<div class="content-intro"><p><strong>Why Sony Interactive Entertainment?</strong></p> <p>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.</p></div><p><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Kubernetes Platform Engineer (Controllers) </strong> </span></p> <p><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Sony Interactive Entertainment</strong> </span></p> <p><span style="color: #000000;">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.</span></p> <h2><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Responsibilities</strong></span></h2> <ul> <li style="color: #000000 !important;"><span style="color: #000000;">Design and develop Kubernetes controllers and operators that automate the lifecycle of platform services.</span></li> <li style="color: #000000 !important;"><span style="color: #000000;">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. </span></li> <li style="color: #000000 !important;"><span style="color: #000000;">Develop Kubernetes APIs and Custom Resource Definitions (CRDs) that provide clean, maintainable interfaces for platform capabilities.</span></li> <li style="color: #000000 !important;"><span style="color: #000000;">Build and maintain reconciliation logic that safely manages distributed system state.</span></li> <li style="color: #000000 !important;"><span style="color: #000000;">Develop controllers and operators that automate provisioning, configuration, upgrades, and lifecycle management of Kubernetes-based platform components deployed across hybrid cloud environments. </span></li> <li style="color: #000000 !important;"><span style="color: #000000;">Work closely with platform and service teams to build automation that simplifies operating large-scale distributed systems.</span></li> <li style="color: #000000 !important;"><span style="color: #000000;">Improve the reliability, scalability, observability, and maintainability of the platform through thoughtful engineering and continuous improvement.</span></li> <li style="color: #000000 !important;"><span style="color: #000000;">Investigate production issues and participate in root cause analysis to improve platform reliability.</span></li> </ul> <h2><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Requirements</strong></span></h2> <ul> <li style="color: #000000 !important;"><span style="color: #000000;">Solid understanding of Kubernetes architecture, lifecycle and core concepts, including workloads running across cloud and on-premises environments. </span></li> <li style="color: #000000 !important;"><span style="color: #000000;">Experience developing software in Go or another modern programming language, with an interest in Go development.</span></li> <li style="color: #000000 !important;"><span style="color: #000000;">Experience building software for Linux-based environments.</span></li> <li style="color: #000000 !important;"><span style="color: #000000;">Experience with Kubernetes development, including controllers, operators, or Kubernetes APIs.</span></li> <li style="color: #000000 !important;"><span style="color: #000000;">3+ years of professional software engineering experience.</span></li> <li style="color: #000000 !important;"><span style="color: #000000;">Strong problem-solving skills and a desire to learn new technologies.</span></li> </ul> <h2><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Skills & Knowledge</strong></span></h2> <ul> <li style="color: #000000 !important;"><span style="color: #000000;">Understanding of Kubernetes reconciliation patterns and declarative system design; especially understanding the principals of Communicating Sequential Processes (CSP).</span></li> <li style="color: #000000 !important;"><span style="color: #000000;">Experience using Kubernetes in production environments.</span></li> <li style="color: #000000 !important;"><span style="color: #000000;">Familiarity with controller-runtime, Kubebuilder, Custom Resource Definitions (CRDs), Common Expression Language (CEL) rules, or Kubernetes API extension mechanisms.</span></li> <li s