Software Engineer, AI/MLSony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) PlayStation; San Diego, CA
Who we areThe
Direct to Consumer (D2C) Data Science organization comprises Data Science, Data Engineering and ML Engineering practices. D2C Data Science helps PlayStation grow and operate its digital business across commerce, subscriptions, payments, lifecycle experiences and player-facing services. We partner with product, engineering, finance, marketing and operations teams to turn experimentation, forecasting, AI and production-quality measurement into better player experiences.
Role overviewWithin D2C Data Science, the D2C ML Engineering team is seeking a software engineer to help design, build, and support production AI platform capabilities that solve high-value business problems across the broader digital commerce ecosystem. This is not a model-training or predictive-platform ownership role; it is an engineering role focused on turning AI into dependable products, services, and automation.
The ideal candidate is a strong software engineer with backend experience and practical hands-on applied AI experience.
What you'll be doing:- Create services, workflows, and reusable components for LLM-powered solutions.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to understand use cases, identify if and how AI could be used, prototype solutions, measure outcomes, and help move proven capabilities into production.
- Develop scalable APIs, microservices, and event-driven workflows in Python or Java, with attention to reliability, resilience, security, cost efficiency, and clean integration with existing services.
What we're looking for:- Bachelor's or Master's degree in computer science, engineering or related with 2+ years of professional software engineering experience.
- Hands-on experience building AI or generative AI features that connect model APIs to business workflows, data, documents, or internal services.
- Strong software engineering skills in Python and/or Java, including API development, testing, debugging, asynchronous processing, and maintainable service design.
- Experience with AWS or equivalent cloud services
- Possesses exceptional communication skills, able to turn business requirements into technical tasks, collaborate across teams, and explain AI tradeoffs in clear, practical terms.
Preferred Skills:- Experience with AI orchestration patterns
- Experience supporting a production system
- Familiarity with Model Context Protocol
- Experience with text, image, document, audio, or video models, including multimodal embeddings, OCR/document understanding, or content moderation workflows.
PlayStation isn't just the Best Place to Play - it's also the Best Place to Work. We've thrilled gamers since 1994 when we launched the original PlayStation. Today, we're recognized as a global leader in interactive and digital entertainment. The PlayStation brand falls under Sony Interactive Entertainment, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Corporation.
At SIE, we consider several factors when setting each role's base pay range, including the competitive benchmarking data for the market and geographic location.
Please note that the base pay range may vary in line with our hybrid working policy and individual base pay will be determined based on job-related factors which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location.
In addition, this role is eligible for SIE's top-tier benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, matching 401(k), paid time off, wellness program and coveted employee discounts for Sony products. This role also may be eligible for a bonus package. Click
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The estimated base pay range for this role is listed below.
$150,000-$225,000 USD
