Drimva

Sony

Senior Data Engineer

$180K–$205K

San Diego · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 7, 2026

Experience
7+ years in data engineering, database development, software development, systems design, or data analysis.
Education
Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

About the job

Build and operate data pipelines, data products, dashboards, and reporting systems supporting payments, subscriptions, fraud prevention, and decision-making across PlayStation’s direct-to-consumer business.

What you'll do

  • Design and maintain scalable data pipelines, automated workflows, monitoring, dashboards, and reports.
  • Develop governed, documented, AI-ready data products for analytics, automation, machine learning, and generative AI.
  • Partner with technical and business teams, document architectures and processes, and mentor colleagues.

What they ask for

  • Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 7+ years of experience in data engineering, database development, software development, systems design, or data analysis.
  • Strong SQL, data modeling, database design, DDL, DML, data validation, and performance-optimization skills.
  • Proficiency in one or more of Python, Java, JavaScript, Bash, or PowerShell, with experience building automated data pipelines and workflows.

Nice to have

  • Experience with platforms such as Snowflake, DynamoDB, Oracle, Hadoop, Athena, or EMR; streaming and messaging technologies; reporting and observability tools; or cloud infrastructure and automation tools.
  • Exposure to AI platforms, vector databases, feature stores, model monitoring, retrieval-augmented generation, or production ML infrastructure; knowledge of payments, digital commerce, or card-not-present fraud.

Pay

$180,000 to $205,000 USD annual base salary

Tools

SQL, Python, Java, JavaScript, Bash, PowerShell, Snowflake, DynamoDB

AI focus

Prepare and operationalize data for analytics, AI, and ML; build governed, AI-ready data products for machine learning and generative AI; use AI-assisted tools responsibly.

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