Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with a focus on continuous improvement and operational control. Strong stakeholder management skills across Logistics, Planning, Commercial, Finance, Customer Service, D2C, and regional teams. Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills. BA/BS in Supply Chain, Logistics, Operations, Business, or another related field preferred. #LI-SV1 At SIE, we consider several factors when setting each role’s base pay range, including the competitive benchmarking data for the market and geographic location. Please note that the base pay range may vary in line with our hybrid working policy and individual base pay will be determined based on job-related factors which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location. 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. Click here to learn more. This is a flexible role that can be remote, with varying pay ranges based on geographic location. For example, if you are based out of Seattle, the estimated base pay range for this role is listed below. $164,600—$247,000 USD Please note, Sony Interactive Entertainment conducts background checks at the offer stage for all new employees (which may include criminal background checks for some roles) and will need to process personal information to support these checks. Please refer to our Candidate Privacy Notice for more information about what personal information we collect, how we use it, who we share it with, and your data protection rights. 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. We encourage everyone to respond. Sony Interactive Entertainment is a Fair Chance employer and qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records will be considered for employment.

Design and operate PlayStation’s real-time data platform, lead streaming and analytics architecture, improve reliability and performance, and mentor engineers while shaping technical strategy. | Requires a bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience, 8+ years designing large-scale distributed systems, and hands-on expertise in Python, streaming and analytics platforms, event-driven pipelines, AI/ML tooling, and technical leadership. | Why Sony Interactive Entertainment? Sony Interactive Entertainment isn’t just the Best Place to Play — it’s also the Best Place to Work. Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) is the company behind the PlayStation brand. As a subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation, we’re part of a proud legacy of innovation and excellence. SIE is a dynamic technology company, delivering cutting-edge hardware and network services to more than 100 million people and an entertainment leader, home to some of the most beloved and recognizable intellectual properties (IP) in the world. Our role at SIE is to create and nurture the experiences under the PlayStation brand, a name synonymous with entertainment excellence and creativity. Staff Software Engineer – Data Do you want to join a team of talented engineers building the next generation of real-time data platforms that power analytics and data-driven experiences across PlayStation? As part of our Data Platform team, you will play a key technical leadership role in designing and evolving the Real-Time Analytics Platform (RTAP), enabling high-throughput, low-latency analytics and stream processing at PlayStation scale. The Software Engineers within our Platform Engineering Group design, build, document, and operate large-scale distributed data platforms that support real-time and near real-time analytics across PlayStation. You will solve complex distributed systems challenges, evolve our streaming and analytics architecture, integrate AI-powered platform capabilities, and improve scalability, reliability, performance, and developer productivity. We’re looking for someone who is passionate about distributed systems, real-time analytics, and building scalable data platforms. You will work closely with Engineering, Product, Infrastructure, Security, and Data Engineering teams to shape technical strategy, influence architecture across organizations, mentor engineers, and help drive the long-term evolution of PlayStation’s data platform. Responsibilities · Design, build, and operate large-scale distributed data systems that power real-time and near real-time analytics,, and data-driven applications across PlayStation. · Lead the architecture and evolution of RTAP’s stream processing and analytics platforms, improving scalability, reliability, performance, and developer productivity. · Own critical platform capabilities end-to-end from architecture and implementation through production operations, performance optimization, reliability, and lifecycle management. · Build and optimize distributed data services using technologies such as Apache Flink, Spark Structured Streaming, ClickHouse, and Apache Druid to support high-throughput, low-latency workloads. · Partner with Data Engineering teams to integrate batch and streaming workloads using modern lakehouse architectures and build interoperable, scalable data platforms. · Build AI-powered capabilities to automate engineering workflows, improve data quality, simplify platform operations, accelerate troubleshooting, and enhance developer productivity. · Establish technical standards and engineering best practices for distributed systems, stream processing, data modeling, query optimization and platform reliability. · Mentor engineers across the organization by reviewing architecture, designs, and code while raising the technical bar through coaching and technical leadership. · Partner with Product, Infrastructure, Security, and Platform Engineering teams to define long-term technical strategy and deliver scalable platform capabilities aligned with business priorities. · Investigate and resolve complex production challenges involving high-throughput, low-latency distributed systems, ensuring high availability and operational excellence. · Participate in the team's production support and on-call rotation, leading incident response, conducting root-cause analysis, and implementing reliability improvements that strengthen the platform over time · Evaluate emerging technologies and distributed data platforms, recommending investments that improve scalability, reliability, developer productivity, and cost efficiency. Requirements · Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience. · 8+ years of experience designing and building large-scale distributed systems, with expertise in real-time data processing, analytics, or data platform engineering. · Strong proficiency in Python, with experience building production-grade distributed systems and data processing applications. Experience with Scala is beneficial for supporting and evolving existing platform components. · Hands-on expertise designing and operating large-scale stream processing applications using Apache Flink, Apache Spark Structured Streaming, or equivalent distributed streaming technologies. · Production experience designing, operating, and optimizing distributed analytics platforms using ClickHouse, Apache Druid, or equivalent high-performance OLAP/analytics databases, including query optimization, data modeling, and performance tuning at scale. · Experience building and consuming event-driven data pipelines using AWS MSK, Apache Kafka, or equivalent messaging platforms, with a focus on developing reliable, scalable data processing applications. · Experience applying AI/ML techniques and modern AI tooling to automate engineering workflows, improve data pipelines, simplify platform operations, and enhance developer productivity. · Strong systems design skills with the ability to evaluate architectural trade-offs across scalability, latency, throughput, consistency, reliability, and cost. · Demonstrated technical leadership through architecture ownership, mentoring engineers, and influencing technical decisions across multiple teams. Nice to Have · Experience with Databricks, Apache Iceberg, or modern lakehouse architectures, with the ability to design and integrate batch and streaming workloads into scalable, production-grade data platforms. · Experience building or operating multi-tenant, self-service data platforms supporting multiple engineering organizations. · Experience collaborating with globally distributed engineering teams across multiple organizations and time zones to deliver shared platform capabilities and drive technical alignment. Your First 90 Days 30 Days: Develop a strong understanding of the platform’s architecture, capabilities, engineering practices, and roadmap.Begin contributing to architecture discussions, feature development, design reviews, and production support.Build relationships within the team as well as across the Data Platform organization. 