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Title: Lifecycle Marketing Specialist (12m Contract - Inside IR35) Category: Admin (Marketing) Job Description: 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. Location: London / Hybrid Duration: 12 months Day Rate: £225 – £250 per day Engagement Method: Umbrella/PAYE We’re looking for a Lifecycle Marketing Specialist to join our Consumer Engagement team for an initial 12-month period. Please note this role has been assessed as ‘Inside IR35’, and payment will be processed via PAYE or an umbrella company through our third-party partner. Role Overview: The Consumer Engagement team is part of the broader Global Media and Omnichannel Marketing function within PlayStation and is responsible for implementing multi-channel digital programs and campaigns developing a relevant dialogue with tens of millions of customers across the globe. We advocate for the players. Crafting unforgettable digital experiences that fulfill player curiosity, boost gameplay, and drive revenue. We use data-driven insights to build one-to-one relationships and personalized journeys with players across the web, email, mobile, and on-console. The Lifecycle Marketing Specialist role is responsible for delivering lifecycle campaigns head to tail including planning, testing, executing and measurement. This creative and innovative individual will work closely with our Creative Studio, Data Science, Audience & Measurement and Marketing teams across the Americas, Europe, and Asia. Together, we are on a mission to redefine owned channel marketing and its relationship to company growth and player engagement. What you’ll be doing: - Own the end-to-end build and deployment of campaigns within lifecycle marketing platforms (e.g. channel build, journey configuration, audience segmentation, QA and troubleshooting). - Plan campaigns based on existing blueprints and collaborate with team to iterate and improve prior campaign structures. - Design, build and optimise automated and trigger-based messaging, spotting opportunities to scale our lifecycle programs. - Collaborate with team to drive ‘Player Centricity’ through models, content and player insights to achieve 1:1 personalisation at scale across the channel mix. - Analyze campaigns and journeys to understand the performance of these activities and build on the results for the next iteration. Share these results back to the business with clear insights and opportunities. - Collaborate on test and learn strategy to optimise campaigns; feeding all insights gained back into a continuous process of testing and refinement. - Keep a pulse of lifecycle marketing landscape and evolutions, seek and understand emerging trends, technologies and innovation to provide ongoing learning for the marketing organization. What we’re looking for: - 3+ years (or equivalent) of proven experience in B2C marketing, customer lifecycle management, and engagement marketing. - Hands-on experience building and deploying campaigns within lifecycle marketing platforms, with a strong understanding of how journeys, data and triggers interact. - Self-starter who takes ownership of campaign delivery end-to-end, from setup through to troubleshooting and optimisation. - Highly organised - able to handle a full workload and progress multiple ambitious projects simultaneously thanks to your skill and work ethic. - Passionate about the customer – you look at quantitative and qualitative consumer insights to make decisions and recommend improvements. - Strong analytical and quantitative skills with a consistent track record in data-based decision making. - Innovative and constantly exploring new ways of doing things and challenging the status quo. - Experience in Salesforce Marketing Cloud, Journey Builder, Interactive Studio or equivalent ESP. - Experienced in establishing relationships and operating compassionately across cultures. This includes collaborating openly and bringing together different perspectives to drive well-informed decisions. Please note, Sony Interactive Entertainment conducts background checks at the offer stage for all new employees (which may include criminal background checks for some roles) and will need to process personal information to support these checks. Please refer to our Candidate Privacy Notice for more information about what personal information we collect, how we use it, who we share it with, and your data protection rights. Equal Opportunity Statement: Sony is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All persons will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender (including gender identity, gender expression and gender reassignment), race (including colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin), religion or belief, marital or civil partnership status, disability, age, sexual orientation, pregnancy, maternity or parental status, trade union membership 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. Sony Interactive Entertainment is a Fair Chance employer and qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records will be considered for employment.

