Kubernetes Platform Engineer, PlayStation
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Gaming and digital entertainment provider
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Gaming and digital entertainment provider
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
1001+ employees
Company mission
To create a gaming experience without barriers that fits the needs of players of all abilities.
Role
Who you are
- If you're passionate about software engineering, Kubernetes, and solving challenging distributed systems problems, we'd love to hear from you
- Solid understanding of Kubernetes architecture, lifecycle and core concepts, including workloads running across cloud and on-premises environments
- Experience developing software in Go or another modern programming language, with an interest in Go development
- Experience building software for Linux-based environments
- Experience with Kubernetes development, including controllers, operators, or Kubernetes APIs
- 3+ years of professional software engineering experience
- Strong problem-solving skills and a desire to learn new technologies
- Understanding of Kubernetes reconciliation patterns and declarative system design; especially understanding the principals of Communicating Sequential Processes (CSP)
- Experience using Kubernetes in production environments
- Familiarity with controller-runtime, Kubebuilder, Custom Resource Definitions (CRDs), Common Expression Language (CEL) rules, or Kubernetes API extension mechanisms
- Experience building or operating distributed systems spanning public cloud and on-premises infrastructure
- Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and GitOps workflows
- Experience working with bare metal infrastructure, hybrid cloud environments, or multi-cluster Kubernetes deployments is highly desirable
- Experience with Cluster API (CAPI), SIG Multicluster, Karmada, or other Kubernetes ecosystem projects is a plus
- Strong communication and collaboration skills
- Comfortable working as part of a distributed engineering team across multiple time zones
- Takes ownership of assigned work and follows through to completion
- Curious, pragmatic, and eager to learn from teammates while sharing knowledge with others
- Enjoys solving the unique engineering challenges of operating software across globally distributed cloud and on-premises infrastructure
- Passionate about building reliable systems and improving the user experience
- Contributions to open source projects, particularly within the Kubernetes or CNCF ecosystem, are a plus
What the job involves
- We're looking for a Platform Engineer who enjoys building Kubernetes-native systems and automation that operate reliably at global scale
- Come help us deliver a unique gaming experience to millions of players around the world
- Design and develop Kubernetes controllers and operators that automate the lifecycle of platform services
- Contribute to the development of our global workload placement system, enabling intelligent scheduling across Kubernetes clusters running in both public cloud and on-premises data centers
- Develop Kubernetes APIs and Custom Resource Definitions (CRDs) that provide clean, maintainable interfaces for platform capabilities
- Build and maintain reconciliation logic that safely manages distributed system state
- Develop controllers and operators that automate provisioning, configuration, upgrades, and lifecycle management of Kubernetes-based platform components deployed across hybrid cloud environments
- Work closely with platform and service teams to build automation that simplifies operating large-scale distributed systems
- Improve the reliability, scalability, observability, and maintainability of the platform through thoughtful engineering and continuous improvement
- Investigate production issues and participate in root cause analysis to improve platform reliability
Our take
Since the release of the PS1 in 1994, PlayStation has been a consistent leader in the video gaming market. Its consoles are iconic in the gaming community - PlayStation has produced both the top-selling and fastest-selling console of all time - and the company is still pushing boundaries. Its current flagship - the PS5 - promises to revolutionize gaming, featuring new technology that will create improvements across the board.
As well as its consoles, PlayStation has also developed online services, connecting its users and giving them access to diversified media. A PlayStation can be used for a huge range of activities - from Netflix to guided workouts - which has led to the expansion of the company's audience over time and across generations.
PlayStation faces competition in its field from the likes of Microsoft, with its Xbox range, and PC gaming, which has been becoming more popular in recent years. Regardless, PlayStation shows no signs of slowing down. The upcoming implementation of in-game ads in free games looks to significantly increase revenue, and the wider PlayStation gaming experience also appears to be evolving from plans to launch live service games in upcoming years.
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8% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company HQ
East San Mateo, San Mateo, CA
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