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 content—and the creators—they love. Our mission is to unlock meaningful, data-driven engagement across Sony’s entertainment ecosystem, from games and anime to music, film, and live experiences—empowering 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 what’s possible in the realm of engagement.

POSITION 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 Sony’s global ecosystem—including 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.

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 Sony’s 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 family’s 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 Year’s 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 $230,000 to $260,000. 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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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local law, ordinance, or regulation.
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• 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 Sony’s 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 Sony’s 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