# Staff Software Engineer – Data

Hiring organization: [Bend Studio](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/bend-studio)

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/647f765c-1e5a-4784-9e60-0164eef7910f

Listed on Bend Studio's own careers site. Applications go to them directly.

- Seniority: Staff
- Location: San Diego, CA
- Salary: 198200 – 297400 USD per year

## Summary

A technical leadership role building real-time analytics platforms that process high-volume data streams across PlayStation's gaming infrastructure. Suited to experienced distributed systems engineers who want to own platform architecture, mentor others, and solve problems at massive scale.

_Our summary, not Bend Studio's wording._

## Skills named

Apache Flink, Apache Kafka, ClickHouse, Python, Scala

## Required

- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field (or equivalent experience)
- 8+ years designing and building large-scale distributed systems
- Strong proficiency in Python for production-grade distributed systems
- Hands-on expertise with Apache Flink, Apache Spark Structured Streaming, or equivalent stream processing
- Production experience with ClickHouse, Apache Druid, or equivalent OLAP databases
- Experience building event-driven data pipelines with Kafka or AWS MSK
- Experience applying AI/ML techniques to automate engineering workflows
- Strong systems design skills evaluating architectural trade-offs
- Demonstrated technical leadership through architecture ownership and mentoring

## Nice to have

- Experience with Databricks, Apache Iceberg, or lakehouse architectures
- Experience building multi-tenant, self-service data platforms
- Experience collaborating with globally distributed teams across organizations

Apply on Bend Studio's site: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/sonyinteractiveentertainmentglobal/jobs/6141163004