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.
Service Reliability Engineer
Do you want to use transformative technologies to achieve greater scalability and efficiency? Do you want a career that combines your engineering skills and your passion for video gaming? Are you fascinated by the technologies behind the Internet and cloud computing? If so, join us!
As a part of Sony Computer Entertainment, the Gaming, Developer, and Future Technology group (GDFT) is leading the cloud gaming revolution, putting console-quality video games on any device, from TVs to consoles to mobile devices and beyond. Our SREs focus on three main things: overall ownership of production, production code quality, and deployments. The successful candidate will be self-directed and able to participate in the way we make decisions at different levels.
We expect our SREs to have opinions on the state of our service, and provide critical feedback during different phases of the operational lifecycle. We are engaged throughout the S/W development lifecycle, ensuring operational readiness and stability.
Requirements
- Minimum of 5+ years working experience in Software Development and/or Linux Systems Administration role.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills; able to work effectively with engineers and stakeholders.
- Willingness to participate in an on-call rotation and lead/assist in incident response
Skills & Knowledge
- 5+ years of experience in software development and/or Linux systems administration in production environments.
- BS in Computer Science or equivalent experience required.
- Hands-on experience with Kong API Gateway or similar enterprise API gateway technologies.
- Operate and troubleshoot the gateway in production: routing/services, plugins, TLS/cert management, authn/authz, and performance/latency tuning.
- Own lifecycle and reliability practices: upgrades and configuration changes (IaC/GitOps), safe rollouts/rollback, monitoring, etc.
- Hands-on experience with Service Mesh technologies such as Istio, Linkerd or Kuma.
- Strong understanding of traffic management concepts, including routing, retries, timeouts, circuit breaking and traffic shifting (canary, blue/green)
- Familiarity with mTLS, service-to-service communication, and zero-trust networking principles
- Experience troubleshooting service mesh-related issues, including latency, connectivity, and policy misconfigurations
- Development experience in one or more of the following programming languages:
- Python (preferred)
- Bash, Go, Java, C++, or Rust
In addition, experience with:
- Distributed data storage at scale (Ceph, Rook)
- NoSQL at scale (MongoDB clusters, sharded Redis, Cassandra)
- Data Aggregation technologies. (ElasticSearch, Kafka)
- Scaling and running traditional RDBMS (PostgreSQL, MySQL) with High Availability
- Observability and incident management: Prometheus, Grafana, alerting/on-call workflows, post-incident review.
- Container orchestration (Kubernetes, Rancher) at scale
- Release Engineering (Package management and distribution at scale)
- S/W Performance analysis and load testing (QA or SDET experience: a plus)
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.
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.
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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.
Skills Required
- Minimum of 5+ years working experience in Software Development and/or Linux Systems Administration role.
- BS in Computer Science or equivalent experience required.
- Hands-on experience with Kong API Gateway or similar enterprise API gateway technologies.
- Hands-on experience with Service Mesh technologies such as Istio, Linkerd or Kuma.
- Strong understanding of traffic management concepts, including routing, retries, timeouts, circuit breaking and traffic shifting.
- Experience troubleshooting service mesh-related issues, including latency, connectivity, and policy misconfigurations.
PlayStation Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about PlayStation and has not been reviewed or approved by PlayStation.
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Healthcare Strength — The package includes medical, dental, vision, prescription coverage, mental wellbeing programs, disability, and life insurance. Feedback suggests coverage breadth is a consistent strength that helps anchor overall comp satisfaction.
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Retirement Support — U.S. offerings include a 401(k) with a company match along with student‑loan repayment and a college‑savings plan match. These financial supports are positioned as strong additions to total compensation.
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Parental & Family Support — Offerings include paid parental and family‑care leave, fertility and family‑forming support, backup care, and child developmental resources. Feedback suggests these programs are valued and contribute to a well‑rounded package.
PlayStation Insights
What We Do
PlayStation has been at the forefront of interactive and digital entertainment since the debut of our first console in 1994. Our products delight millions across the world through incredible games, cutting edge experiences and access to many types of media. This commitment to amazing our fans is at the core of who we are and one we share with Sony Corporation, internationally known as a leader in music, movies and consumer electronics. We can only achieve this goal by welcoming talented people and empowering them to do their best work. From game developers to data scientists, software engineers to cybersecurity experts, marketing to accounting and finance professionals, we’re always looking for talented people who share a passion for creating and our commitment to delivering amazement.
