San Diego, CA, USA Hybrid

Sony Interactive Entertainment (PlayStation) is hiring a Senior Software Engineer, ML Platform

About the Role

The role involves developing core infrastructure that powers machine learning applications across services, enabling teams to train, deploy, and manage models efficiently at scale.

Responsibilities

  • Design and build scalable infrastructure for machine learning workflows
  • Collaborate with data scientists and researchers to operationalize models
  • Optimize training and inference pipelines for performance and cost
  • Develop tools to automate deployment, monitoring, and scaling of ML systems
  • Ensure platform reliability, security, and compliance across environments
  • Integrate new hardware and distributed computing technologies into the platform
  • Support versioning, reproducibility, and experiment tracking for ML workflows
  • Work closely with product teams to understand requirements and deliver solutions
  • Improve data ingestion and processing frameworks for model training
  • Contribute to architectural decisions for cloud-native and on-premise systems
  • Maintain documentation and best practices for platform usage
  • Troubleshoot and resolve issues in production ML environments
  • Evaluate and adopt open-source and internal ML tools
  • Drive improvements in observability and debugging capabilities
  • Support model governance, including lineage and auditability
  • Help define standards for model performance and quality assurance
  • Participate in code reviews and system design discussions
  • Mentor junior engineers and promote technical excellence
  • Stay current with advancements in ML infrastructure and distributed systems
  • Contribute to long-term roadmap planning for platform evolution

Nice to Have

  • Master’s or PhD in computer science or related field
  • Direct experience scaling ML platforms in high-traffic environments
  • Deep knowledge of Kubernetes and cloud-native architectures
  • Hands-on experience with GPU-accelerated computing
  • Contributions to open-source ML or infrastructure projects
  • Experience with MLOps tools and platforms
  • Background in systems performance tuning and resource optimization
  • Familiarity with security practices in ML systems
  • Prior work in gaming, media, or interactive entertainment

Compensation

Competitive salary and benefits package

Work Arrangement

Hybrid

Team

Part of a dedicated platform engineering team focused on machine learning systems within a global interactive technology environment

About the Team

  • This group builds foundational systems that support machine learning initiatives across the organization, focusing on scalability, automation, and developer experience.
  • Engineers work on challenges involving distributed training, real-time inference, and integration with diverse data sources and applications.

What We Value

  • Technical rigor and attention to detail
  • Collaborative problem solving
  • Ownership of system performance and reliability
  • Continuous learning and knowledge sharing

Available for qualified candidates

Required Skills
JavaPythonAWSKinesisAmazon DynamoDBDatadogDistributed SystemsKubernetes
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Sony Interactive Entertainment (PlayStation)
PlayStation is a global leader in entertainment producing The PlayStation family of products and services including PlayStation®5, PlayStation®4, PlayStation®VR, PlayStation®Plus, and acclaimed PlayStation software titles from PlayStation Studios.
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Posted 6 months ago