Title: Manager, Corporate Development & Finance Location: United States, San Mateo, CA Category: Corporate Strategy & Development Job Description: 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. Manger, Corporate Development & Finance San Mateo OR Los Angeles (hybrid) SIE is seeking a highly motivated and versatile Manager in its Corporate Development & Finance team. The team partners closely with senior leadership to support C-level decision-making across a broad range of strategic and financial priorities, including market intelligence, strategic planning, M&A/investment evaluation and execution, post-investment management, and investor communications. This role is designed for a highly independent and well-rounded strategic leader who can flex across multiple domains, including strategic initiatives, business insights, investor relations, and M&A and investments. This will be a highly visible role, with frequent engagement with SIE’s leadership team, and close collaboration various stakeholders to help solve some of the business’ most important strategic priorities that will shape the future of SIE and PlayStation. The ideal candidate is a structured thinker and strong executor who thrives in a fast-paced environment, can manage multiple high-priority workstreams, is comfortable engaging with senior stakeholders across global teams, and has a keen interest in driving innovation in gaming. Key Responsibilities - Strategic Finance & Corporate Strategy - Support development and articulation of SIE’s corporate strategy and mid- and long-range planning - Develop executive-level materials (e.g. strategy updates, board presentations, CEO briefings) - Partner with business units to evaluate strategic initiatives, business cases, and capital allocation decisions - Cross-Functional Project Leadership - Lead or support high-impact, cross-functional initiatives on behalf of senior leadership - Drive alignment across global stakeholders and functions - Manage multiple concurrent projects with strong attention to detail, timelines, and stakeholder communication - Investor Relations & Executive Communications - Support investor relations activities, including earnings material preparation, investor presentations, and story development - Translate complex financial and strategic topics into clear, compelling narratives for internal and external stakeholders - Assist in responding to investor inquiries and preparing senior leadership for external engagements - M&A, Investments & Integration - Support due diligence and transaction execution for acquisitions, investments, or partnerships as needed - Contribute to integration planning and execution, including Day 1 readiness and tracking of value creation initiatives - Develop frameworks and KPIs to monitor performance of acquired or invested businesses - Investment Value Creation & Management - Lead investment reviews to assess performance against investment thesis and identify lessons learned - Track and report on strategic and financial outcomes of investments - Help refine internal processes, playbooks, and tools across the investment lifecycle Qualifications - 5-8+ years of relevant experience in a highly analytic and strategic role, ideally in investment banking, management consulting, transaction advisory (Big 4 or equivalent), corporate development, strategic finance, investor relations, or similar roles - Strong generalist toolkit with experience spanning strategy, finance, and/or operations - Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills, including financial modeling and business case development - Strong communication skills with the ability to synthesize complex topics into clear, executive-ready materials - Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects autonomously and adapt to evolving business priorities - Experience supporting and coordinating executive forums and leadership communications in a fast-paced setting - Experience and/or passion for technology, gaming, media and entertainment - Collaborative, low-ego team player with strong interpersonal skills and ability to influence across functions and cultures - High proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint - BA/BS required; MBA or equivalent advanced degree preferred At SIE, we consider several factors when setting each role’s base pay range, including the competitive benchmarking data for the market and geographic location. Please note that the base pay range may vary in line with our hybrid working policy and individual base pay will be determined based on job-related factors which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location. In addition, this role is eligible for SIE’s top-tier benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, matching 401(k), paid time off, wellness program and coveted employee discounts for Sony products. This role also may be eligible for a bonus package. Click here to learn more. The estimated base pay range for this role is listed below. $172,200—$258,200 USD Please note, Sony Interactive Entertainment conducts background checks at the offer stage for all new employees (which may include criminal background checks for some roles) and will need to process personal information to support these checks. Please refer to our Candidate Privacy Notice for more information about what personal information we collect, how we use it, who we share it with, and your data protection rights. Equal Opportunity Statement: Sony is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All persons will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender (including gender identity, gender expression and gender reassignment), race (including colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin), religion or belief, marital or civil partnership status, disability, age, sexual orientation, pregnancy, maternity or parental status, trade union membership 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. Sony Interactive Entertainment is a Fair Chance employer and qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records will be considered for employment.

Title: Staff Embedded Firmware Engineer Location: United States, San Mateo, CA Category: Admin (PE) Job Description: 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. Staff Embedded Firmware Engineer We are building a small team of versatile and enthusiastic leaders to create new products for the PlayStation community. Our team recently delivered the new PlayStation Link, PULSE Explore and PULSE Elite products, recently announced the FlexStrike and PULSE Elevate products, and are hard at work on what comes next. We need an experienced and innovative firmware engineer to help build and support our new products and features. Come and play with us! Responsibilities: In this role, you will lead firmware development for high profile product development efforts. You will be responsible for technical leadership, system architecture, and execution across the firmware domain, working closely with internal teams and external partners. - Own firmware architecture and design for embedded devices from concept through production - Drive end-to-end firmware execution including development, integration, validation, and release - Lead and mentor firmware