60 Days: Take technical ownership of a major platform capability or architectural area. Identify opportunities to improve scalability, performance, reliability, or developer productivity.Collaborate with Data Engineering, Infrastructure, Product, and other partner teams on cross-platform initiatives. 90 Days: Lead the design and delivery of key roadmap initiatives for the team..Influence technical direction across teams and mentor engineers on distributed systems and platform engineering best practices.Establish clear architectural recommendations for the next phase of the platform’s evolution. In 90 days, you will have a detailed understanding of the Real-Time Analytics Platform and its role within PlayStation’s broader data ecosystem. You will be comfortable owning complex distributed systems initiatives, partnering closely with Product and Engineering teams, and driving large-scale solutions from architecture through production delivery. At SIE, we consider several factors when setting each role’s base pay range, including the competitive benchmarking data for the market and geographic location. Please note that the base pay range may vary in line with our hybrid working policy and individual base pay will be determined based on job-related factors which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location. 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. Click here to learn more. The estimated base pay range for this role is listed below. $198,200—$297,400 USD Please note, Sony Interactive Entertainment conducts background checks at the offer stage for all new employees (which may include criminal background checks for some roles) and will need to process personal information to support these checks. Please refer to our Candidate Privacy Notice for more information about what personal information we collect, how we use it, who we share it with, and your data protection rights. 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. We encourage everyone to respond. Sony Interactive Entertainment is a Fair Chance employer and qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records will be considered for employment.

Lead security risk reviews for AI systems, identify vulnerabilities, and partner with teams to ensure alignment with security policies. | 6+ years technical experience with recent hands-on generative AI security work and strong stakeholder influence skills. | Why Sony Interactive Entertainment? Sony Interactive Entertainment isn’t just the Best Place to Play — it’s also the Best Place to Work. Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) is the company behind the PlayStation brand. As a subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation, we’re part of a proud legacy of innovation and excellence. SIE is a dynamic technology company, delivering cutting-edge hardware and network services to more than 100 million people and an entertainment leader, home to some of the most beloved and recognizable intellectual properties (IP) in the world. Our role at SIE is to create and nurture the experiences under the PlayStation brand, a name synonymous with entertainment excellence and creativity. Are you a curiosity driven technologist who can quickly understand how an AI system works, identify where it could be misused or fail, and help a team find a practical path forward? Sony Interactive Entertainment is seeking a Senior AI Security Risk Analyst to provide hands-on security support for AI systems, agents, workflows, tools, and integrations across SIE. Role Summary: In this role, you will operate at the intersection of modern AI technology, security risk, architecture, and enablement. You will conduct AI security reviews using SIE’s established security risk assessment methodology, policies, standards, and control expectations, adapting their application to AI-enabled and agentic systems and identifying where AI-specific guidance or controls are needed. You will coordinate risk-focused design and architecture input and translate AI-specific weaknesses into decision-ready recommendations and engineering actions. You will serve as an approachable security partner, working cross-functionally with teams across SIE’s business units and functions to support a diverse range of AI use cases, systems, and technologies. You will work especially closely with Responsible AI & Governance and coordinate expertise across Information Security teams and IT & Engineering organizations. This is a highly collaborative, fast-moving role for someone who enjoys working directly with teams, navigating ambiguity, and using AI tools themselves. You will be the primary hands-on practitioner in an emerging AI Security capability, partnering with the AI Security strategy lead and specialist teams across SIE. What you’ll be doing: Lead hands-on security risk reviews of AI use cases and systems from early design through launch readiness. Assess end-to-end designs to identify material security risks, control gaps, data lineage and classification, and operational concerns. Translate findings into practical, risk-based recommendations and partner with stakeholders to track resolution. Serve as a trusted security partner by providing early consultation, education, and reusable guidance. Coordinate with Responsible AI & Governance, relevant security and technical teams to deliver consistent, well-informed reviews. Use security tooling and discovery insights to identify emerging risks, engage owners, and support appropriate remediation. Document reviews and findings within SIE GRC systems. Improve AI security requirements, review practices, reference patterns, and supporting tools as technologies and risks evolve. Track portfolio trends, communicate significant risks and recurring gaps, and escalate matters requiring additional expertise or risk authority. What We’re Looking For: 6+ years of experience building, integrating, assessing, or securing technical systems, including significant recent hands-on work with generative AI. Strong working knowledge of modern AI application stacks and the ability to interrogate designs, trace data and system interactions, and identify meaningful security weaknesses. Sound understanding of security fundamentals - including identity, permissions, data protection, integrations, and monitoring – and ability to apply these to AI-enabled and agentic systems as well as mapping back to existing security policies and frameworks. A practical builder mindset, with experience using AI tools, APIs, cloud services, code, or automation to explore systems and improve workflows. Proven ability to build trust and influence across engineering, product, creative, business, and security teams. Familiarity and ability to stay current with emerging AI technologies, evolving security risks, AI risk frameworks, and industry trends. Strong communication, empathy, and sound judgment, with the creativity to challenge assumptions, navigate ambiguity, and build trust while operating independently in a fast-moving environment. Desirable: Experience with AI red teaming, adversarial testing, threat modeling, or security evaluations of LLM and agentic systems. Experience with cloud-based AI platforms, third-party AI services, or enterprise security tooling. Experience in gaming, interactive entertainment, creator technology, or similarly innovative product environments. Experience reviewing complex technical designs and translating identified weaknesses into practical, prioritized recommendations that support timely delivery. Relevant certifications are desirable and may include GIAC AI Platform Security (GAIPS), CISSP, CRISC, IAPP AI Governance Professional (AIGP), CCSK, CCSP, or equivalent AI, cloud, or security credentials. At SIE, we consider several factors when setting each role’s base pay range, including the competitive benchmarking data for the market and geographic location. Please note that the base pay range may vary in line with our hybrid working policy and individual base pay will be determined based on job-related factors which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location. 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. Click here to learn more. The estimated base pay range for this role is listed below. $167,500—$251,300 USD Please note, Sony Interactive Entertainment conducts background checks at the offer stage for all new employees (which may include criminal background checks for some roles) and will need to process personal information to support these checks. Please refer to our Candidate Privacy Notice for more information about what personal information we collect, how we use it, who we share it with, and your data protection rights. 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. We encourage everyone to respond. Sony Interactive Entertainment is a Fair Chance employer and qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records will be considered for employment.

