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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