engineers (internal and external partners) while remaining hands-on - Develop and define communication protocols to enable peripheral functionality - Design, implement, and scale low-latency RF/wireless communication protocols for embedded systems - Architect structured, modular, and reusable firmware frameworks that scale across multiple platforms and product lines - Ensure firmware designs support cross-platform reuse and long-term scalability - Collaborate with hardware, software, and UX teams to define and deliver product requirements - Establish and drive modern firmware development practices (code reviews, CI/CD, testing frameworks) - Develop and manage hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) and automated test systems - Troubleshoot complex system-level issues across hardware, firmware, and RF domains - Support manufacturing builds and coordinate firmware activities during product bring-up - Support and enhance products post-launch - Prototype new features on new hardware platforms Skills: - Strong embedded firmware development experience in C/C++ - Strong experience with RF/wireless systems (e.g., Bluetooth, low-latency audio, or similar technologies) - Deep understanding of low-latency embedded systems and communication protocol design - Proven ability to design scalable, reusable, and cross-platform firmware architectures - Experience with ARM microcontrollers and low-power system design - Hands-on experience with hardware bring-up and debugging (including RF/system-level issues) - Experience implementing hardware-in-the-loop and automated testing - Strong system-level thinking across hardware and software boundaries - Ability to operate at both high-level system design and low-level implementation - Proven ability to lead firmware efforts across teams and partners - Experience with consumer electronics product development from concept through mass production - Strong problem-solving and debugging skills Qualifications: - Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field (or equivalent experience) - 10 + years of experience in embedded firmware development - Demonstrated experience leading firmware development for shipped products - Strong experience in RF/wireless or low-latency embedded systems - Excellent written and verbal communication skills - Passion for gaming, digital entertainment, and consumer electronics is a plus Nice to Have - Experience with wireless audio or ultra-low latency systems - Experience working with external development partners or ODMs - Experience with kernel or driver development (Linux, Windows, or similar) - Experience scaling engineering processes and mentoring teams Working Conditions: - Small team environment; feels like a start-up within a large organization! - Travel (domestic and international) required. Estimated 15% At SIE, we consider several factors when setting each role’s base pay range, including the competitive benchmarking data for the market and geographic location. Please note that the base pay range may vary in line with our hybrid working policy and individual base pay will be determined based on job-related factors which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location. In addition, this role is eligible for SIE’s top-tier benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, matching 401(k), paid time off, wellness program and coveted employee discounts for Sony products. This role also may be eligible for a bonus package. Click here to learn more. The estimated base pay range for this role is listed below. $209,900 - $314,900 USD Please note, Sony Interactive Entertainment conducts background checks at the offer stage for all new employees (which may include criminal background checks for some roles) and will need to process personal information to support these checks. Please refer to our Candidate Privacy Notice for more information about what personal information we collect, how we use it, who we share it with, and your data protection rights. Equal Opportunity Statement: Sony is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All persons will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender (including gender identity, gender expression and gender reassignment), race (including colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin), religion or belief, marital or civil partnership status, disability, age, sexual orientation, pregnancy, maternity or parental status, trade union membership 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. Sony Interactive Entertainment is a Fair Chance employer and qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records will be considered for employment.

Title: Social Media Manager (Contract) Location: United States, San Mateo, CA Category: Global Corporate Communications Job Description: 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. Social Media Manager (Contract) San Mateo, CA (Hybrid/1 day a week) Contract: 1 year duration Role Overview Global Content Communications is looking for a Social Media Manager (Contract) to help lead channel strategy and execution across multiple consumer-facing entertainment brands. This role will serve as a key day-to-day partner in planning, creating, publishing, and optimizing social content across several brand handles, while helping ensure work moves smoothly through internal and external approval flows. The ideal candidate is equally comfortable thinking strategically and executing tactically. They should understand what high-performing social content looks like, know how to tailor ideas to native platforms, and be confident managing editorial planning, publishing, copywriting, content creation, approvals, and cross-functional coordination across multiple workstreams at once. This role will support a portfolio of multiple distinct brands or entities and their bespoke social handles. It requires strong social instincts, excellent judgment, a highly organized approach to process, and comfort operating in a collaborative environment with a range of stakeholders. A strong understanding of gaming audiences and culture is highly valued. Responsibilities - Help lead channel strategy and day-to-day execution across multiple consumer-facing entertainment brands and social handles. - Co-own editorial planning, publishing calendars, content creation and execution across channels including X, Instagram, TikTok, Threads, Facebook, and others as needed. - Shape content ideas and write platform-native social copy, video treatments, etc that reflects each brand’s voice, audience, and objectives. - Partner across teams to manage approvals, timelines, and workflows for campaigns, content drops, brand moments, and partnership-related initiatives. - Support end-to-end social execution, from strategy, planning, proposal development to publishing, optimization, and reporting. - Coordinate across departments and stakeholders to keep projects moving, maintain alignment, and ensure content is accurate, on-brand, and delivered on time. - Help establish and maintain new processes, clear approval streams, workflows, SLAs, and responsibilities across internal and external partners via documentation and socializing - Bring a strong understanding of native platform behavior, evolving social trends, and