Lead vulnerability management workstreams, advance continuous threat exposure management, improve discovery and automation, coordinate teams, communicate risk, and mentor engineers. | Requires 8+ years experience, bachelor's degree, hands-on vulnerability management, security research, exposure management, technical leadership, scripting, data analysis, and communication skills. | Why Sony Interactive Entertainment? Sony Interactive Entertainment isn’t just the Best Place to Play — it’s also the Best Place to Work. Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) is the company behind the PlayStation brand. As a subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation, we’re part of a proud legacy of innovation and excellence. SIE is a dynamic technology company, delivering cutting-edge hardware and network services to more than 100 million people and an entertainment leader, home to some of the most beloved and recognizable intellectual properties (IP) in the world. Our role at SIE is to create and nurture the experiences under the PlayStation brand, a name synonymous with entertainment excellence and creativity. Reporting to the Director of Global Vulnerability Management, you will serve as a Senior Security Research Engineer and technical lead within SIE’s Global Vulnerability Management team. You will lead complex work that advances our Threat Exposure Management capability and supports our transition to a Continuous Threat Exposure Management operating model, while remaining directly engaged in vulnerability research, analysis, security validation, prioritization, and remediation support. You will partner across Information Security, engineering, technology, and business teams to improve how SIE discovers, prioritizes, validates, and mobilizes action on security risks. You will translate annual TEM goals into defined workstreams, delivery plans, success measures, and repeatable operating practices that improve visibility, decision-making, remediation outcomes, and program scale. Responsibilities Lead complex Global Vulnerability Management workstreams that advance SIE’s Threat Exposure Management capability and transition toward a Continuous Threat Exposure Management operating model across discovery, prioritization, validation, and mobilization. Translate annual TEM goals into defined delivery plans, milestones, success measures, dependencies, and repeatable operating practices. Monitor progress, identify barriers, and adjust execution to improve outcomes. Lead hands-on vulnerability research and technical analysis to confirm security conditions, eliminate false positives, characterize exploitability and business impact, and provide actionable remediation or mitigation guidance. Improve the discovery and assessment of vulnerabilities across SIE network, cloud, endpoint, application, container, and other technology environments. Develop risk-based prioritization using vulnerability and threat intelligence, exploitation evidence, asset and business context, control effectiveness, and remediation considerations. Lead security validation activities and develop proofs of concept when appropriate to distinguish material risk, evaluate defensive controls, and support informed decisions. Partner with Information Security teams and technology owners to mobilize remediation, clarify ownership, establish effective handoffs, resolve barriers, and measure progress through remediation, mitigation, or accepted disposition. Evolve GVM platforms, integrations, data, analytics, automation, and AI-enabled workflows to improve coverage, data quality, consistency, decision speed, and operational scale. Communicate vulnerability trends, material risks, remediation progress, and program outcomes to technical, operational, and leadership audiences through clear reports and recommendations. Mentor engineers and partner teams, contribute to technical standards and procedures, and improve the quality of vulnerability analysis, validation, documentation, and delivery. Maintain current knowledge of relevant vulnerabilities, exploitation techniques, threat activity, security technologies, and industry practices. Some travel may be required. Qualifications 8+ years of relevant experience in information security, information technology, systems engineering, or a related field, including substantial experience in vulnerability management, security research, or exposure management. Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in computer science, information security, or a related discipline. Experience leading complex technical workstreams across multiple teams, translating objectives into delivery plans, and achieving measurable outcomes without relying on direct reporting authority. Hands-on experience with vulnerability research, technical analysis, security validation, risk-based prioritization, and remediation or mitigation guidance. Experience assessing vulnerabilities across several technology domains, such as operating systems, networks, cloud services, applications, endpoints, containers, databases, or hybrid infrastructure. Experience with vulnerability discovery, assessment, validation, or exposure-management platforms and their supporting integrations. Knowledge of adversarial tactics, exploitation techniques, threat intelligence, and attack frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK, with the ability to apply that information to vulnerability prioritization. Experience using scripting, programming, APIs, or automation to improve security analysis and operational workflows. Relevant technologies may include Python, SQL, Bash, PowerShell, JavaScript, or comparable languages. Experience analyzing and contextualizing security data to connect technical findings with asset, service, business, threat, control, and remediation information. Familiarity with software engineering practices such as version control, testing, code review, CI/CD, reusable components, and controlled production releases. Ability to communicate complex security conditions, priorities, tradeoffs, and recommendations clearly to technical, operational, and leadership audiences. Experience mentoring engineers or analysts and influencing technical practices across teams. Desired qualifications Experience helping evolve a traditional vulnerability-management function toward a TEM or CTEM operating model. Experience with continuous security validation, adversarial exposure validation, exploit research, or proof-of-concept development. Experience securing cloud, container, application, or build-pipeline environments and integrating security capabilities into engineering workflows. Experience with security-data and analytics platforms such as Snowflake, Domo, or comparable technologies. Experience applying automation, advanced analytics, or AI-enabled capabilities to vulnerability analysis, prioritization, validation, or remediation workflows. At SIE, we consider several factors when setting each role’s base pay range, including the competitive benchmarking data for the market and geographic location. Please note that the base pay range may vary in line with our hybrid working policy and individual base pay will be determined based on job-related factors which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location. 