Senior Service Reliability Engineer (Gamedev)

TL;DR

Senior Service Reliability Engineer (Cloud Gaming): Building and optimizing the reliability and scalability of cloud gaming services with an accent on platform-wide infrastructure and high-availability systems. Focus on designing scalable solutions, implementing monitoring and alerting, and managing large-scale distributed data storage.

Company

A global leader in entertainment producing the PlayStation family of products, services, and software titles.

What you will do

• Lead ongoing improvements in system reliability and scalability for cloud gaming services.
• Define KPIs and operational processes to drive continuous service improvement.
• Design and implement platform-wide infrastructure solutions and provide technical leadership.
• Mentor junior SRE staff and represent the SRE function within the wider organization.
• Manage operational scalability and influence architectural decisions across the division.
• Lead small-scale projects from inception to full implementation.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in software development or Linux systems administration.
• Proficiency as a Linux Production Systems Engineer managing large-scale web services infrastructure.
• Development experience in Python (preferred), Go, Java, C++, or Rust.
• Experience with distributed data storage (Hadoop, Ceph) or NoSQL (MongoDB, Redis, Cassandra).
• Experience with data aggregation (ElasticSearch, Kafka) and RDBMS High Availability (PostgreSQL, MySQL).
• Knowledge of Kubernetes, AWS, monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana), and configuration management (Ansible, Saltstack, Puppet, or Chef).

Nice to have

• Experience in software performance analysis and load testing (QA or SDET background).

Culture & Benefits

• Inclusive environment that empowers employees and embraces diversity.
• Opportunity to work on cutting-edge cloud gaming technology.
• Global team culture with a passion for innovation and play.