Site Reliability Engineer, PlayStation
Gaming and digital entertainment provider
Open for applications
Gaming and digital entertainment provider
1001+ employees
Open for applications
1001+ employees
Company mission
To create a gaming experience without barriers that fits the needs of players of all abilities.
Role
Who you are
- The successful candidate will be self-directed and able to participate in the way we make decisions at different levels
- Minimum of 5+ years working experience in Software Development and/or Linux Systems Administration role
- Strong interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills
- Available to be scheduled in on-call rotation
- Proficient as a Linux Production Systems Engineer, with experience managing large scale Web Services infrastructure
- Development experience in one or more of the following programming languages:
- Python (preferred)
- Bash, Go, Java, C++, or Rust
- In addition, experience with at least 3 of the following topics:
- Distributed data storage at scale (Hadoop, Ceph)
- NoSQL at scale (MongoDB, Redis, Cassandra)
- Data Aggregation technologies. (ElasticSearch, Kafka)
- Scaling and running traditional RDBMS (PostgreSQL, MySQL) with High Availability
- Monitoring & Alerting (Prometheus, Grafana), and Incident Management toolsets
- Kubernetes and/or AWS (deployment and management)
- Software Distribution (Package management and distribution at scale)
- Configuration Management (ansible, saltstack, puppet, chef)
- S/W Performance analysis and load testing (QA or SDET experience: a plus)
What the job involves
- As a part of Sony Computer Entertainment, the Gaming, Developer & 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 Site Reliability Engineering team plays a significant role in delivering on the promise of a great cloud gaming experience to our customers
- We do this by influencing design and operational decisions towards the overall stability of the gaming service
- Our SREs focus on three main things: overall ownership of production, production code quality, and deployments
- 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 software development lifecycle, ensuring the operational readiness and stability
- Lead team technical discussions, especially around ongoing improvements in Reliability and Scalability
- Be involved in creating High Level Designs (HLDs) for new products and platforms
- Mentor junior SRE staff and enable them for success
- Lead incident response and post-mortem activities within your assigned service team
- Work with other Engineers in a cross-functional team to prioritise reliability improvements to address technical debt and toil
- Contribute to code to improve reliability
- Implement automation to reduce ongoing toil
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 revolutionise 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.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
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
Hideaki Nishino
(CEO)Previously Senior VP of Product STrategy and Management at Sony. Before that he worked for Sony as a Deputy General Manager and a Senior Director.
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