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. Click here to learn more. This is a flexible role that can be remote, with varying pay ranges based on geographic location. For example, if you are based out of Seattle, the estimated base pay range for this role is listed below. $175,500—$263,300 USD Please note, Sony Interactive Entertainment conducts background checks at the offer stage for all new employees (which may include criminal background checks for some roles) and will need to process personal information to support these checks. Please refer to our Candidate Privacy Notice for more information about what personal information we collect, how we use it, who we share it with, and your data protection rights. 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. We encourage everyone to respond. Sony Interactive Entertainment is a Fair Chance employer and qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records will be considered for employment.

Lead a team of program managers and oversee strategic data initiatives aligning data strategy with execution. | 8+ years program/project management experience, people leadership, bachelor's degree required, MBA preferred, expertise in data technologies. | Why Sony Interactive Entertainment? Sony Interactive Entertainment isn’t just the Best Place to Play — it’s also the Best Place to Work. Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) is the company behind the PlayStation brand. As a subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation, we’re part of a proud legacy of innovation and excellence. SIE is a dynamic technology company, delivering cutting-edge hardware and network services to more than 100 million people and an entertainment leader, home to some of the most beloved and recognizable intellectual properties (IP) in the world. Our role at SIE is to create and nurture the experiences under the PlayStation brand, a name synonymous with entertainment excellence and creativity. Senior Manager, Data PMO About the Role The Data PMO enables PlayStation to make data-driven decisions by ensuring Data, Analytics, AI and Machine Learning initiatives are strategically aligned, effectively executed, and delivering measurable impact. As Senior Manager, Data PMO, you will serve as a player-coach, leading and developing a team of Program Managers while also directly leading select strategic and complex Data programs. You will partner with senior leaders across Data, Engineering, Product and Business to translate strategy into execution, navigate ambiguity and dependencies, and ensure our people, programs and operating practices deliver measurable outcomes. What You’ll Do Lead and develop a team of Program Managers, setting clear expectations, coaching performance and growth, and empowering PMs to independently lead complex programs. Directly lead select strategic, high-impact Data programs, establishing clear outcomes, plans, governance and execution mechanisms from strategy through delivery. Provide leadership across the Data portfolio, connecting priorities, dependencies, risks and resources across programs and driving alignment where issues span teams. Partner with senior Data and cross-functional leaders to frame complex problems, trade-offs and recommendations that enable timely decisions. Improve how we operate, establishing scalable PMO practices that increase predictability, transparency, accountability and efficiency. Anticipate and resolve complex delivery challenges, bringing clarity to ambiguous situations and addressing systemic issues rather than individual symptoms. Communicate with clarity and influence, translating complex technical and program information into concise, decision-oriented narratives for senior leaders. Build a healthy, inclusive and high-performing team culture centered on ownership, collaboration, continuous learning and measurable impact. What We’re Looking For 8+ years of program/project management or related technology leadership experience, including demonstrated people-management experience. Proven success leading Program Managers while also personally leading complex, high-visibility programs. Experience operating across multiple programs, teams and senior stakeholders in a complex, global organization. Strong people leadership skills with demonstrated ability to coach, develop, empower and manage experienced PMs. Ability to navigate ambiguity, identify systemic issues, establish structure and drive alignment across competing priorities. Demonstrated ability to influence senior leaders through clear problem framing, data, trade-offs and recommendations. Strong understanding of Data technologies and platforms, Analytics, Data Integration, Machine Learning and AI. Excellent executive communication, judgment, conflict resolution and negotiation skills. BA/BS degree or equivalent experience; MBA or advanced degree preferred. At SIE, we consider several factors when setting each role’s base pay range, including the competitive benchmarking data for the market and geographic location. Please note that the base pay range may vary in line with our hybrid working policy and individual base pay will be determined based on job-related factors which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location. 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. Click here to learn more. The estimated base pay range for this role is listed below. $199,700—$299,500 USD Please note, Sony Interactive Entertainment conducts background checks at the offer stage for all new employees (which may include criminal background checks for some roles) and will need to process personal information to support these checks. Please refer to our Candidate Privacy Notice for more information about what personal information we collect, how we use it, who we share it with, and your data protection rights. 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. We encourage everyone to respond. Sony Interactive Entertainment is a Fair Chance employer and qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records will be considered for employment.

