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Why Sony Interactive Entertainment? 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. PlayStation builds worldwide online services that need low-latency, secure, and reliable client–server communication for millions of users and services. We want an engineer committed to platform development, skilled in networking, application routing, and platform abstractions who enjoys converting architectural plans into stable, repeatable systems. This role centers on crafting and deploying collaborative application routing and networking platforms. These platforms use Kubernetes along with modern gateway and service mesh technologies. They support the exchange of information both from client to service and between services across PlayStation’s hybrid infrastructure. Responsibilities In your role as a Platform Engineer at PlayStation, you will: Compose, develop, and maintain common application routing frameworks that facilitate communication spanning client requests to service responses as well as between services. Develop and improve routing capabilities through the Kong ecosystem, including Kong API Gateway, Kong Ingress Controller, and Kong Konnect. Enable safe traffic management approaches that support scalability, resilience, and controlled change. Platforms for managing application routing Compose, build, and operate shared systems for managing application routing that enable client-to-service and service-to-service communication. Build and improve routing features with the Kong suite of tools (Kong API Gateway, Kong Ingress Controller, Kong Konnect). Facilitate secure traffic management methods that promote scalability, resilience, and regulated change. Kubernetes & Service Connectivity Deploy and manage container-based routing and networking components on Kubernetes. Support east–west service connectivity within and across clusters, including service mesh-based solutions. Partner with Kubernetes platform teams to ensure routing infrastructure is reliable, scalable, and operable. Platform Reliability & Enablement Increase the reliability, performance, and observability of application routing platforms. Integrate routing platforms into CI/CD and GitOps workflows. Provide clear conventions, automation, and documentation to enable application teams to adopt the platform effectively. Requirements Strong background in networking and distributed systems, particularly client/server communication models. Hands-on experience operating application gateways, proxies, or traffic management platforms. Experience managing Kubernetes-based systems in production environments. Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience. Networking & Protocols Solid understanding of: HTTP, HTTP/2, HTTP/3, gRPC TCP and UDP traffic patterns TCP and UDP traffic patterns Experience with L4/L7 routing concepts, load balancing, and traffic policy. Platform & Systems Proven experience integrating Kong to provide enterprise middleware application routing implementations. Experience working with platforms that rely on configuration, control planes, or policy systems. Familiarity with DNS-based service discovery and naming strategies. Comfort working alongside