This job might no longer be available.

Senior Machine Learning Engineer

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.

Senior Machine Learning Engineer

Location: San Francisco (SoMa)

Do you want to join a team committed to personalizing the PlayStation experience for millions of users? The work we do delivers impactful insights to build an increasingly dynamic and interactive experience. The Senior Machine Learning Engineer within the cloud-engineering group will deliver optimize interactions across PlayStation experiences and systems by designing, coding, training, documenting, cost-effectively deploying and evaluating very large-scale machine learning systems.

We are looking for someone who can build delightful products and experiences for millions, in an agile environment, collaborating with teams-across Engineering, Product and Design. Further, you will mentor others in ML technologies, tools and processes, as you help to advance our technical objectives and architectural initiatives.

Qualifications:

• MS with a specialization in machine learning and hypothesis testing PhD preferred
• 6+ years of work experience in building software solutions that ideally include: recommender systems, personalization, forecasting, conversational systems, outlier detection and hypothesis test
• Analytical and problem-solving skills; proficient in data clustering, classification, ranking, and estimation techniques
• Experience with machine learning frameworks such as MLlib, TensorFlow, Caffe, or PyTorch
• Experience programming in Python, Java, Scala, or similar modern language
• Experience with Agile/Scrum software development methodologies; experience with engineering standard methodologies

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience with tech stack such as Spark, Presto, Apache Zeppelin, and Apache Parquet
• Experience in developing for a distributed environment

Sony is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All persons will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, legally protected physical or mental disability, covered veteran status, status in the U.S. uniformed services, sexual orientation, marital status, genetic information or membership in any other legally protected category.

We strive to create an inclusive environment, empower employees and embrace diversity. We encourage everyone to respond.

We sincerely appreciate the time and effort you spent in contacting us and thank you for your interest in PlayStation.

#LI-CD1