Develop and operate scalable data platforms using cloud and infrastructure automation tools, ensuring reliability and performance through observability and on-call support. | Bachelor's degree and 3+ years in software or reliability engineering with proficiency in Go, Infrastructure as Code, and NoSQL or streaming technologies. | Why Sony Interactive Entertainment? Sony Interactive Entertainment isn’t just the Best Place to Play — it’s also the Best Place to Work. Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) is the company behind the PlayStation brand. As a subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation, we’re part of a proud legacy of innovation and excellence. SIE is a dynamic technology company, delivering cutting-edge hardware and network services to more than 100 million people and an entertainment leader, home to some of the most beloved and recognizable intellectual properties (IP) in the world. Our role at SIE is to create and nurture the experiences under the PlayStation brand, a name synonymous with entertainment excellence and creativity. Software Engineer II – Platform Data Reliability & Automation Ready to level up your career? Join PlayStation as a Software Engineer II focused on Platform Data Reliability and Automation and help build reliable, scalable experiences for millions of players around the globe. At PlayStation, we’re known not only for delivering exceptional gaming experiences but also for fostering an engineering environment centered on innovation, creativity, collaboration, and technical excellence. We welcome passionate engineers who enjoy solving challenging problems and are excited about shaping the future of play. Role Overview We are seeking a Software Engineer II (Platform Data Reliability & Automation) to help build, automate, and operate scalable data platforms using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and cloud technologies. This role focuses on improving the reliability and automation of NoSQL, streaming, and caching services across AWS and GCP environments. You’ll develop automation, observability, and operational tooling supporting technologies such as Cassandra, Aerospike, Kafka, and Redis. Working alongside senior engineers, platform teams, and product teams, you’ll contribute to highly available infrastructure supporting billions of transactions and millions of players globally. By applying software engineering and database reliability engineering principles, you’ll help reduce manual work, improve system uptime, and make data services easier and safer for engineering teams to use. Responsibilities Develop, maintain, and improve Infrastructure as Code and configuration-management automation using tools such as Terraform and Ansible to provision, configure, monitor, scale, and manage NoSQL, streaming, and caching platforms. Build automation that enables repeatable and reliable deployment of data services across cloud and hybrid environments. Contribute to the reliability, availability, scalability, performance, and resiliency of platform data services. Contribute to defining, measuring, and improving service-level indicators, service-level objectives, and error budgets. Develop automation for operational activities such as scaling, failover, backup, recovery, upgrades, and routine maintenance. Build and enhance observability solutions using metrics, logging, tracing, dashboards, and alerts. Troubleshoot issues affecting Cassandra, Aerospike, Kafka/MSK, Redis, and related platform services. Participate in on-call rotations and incident response, contributing to root-cause analysis and the implementation of permanent fixes. Write reliable, maintainable, and well-tested Go code for infrastructure automation, platform services, and operational tooling. Collaborate with engineering, platform, security, and operations teams to integrate and deliver reliable data services. Create and maintain operational documentation, procedures, runbooks, and automation playbooks. Participate in code reviews, technical design discussions, and continuous improvement initiatives. Explore practical applications of AI-assisted automation, anomaly detection, automated remediation, and developer-productivity tooling where appropriate. Skills and Qualifications Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience. 3+ years of experience in software engineering, database reliability engineering, site reliability engineering, platform engineering, or a related field. Experience developing production software in Go, with an understanding of idiomatic code, testing, concurrency, error handling, and maintainability. Hands-on experience developing or maintaining Infrastructure as Code or configuration-management tools such as Terraform or Ansible. Experience deploying or operating workloads on Kubernetes. Experience with AWS or GCP and familiarity with managed services such as MSK, DynamoDB, ElastiCache, Memorystore, or equivalent technologies. Working knowledge of one or more NoSQL, caching, or streaming technologies, such as Cassandra, Aerospike, Kafka, AWS MSK, or Redis. Understanding of distributed systems concepts, including availability, consistency, replication, fault tolerance, and horizontal scaling. Working knowledge of Linux, networking, storage, and common system-troubleshooting techniques. Familiarity with observability tools and practices, including metrics, logging, tracing, alerting, and dashboard creation. Ability to independently diagnose and resolve technical problems within a defined scope, learn unfamiliar systems, and seek guidance when addressing complex or ambiguous challenges. Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across teams. At SIE, we consider several factors when setting each role’s base pay range, including the competitive benchmarking data for the market and geographic location. Please note that the base pay range may vary in line with our hybrid working policy and individual base pay will be determined based on job-related factors which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location. 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. Click here to learn more. The estimated base pay range for this role is listed below. $150,100—$225,100 USD Please note, Sony Interactive Entertainment conducts background checks at the offer stage for all new employees (which may include criminal background checks for some roles) and will need to process personal information to support these checks. Please refer to our Candidate Privacy Notice for more information about what personal information we collect, how we use it, who we share it with, and your data protection rights. 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. We encourage everyone to respond. Sony Interactive Entertainment is a Fair Chance employer and qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records will be considered for employment.

