Staff Solution Architect

PlayStation isn't just the Best Place to Play - it's also the Best Place to Work. Today, we're recognized as a global leader in entertainment producing the PlayStation family of products and services including PlayStation5, PlayStationVR, PlayStationPlus, PlayStationNow, acclaimed PlayStation software titles from PlayStation Studios, and more.

As a member of Sony Interactive Entertainment's architecture, you'll have the opportunity to shape the future of distributed systems that power PlayStation's platforms and services. We are looking for a Staff Solution Architect to provide technical leadership across high-impact initiatives, bridging engineering teams, business needs, and future-facing modernization efforts.

In this role, you will apply deep technical expertise in distributed systems, cloud-native platforms, and Kubernetes to define scalable architectures, mentor teams, and drive cross-org alignment. You will work with creative, forward-thinking, and collaborative teammates across infrastructure, product engineering, and partner-facing groups to enable innovation while ensuring resilient, future-ready platforms.

This position offers a healthy mix of architecture definition, leadership, and hands-on technical exploration. An ideal candidate thrives in ambiguity, influences across organizational boundaries, and takes pride in enabling others' success.

• Lead the design and evolution of distributed system architectures that support core SIE platforms and services.
• Drive cross-org collaboration through technical forums, ensuring alignment on modernization, platform resilience, and developer experience.
• Contribute to the broader SIE technology strategy, especially in areas like GenAI adoption, AI-assisted developer productivity, and cloud-native modernization
• Engage in hands-on development to prototype new solutions, validate architectural decisions, and model best practices for engineering teams.
• Mentor and guide engineers at all levels, helping staff and senior engineers grow into architectural leaders.
• Serve as a bridge across multiple teams, balancing business impact, technical debt, and long-term platform strategy.
• Develop patterns and reference architectures for Kubernetes, CRDs, and Operators, promoting consistency and reuse across teams.
• Provide thought leadership on future-state blueprints, including hybrid hosting, service mesh, multi-region resilience, and data movement patterns.
• Partnering with product leads to co-define user journeys, ensuring technical design enables scalable and developer-friendly workflows.
• Escalate and resolve complex production issues with architectural insight, guiding teams toward robust solutions.

• BS in Computer Science (or related field); advanced degree a plus.
• 5+ years of experience designing and implementing distributed systems.
• 7+ years of development experience in one/more of the programming languages : Java, Rust, Python or C++.
• 3+ years of experience developing with Kubernetes, including CRDs and Operators (Operators a strong plus).
• Demonstrated experience leading cross-functional teams or initiatives, with proven ability to influence beyond direct authority.
• Proven ability to solve complex technical problems and design multi-team, cross-domain architectures that align business goals with scalable engineering solutions
• Strong understanding of cloud-native architecture patterns, including service mesh, hybrid hosting, and multi-cloud.
• Experience contributing to architectural forums, reviews, or boards.
• Excellent communication and storytelling skills; able to explain complex systems to both executives and engineers.
• Familiarity with AI/ML trends and ability to evaluate emerging technologies for business impact.

• Strong system design and diagramming skills (C4, UML, etc.).
• Proficiency in debugging and resolving complex distributed systems issues.
• Knowledge of cloud orchestration, storage, and networking fundamentals.
• Ability to balance innovation and standardization in architectural decisions.
• Track record of mentorship and leadership, enabling career growth of other engineers.
• Curiosity and passion for exploring new technologies and applying them meaningfully to production environments.
• Proven expertise in building architectures that optimize developer experience and platform scalability

• Experience in platform modernization or large-scale migration programs.
• Contributions to open-source projects in Kubernetes, cloud infrastructure, or distributed systems.
• Familiarity with developer experience enablement and productivity engineering.
• Strong accountability and collaborative mentality embodies PlayStation values of planning over heroics, customer focus, and having each other's backs.

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 color, nationality, ethnic or national origin), religion or belief, marital or civil partnership status, disability, age, sexual orientation, pregnancy, birthing parent or parental status, trade union membership or membership in any other legally protected category.

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

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

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