Principal Platform Architect
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$ 230000 - 260000
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Job Description
Join the Sony Engagement Platform Services (SEPS) Team where innovation meets collaboration in the dynamic world of digital engagement. At SEPS we are building the next-generation platform that powers how fans connect with the contentand the creatorsthey love. Our mission is to unlock meaningful data-driven engagement across Sonys entertainment ecosystem from games and anime to music film and live experiencesempowering both internal teams and external partners to build at scale. Our mission is to create a world-class engagement platform that not only enhances existing revenue streams but also drives new opportunities through a robust ecosystem of partners and creators. By decoupling application development from platform services we empower our teams to deliver exceptional solutions with agility and efficiency. If you are passionate about shaping the future of digital engagement and want to be part of a vibrant community that values creativity and collaboration we invite you to explore the exciting opportunities within our team. Together we will shape the future of fan experiences and define the foundation for whats possible in the realm of engagement. To learn more visit: SUMMARY
As the Principal Platform Architect for the Sony Engagement Platform you will play a strategic and hands-on role in shaping the technical foundation of a next-generation engagement platform that serves Sonys global ecosystemincluding games music film anime and live experiences.
You will be responsible for setting the architectural vision ensuring technical excellence and driving platform-wide standards across distributed systems APIs identity personalization and developer enablement services. Partnering closely with engineering leadership product management and cross-functional stakeholders you will lead the design and evolution of scalable secure and extensible platform services that power seamless user experiences and cross-business integrations.
This is a high-impact leadership role for a visionary architect who thrives in complex environments excels at translating business strategy into technology solutions and is passionate about building platforms that enable innovation at scale.
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
- Define and evolve the architectural vision for the Sony Engagement Platform ensuring it is scalable secure resilient and aligned with long-term business and technical goals.
- Design and lead the development of core platform services including APIs microservices identity personalization and data pipelines enabling seamless integration across Sonys global business units.
- Drive architectural consistency and technical excellence establishing best practices for system design software development performance optimization and observability.
- Collaborate with cross-functional leaders in engineering product security and operations to translate complex requirements into pragmatic high-impact architectural solutions.
- Evaluate and guide technology decisions performing trade-off analyses and leading the adoption of emerging tools frameworks and patterns as appropriate.
- Mentor and influence engineering teams elevating engineering quality by guiding design reviews fostering architectural thinking and advocating for platform-first principles.
- Champion platform scalability and efficiency ensuring the platform can support rapid growth and a wide variety of use cases across Sonys entertainment ecosystem.
- Document and communicate architecture standards and decisions providing clear guidance to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Act as a technical thought leader representing the platform architecture in strategic planning sessions and helping to shape the overall direction of digital engagement at Sony.
- Defines the technical vision architectural foundation and engineering standards for a modern scalable identity platform.
- Honesty trustworthiness and ethical conduct are material requirements for the responsibilities outlined above
QUALIFICATIONS FOR POSITION
Your qualifications and experience should include:
- BS Degree in Engineering Computer Science or equivalent experience.
- 10 years experience in software development architecture programming design and analysis.
- Expertise in programming languages and technologies including Java Python Golang and infrastructure as code.
- Experience delivering high performance active-active scalable services (Enterprise Java/J2EE Web Services Big Data/NoSQL).
- Track record monitoring and analyzing system performance isolating issues or bottlenecks that could impact reliability performance and scalability.
- Identifying and mitigating technical risks.
- Strong knowledge of SQL and NoSQL programming (Oracle Cassandra Amazon Aurora) including both relational database schema designs and schema-less systems.
- Hands-on experience in Amazon Web Services at enterprise scale is required including familiarity with DynamoDB Aurora EC2 and other AWS services.
- Experience executing performance testing and/or development efforts for a complex high throughput system.
- Solid understanding of the path(s) customer requests flow from web browser to back-end.
- Extensive experience with agile development methodologies and test-driven development processes required.
- Experience with open source technology stacks and scripting technologies required.
- Ability to handle periodic on-call duty as well as out-of-band requests.
- Possess the drive and passion for quality with the ability to inspire excite and motivate other team members.
- Possess outstanding verbal and written communication skills and be able to work with others at all levels effective at working with geographically remote and culturally diverse teams.
In addition to competitive pay and benefits we offer an environment and culture that promotes Diversity Equity and Inclusion. We are committed to creating an inclusive employee experience for you to thrive as part of Sonys purpose to fill the world with emotion through the power of creativity and technology.
Benefits:
SCA offers benefits-eligible employees (generally regular employees scheduled to work 20 or more hours a week) a comprehensive benefits program that offers coverage and support for employees and their familys physical emotional and financial well-being.
What we offer you:
Comprehensive medical prescription drug dental and vision coverage with coverage for spouses/domestic partners and child dependents including access to a Health Savings Account (HSA) and Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
Employee assistance plan and comprehensive behavioral health benefits
Fertility benefits including surrogacy and adoption assistance programs
Basic and supplemental life insurance for employees as well as supplemental life insurance coverage for their spouses/domestic partners and children
Voluntary benefits such as group legal identity theft protection accident and hospital indemnity insurance
Short-term & long-term disability plans
Paid parental and caregiver leave
401(k) Plan with pre-tax Roth and after-tax options and company match with immediate vesting
Education assistance and student loan programs
Other Programs:
Flexible Work Arrangements including remote and hybrid work schedules
Time off to include vacation paid holidays sick leave Summer Fridays (early release) and a winter break between Christmas and New Years Day (based on business needs)
Referral bonuses (subject to eligibility)
Matching gift program
A wide variety of employee business resource groups (EBRGs)
Special discounts on Sony products offered exclusively to Sony employees
Employee stock purchase plan (Sony covers commissions and fees for your Sony stock purchases made through after-tax payroll deductions)
Annual incentive bonus
The anticipated annual base salary for this position is $230000 to $260000. This range does not include any other compensation components or other benefits that an individual may be eligible for. The actual base salary offered depends on a variety of factors which may include as applicable the qualifications of the individual applicant for the position years of relevant experience specific and unique skills level of education attained certifications or other professional licenses held and the location in which the applicant lives and/or from which they will be performing the job.
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SCA will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records in accordance with applicable law.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any basis protected by applicable federal state or local law ordinance or regulation.
Disability Accommodation for Applicants to Sony Corporation of America
Sony Corporation of America provides reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in job application procedures. For reasonable accommodation requests please contact us by email at or by mail to: Sony Corporation of America Human Resources Department 25 Madison Avenue New York NY 10010. Please indicate the position you are applying for.
Required Experience:
Staff IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