Develop and maintain software, APIs, and automation for managing data infrastructure ensuring reliability and scalability. | Bachelor's degree and 3+ years experience with Go, Terraform, and cloud data infrastructure required. | Why Sony Interactive Entertainment? Sony Interactive Entertainment isn’t just the Best Place to Play — it’s also the Best Place to Work. Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) is the company behind the PlayStation brand. As a subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation, we’re part of a proud legacy of innovation and excellence. SIE is a dynamic technology company, delivering cutting-edge hardware and network services to more than 100 million people and an entertainment leader, home to some of the most beloved and recognizable intellectual properties (IP) in the world. Our role at SIE is to create and nurture the experiences under the PlayStation brand, a name synonymous with entertainment excellence and creativity. Software Engineer II – Platform Data Reliability & Automation Ready to level up your career? Join PlayStation as a Software Engineer II focused on developing reliable, automated infrastructure platforms that support data services used by millions of players worldwide. You’ll work across software development, Infrastructure as Code, database infrastructure, and operational reliability. You’ll also help develop APIs and agent-assisted experiences that make infrastructure creation and management simpler, safer, and more accessible to engineering teams. Role Overview We are seeking a Software Engineer II to help build, automate, and operate scalable data infrastructure across cloud environments. This role combines backend software development with infrastructure automation and operational engineering. You’ll develop Go services, APIs, Terraform modules, and automation for provisioning and managing databases, streaming platforms, and caching services such as Cassandra, Aurora, Aerospike, Kafka, and Redis. You’ll also contribute to enabling self-service experiences that translate developer intent into validated infrastructure configurations and provisioning workflows. Working alongside senior engineers and platform teams, you’ll help ensure these capabilities are reliable, secure, observable, and safe to operate at scale. Responsibilities Develop and maintain software, APIs, and automation for provisioning and managing database, streaming, and caching infrastructure. Build and maintain reusable Terraform modules and Infrastructure as Code workflows for cloud, Kubernetes, and data-platform services. Develop backend services and platform tooling in Go to support infrastructure provisioning, configuration, and lifecycle management. Automate operational activities such as deployment, configuration, scaling, upgrades, backup, recovery, failover, and decommissioning. Help operate and improve SQL, NoSQL, streaming, and caching platforms at scale, including technologies such as Cassandra, Aurora, Aerospike, Kafka/MSK, Redis, DynamoDB, and ElastiCache. Contribute to the availability, scalability, performance, and reliability of stateful data services Help build self-service and agent-assisted experiences that translate developer intent into structured infrastructure specifications and Terraform-based execution plans. Build and enhance observability using metrics, logs, traces, dashboards, and actionable alerts. Participate in on-call rotations and incident response for database, caching, streaming, and supporting platform services. Troubleshoot infrastructure and application issues involving database performance, capacity, connectivity, replication, storage, and resource utilization. Contribute to root-cause analysis and implement automated or systemic fixes that prevent recurring incidents. Help define and measure SLIs, SLOs, error budgets, and operational health indicators for platform services. Create automated tests for APIs, Terraform modules, infrastructure plans, operational tooling, and failure scenarios. Collaborate with engineering, platform, security, and operations teams to deliver reliable and scalable data services. Maintain technical documentation, API specifications, operational playbooks, runbooks, and onboarding materials. Participate in code reviews, design discussions, capacity planning, and continuous improvement initiatives. Skills and Qualifications Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience. 3+ years of experience in software engineering, database reliability engineering, site reliability engineering, platform engineering, infrastructure automation, or a related field. Experience developing production software, backend services, or infrastructure tooling in Go. Hands on experience using Terraform to provision and manage cloud infrastructure. Experience developing APIs, including interface design, validation, error handling, testing, and versioning. Working knowledge of one or more SQL, NoSQL, streaming, or caching technologies, such as Cassandra, Aurora, Aerospike, Kafka, AWS MSK, Redis, DynamoDB, or ElastiCache. Understanding of database and distributed-system concepts such as replication, partitioning, consistency, availability, fault tolerance, backup, and recovery. Familiarity with the operational requirements of stateful systems, including capacity planning, performance monitoring, scaling, upgrades, backup and recovery, and incident troubleshooting. Experience with AWS or GCP, including familiarity with cloud networking, identity, compute, storage, and managed data services. Working knowledge of Kubernetes and experience deploying or operating containerized workloads. Understanding of Linux, networking, storage systems, and common troubleshooting techniques. Familiarity with observability practices, including metrics, structured logging, tracing, alerting, and dashboards. Experience writing unit, integration, and automated end-to-end tests. Strong problem-solving and analytical skills, with an interest in infrastructure automation and distributed-system reliability. Strong written and verbal communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively across teams. Preferred Qualifications Experience building internal developer platforms, self-service infrastructure, or infrastructure APIs. Experience using AI/ML or generative AI to improve infrastructure automation, operational workflows, incident management, observability, or developer productivity. Familiarity with agent-assisted workflows, structured outputs, tool-calling integrations, approval controls, or policy-based infrastructure automation. Relevant AWS, GCP, Kubernetes, Terraform, database, or streaming-platform certifications. At SIE, we consider several factors when setting each role’s base pay range, including the competitive benchmarking data for the market and geographic location. Please note that the base pay range may vary in line with our hybrid working policy and individual base pay will be determined based on job-related factors which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location. 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. Click here to learn more. The estimated base pay range for this role is listed below. $150,100—$225,100 USD Please note, Sony Interactive Entertainment conducts background checks at the offer stage for all new employees (which may include criminal background checks for some roles) and will need to process personal information to support these checks. Please refer to our Candidate Privacy Notice for more information about what personal information we collect, how we use it, who we share it with, and your data protection rights. 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. We encourage everyone to respond. Sony Interactive Entertainment is a Fair Chance employer and qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records will be considered for employment.

