Hiring: Software Engineer II Data Reliability & Automation (APIs) Company: Sony Interactive Entertainment Location: San Diego, CA Job Posted Time: 2026-09-12 11:06:32 Employment Type: Hybrid Target Skills & Keywords : AWS, Aurora, Cassandra, DynamoDB, GCP, Infrastructure as Code, Kafka, Kubernetes, Linux, Redis, SQL, Terraform About the job Experience: •3+ years of experience in software engineering, database reliability engineering, site reliability engineering, platform engineering, infrastructure automation, or a related field. Required Skills: •We are seeking a Software Engineer II to help build, automate, and operate scalable data infrastructure across cloud environments. •This role combines backend software development with infrastructure automation and operational engineering. You’ll develop Go services, APIs, Terraform modules, and automation for provisioning and managing databases, streaming platforms, and caching services such as Cassandra, Aurora, Aerospike, Kafka, and Redis. •You’ll also contribute to enabling self-service experiences that translate developer intent into validated infrastructure configurations and provisioning workflows. Working alongside senior engineers and platform teams, you’ll help ensure these capabilities are reliable, secure, observable, and safe to operate at scale. •Develop and maintain software, APIs, and automation for provisioning and managing database, streaming, and caching infrastructure. •Build and maintain reusable Terraform modules and Infrastructure as Code workflows for cloud, Kubernetes, and data-platform services. •Develop backend services and platform tooling in Go to support infrastructure provisioning, configuration, and lifecycle management. •Automate operational activities such as deployment, configuration, scaling, upgrades, backup, recovery, failover, and decommissioning. •Help operate and improve SQL, NoSQL, streaming, and caching platforms at scale, including technologies such as Cassandra, Aurora, Aerospike, Kafka/MSK, Redis, DynamoDB, and ElastiCache. Qualifications: •Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience. •Hands on experience using Terraform to provision and manage cloud infrastructure. •Solid functional working knowledge of one or more SQL, NoSQL, streaming, or caching technologies, such as Cassandra, Aurora, Aerospike, Kafka, AWS MSK, Redis, DynamoDB, or ElastiCache. •Understanding of database and distributed-system concepts such as replication, partitioning, consistency, availability, fault tolerance, backup, and recovery. •Operational familiarity with the operational requirements of stateful systems, including capacity planning, performance monitoring, scaling, upgrades, backup and recovery, and incident troubleshooting. •Solid functional working knowledge of Kubernetes and experience deploying or operating containerized workloads. •Understanding of Linux, networking, storage systems, and common troubleshooting techniques. •Operational familiarity with observability practices, including metrics, structured logging, tracing, alerting, and dashboards. •Strong problem-solving and analytical skills, with an interest in infrastructure automation and distributed-system reliability. •Strong written and verbal communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively across teams. Compensation: •$150,100 - $225,100 / year Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!