Lead Data Engineer
PlayStation Global23 days ago
London, United KingdomStaff+
Responsibilities
- Own parts of the high-throughput streaming and batch data pipeline and drive improvements aligned with technical and business goals.
- Build supporting pipeline services, including integrations with in-game maps and video tooling.
- Integrate the data collection platform with BI tools to enable studio self-service.
- Collaborate with the DevOps team, analytics engineers, and stakeholders across the studio business group.
- Improve data quality, lineage, observability, tooling quality, and documentation.
- Provide technical expertise and share knowledge with colleagues.
Requirements
- Experience building and owning high-throughput streaming and batch data pipelines.
- Proficiency in Go, or Python experience with willingness to learn Go.
- Experience building robust, scalable, and resilient services.
- Demonstrated measurable impact in current or previous roles.
- Ability to take responsibility for data quality, investigations, and remediation.
- Experience with cloud data services, particularly AWS data and analytics services.
- Experience with near-real-time data processing, querying, and visualization is preferred.
- Experience with Omni Analytics or similar BI tools such as Looker or Tableau is preferred.
- Experience with GitHub and GitHub Actions is preferred.
- Experience using AI during the development cycle, including Claude Code, Codex, or other harnesses, is preferred.
Benefits
- Flexible hybrid working arrangement, with most work performed remotely and office attendance for key meetings, collaboration sessions, and business activities.
- Sony Interactive Entertainment conducts background checks at the offer stage for all new employees.