Design and implement performance-sensitive systems for game streaming and platform infrastructure using AI-native engineering practices. | Bachelor's degree or equivalent with strong C/C++ skills and deep Linux systems knowledge, plus experience in AI-native workflows and performance-sensitive codebases. | Why Sony Interactive Entertainment? Sony Interactive Entertainment isn’t just the Best Place to Play — it’s also the Best Place to Work. Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) is the company behind the PlayStation brand. As a subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation, we’re part of a proud legacy of innovation and excellence. SIE is a dynamic technology company, delivering cutting-edge hardware and network services to more than 100 million people and an entertainment leader, home to some of the most beloved and recognizable intellectual properties (IP) in the world. Our role at SIE is to create and nurture the experiences under the PlayStation brand, a name synonymous with entertainment excellence and creativity. Senior Software Engineer - Streaming & Systems Aliso Viejo, CA The vision: As a Senior Software Engineer, Streaming & Systems, you will use AI-native engineering practices to build performance-sensitive systems across game streaming, platform software, infrastructure, and emerging product areas. You’ll work across low-level C/C++, Linux and Windows, real-time media, cloud-enabled capabilities, and systems problems that are still taking shape. What you’ll do: Explore, prototype, validate, and ship performance-sensitive systems that improve reliability, developer velocity, and user experience. Build low-level and performance-sensitive software in C/C++, primarily in Linux environments. Work across game streaming, platform software, infrastructure, developer tooling, and cloud-enabled capabilities. Use AI-native workflows for code exploration, implementation, debugging, testing, documentation, automation, and rapid prototyping. Investigate ways cloud-delivered experiences can become better than local experiences. Turn ambiguous ideas into demos, experiments, measurements, and production-quality implementations. Debug complex systems issues across performance, reliability, platform behavior, and production-like environments. Collaborate with a focused engineering team and domain experts across streaming, platform, infrastructure, and cloud. You’re a great fit if you have: BS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or Senior-level software engineering experience, or equivalent ownership of complex systems Strong C/C++ skills and deep Linux systems experience. Practical fluency with AI-native engineering workflows, including coding agents, LLM-assisted debugging, test generation, automation, and rapid exploration. Experience in systems-oriented or performance-sensitive codebases. Strong product judgment, systems curiosity, and a focus on improving user and developer experience. The ability to operate in ambiguity, prototype quickly, validate ideas, and harden successful approaches. Clear communication skills and a habit of raising team quality through technical judgment, reusable workflows, and mentoring by example. A habit of taking ownership, communicating trade-offs clearly, and keeping momentum as priorities change. Bonus XP: Rust development experience. Windows systems experience. Real-time media, game streaming, or interactive media experience. Graphics, GPU, capture, rendering, or video encoding experience. Distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, or production platform experience. Experience helping teams adopt better AI-native engineering practices. Japanese language or cross-cultural collaboration experience. You enjoy playing video games. At SIE, we consider several factors when setting each role’s base pay range, including the competitive benchmarking data for the market and geographic location. Please note that the base pay range may vary in line with our hybrid working policy and individual base pay will be determined based on job-related factors which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location. 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. Click here to learn more. The estimated base pay range for this role is listed below. $177,300—$265,900 USD Please note, Sony Interactive Entertainment conducts background checks at the offer stage for all new employees (which may include criminal background checks for some roles) and will need to process personal information to support these checks. Please refer to our Candidate Privacy Notice for more information about what personal information we collect, how we use it, who we share it with, and your data protection rights. 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. We encourage everyone to respond. Sony Interactive Entertainment is a Fair Chance employer and qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records will be considered for employment.

Lead quality engineering strategy and drive automation solutions across hardware and service ecosystems. | Requires 8+ years in SDET or quality engineering with expertise in automation frameworks, CI/CD, and mobile quality engineering. | Why Sony Interactive Entertainment? Sony Interactive Entertainment isn’t just the Best Place to Play — it’s also the Best Place to Work. Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) is the company behind the PlayStation brand. As a subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation, we’re part of a proud legacy of innovation and excellence. SIE is a dynamic technology company, delivering cutting-edge hardware and network services to more than 100 million people and an entertainment leader, home to some of the most beloved and recognizable intellectual properties (IP) in the world. Our role at SIE is to create and nurture the experiences under the PlayStation brand, a name synonymous with entertainment excellence and creativity. Staff Software Development Engineer in Test San Mateo, CA Do you have a passion for development and automation as well as driven vision for delivering the best experiences to users? Do you want to work at a company where customers have real passion and excitement for the products you help build? At PlayStation, we are looking for engineers to join a global initiative in building innovative test automation and CI/CD systems. We are looking for self-motivated, quick-starter and highly proactive individuals to join our Client QA team, who would be responsible for ensuring delivery of features on PlayStation's Mobile App! At PlayStation, we are passionate about innovation, teamwork and technology. We love building the systems that millions of people use and are our own first customers. We strive to be at the forefront of development technologies and are a diverse company with teams on four continents. Primary Responsibilities Lead and influence the overall quality engineering strategy across PlayStation console, mobile, portal, hardware, and service ecosystems. Drive architecture-level automation solutions and scalable quality engineering practices across multiple teams and product areas. Define and evolve enterprise-level automation standards, CI/CD quality gates, and testing strategies to improve release confidence, scalability, and engineering velocity. Design, build, and scale automation frameworks across UI, API, integration, telemetry, hardware, portal, and end-to-end testing layers. Lead cross-functional initiatives focused on automation stability, flakiness reduction, infrastructure modernization, and long-term QE scalability. Partner closely with Engineering, Product, Program Management, and QE leadership to drive shift-left testing practices and shared ownership of quality. Drive R&D initiatives around AI-assisted testing and modern quality engineering solutions to address automation gaps, improve coverage, accelerate test generation, enhance failure analysis, and reduce manual effort. Evaluate emerging technologies, AI driven tooling, and innovative automation approaches to future-proof the organization’s testing strategy. Lead strategic improvements in hardware/device testing, cloud/device lab orchestration, telemetry validation, observability, and production-like validation environments. Mentor and guide SDETs and QEs across teams on automation architecture, testing methodologies, debugging, quality strategy, and engineering standards. Define and track quality metrics, automation health, pipeline stability, release risk indicators, and defect trends to drive data-informed quality decisions. Influence organizational quality culture by establishing scalable operational models, governance mechanisms, and engineering standards. Lead complex root-cause investigations and drive systemic fixes to recurring quality issues across platforms and teams. Qualifications BS/MS degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience. 