Senior Data Engineer
PlayStation Global27 days ago
Dublin, IrelandSenior
Responsibilities
- Design, build, test, and maintain robust batch and near-real-time data pipelines and ETL/ELT workflows across enterprise systems, APIs, SaaS platforms, and cloud data environments.
- Develop reusable data models and domain-aligned data products for business areas including Finance, Supply Chain, IT Operations, People & Places, and Sales & Operations.
- Lead technical design, evaluate trade-offs, and deliver scalable, secure, maintainable, and cost-effective data solutions.
- Own data solutions through requirements, design, deployment, monitoring, incident resolution, and continuous improvement.
- Implement automated testing, data validation, reconciliation, lineage, observability, alerting, and operational runbooks.
- Apply version control, code review, CI/CD, infrastructure automation, and change-control practices while improving performance and platform efficiency.
- Mentor engineers, lead technical reviews, and contribute to shared engineering patterns, coding standards, and communities of practice.
- Collaborate with stakeholders across engineering, architecture, security, governance, analytics, platform, and business teams.
- Enable trusted data for analytics, planning, automation, and AI use cases while respecting privacy, security, and access controls.
Requirements
- Typically 6+ years of professional data engineering or software engineering experience, including ownership of complex production data solutions.
- Strong hands-on SQL and Python skills, with distributed data processing experience using PySpark and/or Databricks.
- Experience designing data pipelines and transformations with modern ETL/ELT tools such as dbt, Ab Initio, or equivalent technologies.
- Solid experience with cloud data platforms and warehouses, particularly Snowflake, plus data modeling, dimensional design, and data product principles.
- Experience with orchestration, Git-based workflows, automated testing, CI/CD, monitoring, and production troubleshooting.
- Understanding of data security, access management, data quality, governance, and regulatory considerations in enterprise environments.
- Ability to influence technical decisions, mentor peers, and communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline or equivalent practical experience.
- Desirable experience includes SAP S/4HANA, financial planning systems, supply chain applications, ServiceNow, HR platforms, AWS services, APIs, event-driven integration, infrastructure as code, financial data reconciliation, master/reference data, data observability, metadata management, and modern data governance.
- Experience working with globally distributed teams and supporting cross-functional transformation programs is desirable.
Benefits
- Paid time off, a wellness program, and employee discounts on Sony products.
- The role may be eligible for a bonus package.
- Work arrangements and base pay may vary according to Sony Interactive Entertainment’s hybrid working policy and location.
- Employment is subject to background checks at the offer stage.