Kubernetes Platform Engineer (Controllers)
Sony Interactive Entertainment
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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
At PlayStation, we're leading the revolution in cloud gaming as we push the boundaries of what's possible! Would you like to use your skills, time, and passion for meaningful projects that are building the future? We're looking for a Platform Engineer who enjoys building Kubernetes-native systems and automation that operate reliably at global scale. If you're passionate about software engineering, Kubernetes, and solving challenging distributed systems problems, we'd love to hear from you. Come help us deliver a unique gaming experience to millions of players around the world.
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.
Sony is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All persons will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, legally protected physical or mental disability, covered veteran status, status in the U.S. uniformed services, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, genetic information or membership in any other legally protected category.
We strive to build an inclusive environment, empower employees and embrace diversity. We encourage everyone to apply.
We sincerely appreciate the time and effort you spent in contacting us, and we thank you for your interest in PlayStation.
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Equal Opportunity Statement:
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.
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.
Benefits
- parental leave
About this role
Sony Interactive Entertainment is building cloud gaming infrastructure at global scale, and this role sits at the heart of that effort. You'd be designing and developing Kubernetes controllers and operators that automate how platform services run across a hybrid environment spanning public cloud and on-premises data centers. The work involves building custom Kubernetes APIs, implementing reconciliation logic to manage distributed system state safely, and creating the automation that lets teams provision, configure, and manage large-scale infrastructure without manual intervention. You'd also contribute to a global workload placement system that intelligently schedules jobs across this hybrid infrastructure.
This is a role for someone with at least three years of professional software engineering experience and solid hands-on knowledge of Kubernetes in production. You'll need to be comfortable coding in Go or another modern language, understand Kubernetes architecture deeply, and have real experience building controllers, operators, or Kubernetes APIs. Experience with controller-runtime, Kubebuilder, or CRDs is expected; familiarity with bare metal infrastructure, hybrid cloud setups, or multi-cluster deployments is highly valued. You'd also benefit from understanding reconciliation patterns, Infrastructure as Code, and GitOps workflows.
Beyond technical skills, you'd be working across distributed teams in multiple time zones from the Dublin office on a hybrid basis. The role rewards curiosity, ownership, and a pragmatic approach to solving the unique challenges of operating software globally. If you've contributed to Kubernetes or CNCF ecosystem projects, that's a meaningful plus.
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