Kubernetes Platform Engineer

Why Sony Interactive Entertainment?

Sony Interactive Entertainment isn't just the Best Place to Play — it's also the Best Place to Work. Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) is the company behind the PlayStation brand. As a subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation, we're part of a proud legacy of innovation and excellence. SIE is a dynamic technology company, delivering cutting-edge hardware and network services to more than 100 million people and an entertainment leader, home to some of the most beloved and recognizable intellectual properties (IP) in the world. Our role at SIE is to create and nurture the experiences under the PlayStation brand, a name synonymous with entertainment excellence and creativity.

Kubernetes Platform Engineer (Controllers)

Sony Interactive Entertainment

Responsibilities

• Design and develop Kubernetes controllers and operators that automate the lifecycle of platform services.
• Contribute to the development of our global workload placement system, enabling intelligent scheduling across Kubernetes clusters running in both public cloud and on-premises data centers.
• Develop Kubernetes APIs and Custom Resource Definitions (CRDs) that provide clean, maintainable interfaces for platform capabilities.
• Build and maintain reconciliation logic that safely manages distributed system state.
• Develop controllers and operators that automate provisioning, configuration, upgrades, and lifecycle management of Kubernetes-based platform components deployed across hybrid cloud environments.
• Work closely with platform and service teams to build automation that simplifies operating large-scale distributed systems.
• Improve the reliability, scalability, observability, and maintainability of the platform through thoughtful engineering and continuous improvement.
• Investigate production issues and participate in root cause analysis to improve platform reliability.

Requirements

• Solid understanding of Kubernetes architecture, lifecycle and core concepts, including workloads running across cloud and on-premises environments.
• Experience developing software in Go or another modern programming language, with an interest in Go development.
• Experience building software for Linux-based environments.
• Experience with Kubernetes development, including controllers, operators, or Kubernetes APIs.
• 3+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Strong problem-solving skills and a desire to learn new technologies.

Skills & Knowledge

• Understanding of Kubernetes reconciliation patterns and declarative system design; especially understanding the principals of Communicating Sequential Processes (CSP).
• Experience using Kubernetes in production environments.
• Familiarity with controller-runtime, Kubebuilder, Custom Resource Definitions (CRDs), Common Expression Language (CEL) rules, or Kubernetes API extension mechanisms.
• Experience building or operating distributed systems spanning public cloud and on-premises infrastructure.
• Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and GitOps workflows.
• Experience working with bare metal infrastructure, hybrid cloud environments, or multi-cluster Kubernetes deployments is highly desirable.
• Experience with Cluster API (CAPI), SIG Multicluster, Karmada, or other Kubernetes ecosystem projects is a plus.

Additional Attributes

• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Comfortable working as part of a distributed engineering team across multiple time zones.
• Takes ownership of assigned work and follows through to completion.
• Curious, pragmatic, and eager to learn from teammates while sharing knowledge with others.
• Enjoys solving the unique engineering challenges of operating software across globally distributed cloud and on-premises infrastructure.
• Passionate about building reliable systems and improving the user experience.
• Contributions to open source projects, particularly within the Kubernetes or CNCF ecosystem, are a plus.

Please note, Sony Interactive Entertainment conducts background checks at the offer stage for all new employees (which may include criminal background checks for some roles) and will need to process personal information to support these checks.

Equal Opportunity Statement:

We strive to create an inclusive environment, empower employees and embrace diversity. We encourage everyone to respond.

Sony Interactive Entertainment is a Fair Chance employer and qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records will be considered for employment.