Senior Platform Engineer, PlayStation
Infrastructure API
Gaming and digital entertainment provider
Posted today
Gaming and digital entertainment provider
1001+ employees
Posted today
1001+ employees
Company mission
To create a gaming experience without barriers that fits the needs of players of all abilities.
Role
Who you are
- At PlayStation, we're leading the revolution in cloud gaming as we push the boundaries of what's possible! Would you like to use your skills, time, and passion for meaningful projects that are building the future?
- We're looking for a Platform Engineer with proven experience in modern software delivery who loves crafting efficient, flexible and low friction systems to manage workloads at a global scale
- If that sounds like something you would love to do, we want to hear from you! Come help us deliver a unique gaming experience to millions of players!
- Demonstrated work with a modern object-oriented programming language, preferably Go
- Experience managing bare metal systems on premise or in hybrid environments
- 5+ years of experience with Linux systems tooling and troubleshooting
- Proven ability to mentor Junior Members of the team
- Automated Ubuntu deployments (cloud-init, ignition, Openstack or similar)
- Ability to support engineers with solving problems in integrating their systems with core Kubernetes components is preferred
- Experience integrating with globally distributed large scale Private and Public Cloud Environments
- Deep understanding of IAC, both design and implementation
- Ability to trace and diagnose Linux network stack traffic flows
- Strong communication skills
- Experience with Kubernetes development including operators and controllers is a plus
- Experience with collaboration in a distributed team across multiple timezones
- High energy, driven to positively impact the business with customer-first thinking
- Must be self starter who understands that ownership means distributing the knowledge of your work so that everyone benefits
- Experience with the Prometheus monitoring ecosystem is a plus
- Being a Contributor to Open Source Software is a plus
What the job involves
- Development and Implementation of our internal infrastructure platform
- Designing and building APIs to support the internal infrastructure platform used for managing the lifecycle of bare metal hosts
- Improving Reliability, Performance and Feature Set of the infrastructure platform based on internal customer needs
- Identifying and diagnosing issues in deployments together with software development teams
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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Insights
8% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Private medical insurance
- Private dental insurance
- Flexible working policy (remote working, flexible hours)
- Free fruit every day in our offices
- On-site free gym (London & Liverpool)
- On-site subsidised cafés
- On-site bar (Thursdays & Fridays, London & Liverpool)
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Eye care assistance
- x2 volunteering days each year
- Group pension plan
- Discretionary bonus scheme
- Season ticket loans
- Life assurance
- Income protection
- 25 days holiday, plus Bank Holidays
- Discretionary days off over Christmas and summer
- Free giveaways of select first party products and services
- Discounts on PlayStation products
- Discounts on Sony products
- Access to other corporate discounts
Company HQ
East San Mateo, San Mateo, CA
Leadership
Jim Ryan
(CEO, not founder)Ryan joined Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe (SIEE) in 1994. Taking over as SIEE president in 2011, he later moved on to head of global sales and marketing at SIE in April 2016. Ryan has served as deputy president of SIE since January 2018, before being appointed CEO in February 2019.
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