$150,100 – $225,100
Listed on Bend Studio’s own careers site. You apply with them directly — we never stand between you and the employer.
What this role is
Build and maintain high-throughput data platforms for PlayStation's cloud streaming service using JVM languages and stream processing technologies. This role suits backend engineers experienced with Kafka, Flink, and distributed systems who want to work on real-time data infrastructure at scale.
Our summary, not Bend Studio’s wording. The full posting is on their site.
Skills this role names
- Amazon EKS
- Amazon MSK
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- Apache Flink
- Apache Kafka
- Apache Spark
- CI/CD
- Docker
- ETL
- Git
- gRPC
- Java
- JSON
- Kotlin
- Kubernetes
- Python
- Retrofit (REST)
- Scala
- SQL
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What they ask for
Required
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent practical experience
- 3+ years of software development and backend engineering experience
- Proficient in JVM languages (Kotlin, Scala, Java) and Python
- Experience with Apache Kafka, Flink, Spark, and SQL
- Knowledge of functional programming, object-oriented programming, and TDD
- Knowledge of REST, JSON, gRPC, and WebSockets
- Experience with JSON, Avro, and Protobuf data structures
- Experience with ETL, stream processing, real-time pipelines, and batch processing
- Familiarity with Git and CI/CD tools
- Experience monitoring and analyzing system performance to identify bottlenecks
- Ability to work effectively with geographically distributed teams
Nice to have
- Enterprise-scale AWS experience including OpenSearch, MSK, and EKS
- Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, and cloud deployment technologies