[Remote] Lead Analytics Engineer

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Sony Interactive Entertainment, the company behind the PlayStation brand, develops gaming hardware, network services, and entertainment experiences. The Lead Analytics Engineer will help scale the analytics platform for PlayStation games by building data models, collaborating with game studios and analysts, and expanding the use of analytics engineering technologies. The role focuses on supporting new title launches and ensuring data model consistency, quality, and performance.

Responsibilities

• In your first six months, you will work on new title launches, and build data models to ensure efficient and consistent queries
• To build these data models, you’ll work directly with game studios and data analysts to design and validate suitable in-game telemetry
• You’ll also help expand our use of technologies, such as dbt and airflow, in ways that are suitable to our use cases
• You will be given ownership of data models for specific games and work closely with Game Analytics team members and game studio colleagues to ensure we’re building with consistency and performance in mind

Skills

• You are adept at writing SQL on analytics (OLAP) databases (preferably Redshift, or similar databases)
• You have experience implementing and using data modelling tools such as dbt or SQLMesh
• You have experience in transforming business needs into data model requirements & solutions
• You're excited by Big Data projects and technology, and want to gain more experience in this area
• You're committed to quality as a top priority, and have an interest in repeatable, testable, destructible, test-driven database development
• A degree in Computer Science
• Experience with Python, AWS Glue, source control (Git, Liquibase), Airflow
• Familiarity with AAA game development and modern console games

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Matching 401(k)
• Paid time off
• Wellness program
• Coveted employee discounts for Sony products
• This role also may be eligible for a bonus package.
• This is a flexible role that can be remote

Company Overview

Sony is a multinational conglomerate producing electronics, entertainment content, and gaming products, including PlayStation. It was founded in 1993, and is headquartered in San Mateo, California, USA, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is https://www.sie.com.

Company H1B Sponsorship

Sony Interactive Entertainment has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 114 in 2026, 279 in 2025, 252 in 2024, 200 in 2023, 279 in 2022, 210 in 2021, 213 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.