Lead Software Engineer - Data

Location: United Kingdom, London. Flexible hybrid working arrangement, with most time remote and office attendance for important team meetings, collaboration sessions, and business activities.

Company

hirify.global develops the PlayStation brand, hardware, network services, and game analytics solutions for PlayStation Studios.

What you will do

• Own integrations with the data platform, including BI tooling, APIs, internal websites, and other tools.
• Develop and maintain data pipelines and integrations supporting game analytics.
• Scale the platform, enable studio self-service, and help define its technical direction.
• Drive improvements aligned with technical and business goals.
• Collaborate with DevOps, data and frontend engineers, and stakeholders across the studio business group.
• Support existing tooling, improve quality and documentation, and share technical expertise.

Requirements

• Experience building data integrations between different platforms, including APIs and pipelines.
• Proficiency in Go, or Python experience with willingness to learn Go.
• Experience building robust, scalable, and resilient services.
• Demonstrable measurable impact in current or previous roles.
• Experience taking primary ownership of parts of a platform.
• Experience with AWS services including Amazon S3, Lambda, Redshift, Kinesis, Data Firehose, Athena, and AWS Glue.

Nice to have

• Use of AI during the development cycle, including Claude Code, Codex, or other harnesses.
• Experience integrating with Omni Analytics or similar BI tools such as Looker or Tableau.
• GitHub and GitHub Actions experience.

Culture & Benefits

• Work in a cross-disciplinary Data Platform team supporting PlayStation game development and analytics.
• Flexible hybrid work with remote-first day-to-day work and office collaboration when beneficial.
• Inclusive and equal-opportunity workplace that encourages applications from all backgrounds.
• Background checks are conducted at the offer stage for all new employees and may include criminal background checks for some roles.