Sr Director Data Platform Engineering Operations
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$ 302900 - 454300
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Sr. Director Data Platform Engineering & Operations
San Mateo CA
TheSr. Director Data Platform Engineering & Operationsis a critical leadership role at SIE responsible for driving innovation and scalability across the companys data and AI platform ecosystem. This role oversees platforms including Data Infrastructure (Streaming Ingestion Warehouse and Data Ocean) Experimentation and Audience Platforms and Governance & Data Observability tools.
In this role you will ensure SIEs platforms process massive volumes of data delivering insights that enhance Player Creator Publisher and Enterprise experiences. By enabling datadriven decisions at scale you will drive the future of personalized gaming efficient operations and enterprise productivity through advanced AI and machine learning technologies.
As a strategic leader you will define and execute the vision for SIEs data and AI platform ecosystem ensuring scalable solutions that support key business objectives across gaming content creation and enterprise operations. Reporting to the VP of Data & AI you will lead global teams of engineers and experts to build platforms that democratize data and transform decisionmaking across the company.
This highly crossfunctional role works closely with senior leadership in engineering product and business to align the platform ecosystem with the organizations strategic goals.
Key Responsibilities:
Strategic Leadership:
- Define the longterm vision for SIEs Data and AI Platform ecosystem aligning with business goals and driving value across Player Creator Publisher and Enterprise touchpoints.
- Lead the development of platforms that process largescale realtime data from millions of users delivering insights to enhance gaming experiences content creation and enterprise productivity.
- Build scalable platforms for personalized player experiences content creation tools and enterprise efficiency optimizing performance and costeffectiveness.
Platform Development & Operations:
- Provide thought leadership in the design architecture and of the platform ecosystem ensuring innovation and seamless integration with SIEs global gaming services and enterprise operations.
- Ensure platforms are optimized for performance scalability and reliability processing billions of data points daily across Player Creator Publisher and Enterprise activities.
- Champion operational excellence by driving continuous improvements in platform cost efficiency performance and security to support SIEs global user base.
Crossfunctional Collaboration:
- Collaborate with senior leaders to deliver data and AI solutions that drive value across gaming content creation and enterprise operations.
- Work with teams to ensure data platforms improve engagement content creation monetization and efficiency.
- Ensure compliance with privacy security and regulatory requirements while supporting scalable data operations.
Innovation & Efficiency:
- Lead efforts to optimize platform performance reduce costs and improve data accessibility across gaming and enterprise operations.
- Implement innovative solutions to scale data operations and maximize value from Player Creator Publisher and Enterprise data.
- Drive AI/ML adoption to enhance gaming experiences content discovery operational efficiency and enterprise workflows.
Qualifications:
- Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science Data Engineering or a related field.
Experience:
Technical Expertise:
- 15 years of experience in data engineering platform engineering or related fields with deep expertise in designing and building distributed data systems and largescale data warehouses.
- Proven track record of architecting platforms capable of processing petabytes of data and supporting the realtime ingestion and processing of billions of data points daily across gaming and enterprise domains.
- Extensive experience in building and scaling cloudnative architectures (AWS Azure GCP) for data platforms with a strong focus on high availability fault tolerance and costefficiency.
- Demonstrated success in growing and evolving data platforms to meet the needs of a rapidly scaling business ensuring datadriven decisions are made at all levels of the organization.
- Extensive experience with Kafka for data streaming and realtime data ingestion.
- Strong handson knowledge of Databricks and Snowflake for scalable data engineering analytics and cloud data warehousing.
- Proven experience making buy vs. build decisions assessing inhouse development versus integrating thirdparty platforms based on cost scalability and business needs.
- Expertise with Data Governance tools such as Alation and Collibra for managing data catalogs compliance and data quality.
- Knowledge and experience with Data Observability tools to monitor data pipelines and ensure data accuracy reliability and transparency.
- Experience with experimentation platforms such as Optimizely Statsig and LaunchDarkly with a focus on A/B testing and feature management.
- Expertise in AI/ML platforms like AWS SageMaker and Databricks MLflow for machine learning model development deployment and MLOps practices.
Leadership & Strategic Skills:
- Proven leadership in building and leading highperforming global engineering teams balancing shortterm with longterm strategic growth.
- Strong strategic mindset translating business objectives into scalable technical solutions that deliver value across the organization.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills driving impactful solutions across engineering product and business teams.
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In addition this role is eligible for SIEs toptier benefits package that includes medical dental vision matching 401(k) paid time off wellness program and coveted employee discounts for Sony products. This role also may be eligible for a bonus package. Clickhere to learn more.
The estimated base pay range for this role is listed below.
$302900 $454300 USD
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Sony is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All persons will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender (including gender identity gender expression and gender reassignment) race (including colour nationality ethnic or national origin) religion or belief marital or civil partnership status disability age sexual orientation pregnancy maternity or parental status trade union membership or membership in any other legally protected category.
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Employment Type
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