8+ years of experience in Software Development Engineering in Test (SDET), automation engineering, or quality engineering roles. Proven experience leading large-scale mobile quality engineering initiatives across multiple teams or product areas. Deep experience designing automation frameworks and implementing automated testing solutions across UI, API, integration, telemetry, portal, hardware, and end-to-end layers. Strong programming/scripting experience in Python, JavaScript, or similar languages. Strong expertise with automation frameworks such as Playwright, Pytest, Appium, Selenium. Experience architecting and optimizing CI/CD pipelines, quality gates, and release validation systems using Jenkins or similar platforms. Practical experience with development and deployment tooling such as Git, Jenkins, Docker, Appium, cloud/device lab solutions, browser-based portal testing, and hardware/device validation workflows. Experience leveraging AI-assisted testing tools and driving innovation in AI-based automation, test generation, defect analysis, and productivity improvements. Experience driving test strategy, release quality planning, risk management, and operational quality improvements for large-scale systems. Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and systems-thinking abilities with a focus on identifying and solving systemic quality gaps. Proven ability to influence engineering organizations, drive adoption of best practices, and align teams on scalable quality strategies. Experience mentoring engineers and leading cross-functional technical initiatives. Comfortable operating in fast-paced Agile environments with evolving requirements and multiple stakeholders. Excellent verbal and written communication skills with strong leadership and cross-functional collaboration abilities. At SIE, we consider several factors when setting each role’s base pay range, including the competitive benchmarking data for the market and geographic location. Please note that the base pay range may vary in line with our hybrid working policy and individual base pay will be determined based on job-related factors which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location. 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. Click here to learn more. The estimated base pay range for this role is listed below. $208,200—$260,300 USD Please note, Sony Interactive Entertainment conducts background checks at the offer stage for all new employees (which may include criminal background checks for some roles) and will need to process personal information to support these checks. Please refer to our Candidate Privacy Notice for more information about what personal information we collect, how we use it, who we share it with, and your data protection rights. 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. We encourage everyone to respond. Sony Interactive Entertainment is a Fair Chance employer and qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records will be considered for employment.

Develop and maintain test automation frameworks and CI/CD systems to ensure quality of PlayStation mobile app features. | Bachelor's degree and experience in test planning, automated tests, Python or JavaScript, and CI/CD tools like Jenkins and Git. | Why Sony Interactive Entertainment? Sony Interactive Entertainment isn’t just the Best Place to Play — it’s also the Best Place to Work. Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) is the company behind the PlayStation brand. As a subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation, we’re part of a proud legacy of innovation and excellence. SIE is a dynamic technology company, delivering cutting-edge hardware and network services to more than 100 million people and an entertainment leader, home to some of the most beloved and recognizable intellectual properties (IP) in the world. Our role at SIE is to create and nurture the experiences under the PlayStation brand, a name synonymous with entertainment excellence and creativity. Software Development Engineer in Test II 12-month Contract role Location: San Mateo, CA - Hybrid Do you have a passion for development and automation as well as driven vision for delivering the best experiences to users? Do you want to work at a company where customers have real passion and excitement for the products you help build? At PlayStation, we are looking for engineers to join a global initiative in building innovative test automation and CI/CD systems. We are looking for self-motivated, quick-starter and highly proactive individuals to join our Client QA team, who would be responsible for ensuring delivery of features on PlayStation's Mobile App! At PlayStation, we are passionate about innovation, teamwork and technology. We love building the systems that millions of people use and are our own first customers. We strive to be at the forefront of development technologies and are a diverse company with teams on four continents. Primary Responsibilities Review product requirements and design documents to understand how the feature works on the PlayStation console and create effective testing strategies. Plan and complete QA related activities for UI testing; build test plan, test cases, and implement to ensure the quality of new features. Build, maintain and improve test automation frameworks, and help teams set up automation infrastructure. Develop and implement standard methodologies for automation, continuous build and deploy, automated testing and end-to-end testing. Maintenance of the PS5 devices used in testing. Passionate about Quality and strives to improve process, proposes best practices and drives their usage within the team. Manage various Jenkins Jobs and report statuses Work with Developers, Product Owners to ensure that all features and bug fixes come with automated test coverage Assist with production deployment support and post release Report, track and verify defects Qualifications Minimum BS degree in CS or a related field, or ability to demonstrate equivalent knowledge Experience in building and executing test plans and test cases Experience writing automated tests in Python, Java Script or any other Programming Language Understanding of automation test framework like pytest Experience in setting or configuring up test pipelines as part of Continuous Integration(CI), Jenkins preferred Practical experience using development and deployment tools like Git, Jenkins, Appium Experience with test case management systems & JIRA, QTest/QMetry systems Ability to estimate effort and size of features Experience with Agile methodologies Strong technical, analytical and problem-solving skills Able to work independently and as part of a team Excellent verbal and written communication skills. comfortable with cross functional collaboration Please note, Sony Interactive Entertainment conducts background checks at the offer stage for all new employees (which may include criminal background checks for some roles) and will need to process personal information to support these checks. Please refer to our Candidate Privacy Notice for more information about what personal information we collect, how we use it, who we share it with, and your data protection rights. 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. We encourage everyone to respond. Sony Interactive Entertainment is a Fair Chance employer and qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records will be considered for employment.