Sony Interactive Entertainment

PlayStation hardware, network services, and games

Site Reliability Engineer 2

Site Reliability EngineeringConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-time

About the Job

Requirements

At least 5 years of work experience in software development and/or Linux systems administration.
A Bachelor of Science in Computer Science or equivalent experience is required.
Hands-on experience with Kong API Gateway or similar enterprise API gateway technologies, including operating and troubleshooting routing, services, plugins, TLS/certificate management, authentication and authorization, and performance/latency tuning.
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 such as canary and blue/green deployments.
Familiarity with mutual TLS, service-to-service communication, and zero-trust networking principles.
Experience troubleshooting service mesh issues, including latency, connectivity, and policy misconfigurations.
Development experience in one or more of Python, Bash, Go, Java, C++, or Rust.
Willingness to participate in an on-call rotation and lead or assist in incident response.
Strong written and verbal communication skills and ability to work effectively with engineers and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

Own production services, production code quality, and deployments.
Provide critical feedback on the state of the service throughout the operational lifecycle.
Engage throughout the software development lifecycle to ensure operational readiness and stability.
Operate and troubleshoot the API gateway in production, including its routing, services, plugins, TLS/certificate management, authentication and authorization, and performance/latency.
Own lifecycle and reliability practices for the gateway, including upgrades and configuration changes using infrastructure as code or GitOps, safe rollouts and rollbacks, and monitoring.
Troubleshoot service mesh issues, including latency, connectivity, and policy misconfigurations.
Participate in on-call rotations and lead or assist with incident response.

Desired Qualifications

Python is the preferred programming language.
Experience with distributed data storage at scale, such as Ceph or Rook.
Experience with NoSQL at scale, such as MongoDB clusters, sharded Redis, or Cassandra.
Experience with data aggregation technologies such as Elasticsearch or Kafka.
Experience scaling and running traditional relational database management systems such as PostgreSQL or MySQL with high availability.
Experience with observability and incident management, including Prometheus, Grafana, alerting/on-call workflows, and post-incident reviews.
Experience with container orchestration at scale, including Kubernetes or Rancher.
Experience with release engineering, including package management and distribution at scale.
Experience with software performance analysis and load testing; quality assurance or software development engineer in test experience is a plus.

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.

The estimated base pay range for this role is listed below.

$145,700—$218,500 USD

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.

Please refer to our Candidate Privacy Notice (where applicable) for more information about what personal information we collect, how we use it, who we share it with, and your data protection rights.

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.

The estimated base pay range for this role is listed below. 145700 - 218500 USD

Requirements at a Glance

Experience Level: Senior
Education: Bachelor of Science (BS)

Benefits

Health and wellness: Medical (PPO, HDHP, and HMO), dental, vision, disability, employee assistance program, flexible spending accounts, health savings account, student loan repayment assistance, education reimbursement program, wellness reimbursement, identity theft protection, basic and voluntary life and AD&D insurance, business travel accident insurance, 4.5% 401(k) match, commuter program, additional voluntary programs (group legal, pet insurance, auto and home insruance), onsite flu shots and biometric screenings
Family and time off: 12 paid holidays, generous PTO, paid parental leave, adoption assistance program, 529 college savings plan match, back-up child care, parental and elder care coaching
Perks: Sony product discounts, passport perks program, monthly $10 Playstation Network voucher, employee referral bonus, game launch events

About the Company

Sony Interactive Entertainment

PlayStation hardware, network services, and games

PlayStation is a division that develops and operates PlayStation hardware, software, and online services for a global audience. Its products include consoles, games from PlayStation Studios, and the PlayStation Network, which enables digital purchases, online multiplayer, and cloud saves. A PlayStation console plays games from discs or downloads, connects to PSN for online features, and uses digital stores to access a library of games from first- and third-party partners. The goal is to provide borderless, high-quality entertainment and grow the PlayStation ecosystem by tightly integrating devices, services, and exclusive content.

Company size: 10,001+
Company stage: Not listed
Total funding: Not listed
Headquarters: San Mateo, CA
Founded: 1994

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