best practices for audience-first content. - Contribute to content creation and be comfortable with light hands-on asset editing and creative support where needed. - Use channel and platform learnings to help refine strategy, inform future planning, and improve overall execution. - Support occasional real-time, off-site, off-hours needs around key moments, launches, announcements, or special projects. This could include but is not limited to content capture, in-person interviews, hands-on events, conferences, and beyond. - Create executive level presentations and reports to showcase work, learnings, and business impact. - Be actively informed of social media, pop culture, real-world as well as gaming news to inform trends, sensitivity, and cultural relevance. What We’re Looking For - 5–7 years of experience in social media management, content strategy, channel strategy, or related digital communications work. - Bachelor’s degree or equivalent - Proven experience managing large, consumer-facing entertainment, media, or lifestyle brands. - Experience working across multiple brands, accounts, or social identities simultaneously with strong attention to detail and process. - Strong understanding of native social platforms, publishing tools, channel best practices, and current social trends. - Experience writing copy, managing publishing workflows, and executing content plans across multiple channels. - Demonstrated ability to balance strategic thinking with strong hands-on execution. - Experience navigating approval flows and coordinating with a range of internal and external stakeholders. - Comfortable with light hands-on content creation and asset editing in support of social execution. - Strong project management, communication, and organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple workstreams in a fast-moving environment. - Strong understanding of gaming audiences and culture is highly valued; direct gaming experience is strongly preferred. - Portfolio or work samples that demonstrate strong social thinking, platform fluency, and executional range are a plus. - Experience with partnership, licensor/licensee, or multi-stakeholder social workflows is a plus. At SIE, working with our partners, we consider several factors when setting each role’s base pay range, including the competitive benchmarking data for the market and geographic location. Please note that the individual base pay range may vary based on job-related factors which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location. In addition, this role is eligible for benefit offerings that include medical, dental, and vision. Click here to learn more. The estimated base pay range for this role is listed below, this is an hourly rate. $74.36 - $111.58 USD

Title: Community Lead Location: United Kingdom, Guildford Category: Media Molecule Job Description: 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. We are Media Molecule, a Guildford based game developer proudly part of the PlayStation Studios group. We have a history of creating Award winning games such as LittleBigPlanet, Tearaway and Dreams. Role Overview: We are looking for a Community Lead to join our team to support our new project. The Community Lead will be responsible for Mm’s overall Community strategy and day-to-day management and development of our player Community. This is a hybrid role requiring employees to work onsite three days per week, with flexibility to work remotely on the remaining days. What you’ll be doing: - Defining community strategy for the Studio in alignment with wider goals – including project, creative and business goals. - Build and execute long term community engagement strategy aligned with Mm’s game lifecycle, content updates, studio milestones and other releases. - Line management and professional development for community team, creating opportunities for growth and mentoring through initiatives. - Manage the Community team with the remit to engage and grow Media Molecule presence and upcoming project communities. - Building relationships with our fans and partners (including media and influencers). - Generating excitement and awareness for the studio and our portfolio of games. - Ensuring healthy boundaries between the Mm team and the Community. - Oversee and scale studio’s presence on key channels (X, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Reddit), organise official Discord servers and host livestreams on Twitch to maintain consistent fan engagement. - Lead and deliver Mm’s Community projects and engagement strategy, ensuring alignment with Mm brand integrity. Identify new opportunities, channels, and ideas, for the studio as well as new projects. - Represent Media Molecule at events such as PAX, Develop, press and media events and online via streams. - Partner closely with other teams (production, analytics, QA, brand etc.) across the studio and wider PlayStation studios ensuring: - strong communication channels - effective, cross discipline problem solving and knowledge sharing - understanding and articulating project health based on data and research - Ability to develop and maintain strong relationships with Community counterparts (including Central marketing) across SIE and PSS. - Establish and enforce community guidelines to maintain healthy, welcoming and inclusive space for all players. - Craft players facing messaging like FAQ documents, patch notes, and crisis communication strategy during challenging updates etc. What we are looking for: - Previous experience managing, mentoring and developing a community team within the video games industry. - Proven experience defining and delivering innovative, creative and engaging Community strategies. - The ability to remain calm, professional and empathetic when dealing with passionate players. - Experience with tracking key KPIs connected to social media trends and player reactions. - Expert knowledge of major social media channels and video content including livestreaming. - Strong project management, time management and prioritisation skills. - Strategic thinking on how to keep players engaged and returning between content updates. - Top tier interpersonal skills with the ability to build collaborative working relationships, influence and problem solve effectively. - Able to travel, including internationally, when required. - Exceptional written and verbal communication skills – understanding of Mm’s brand, tone and voice. - Proven ability to deescalate online tension and manage high pressure crisis situations smoothly. - Experience managing localised communities across multiple regions and cultures. - Knowledge of image/video editing tools desirable. Please note, Sony Interactive Entertainment conducts background checks at the offer stage for all new employees (which may include criminal background checks for some roles) and will need to process personal information to support these checks. Please refer to our Candidate Privacy Notice for more information about what personal information we collect, how we use it, who we share it with, and your data protection rights. Equal Opportunity Statement: Sony is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All persons will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender (including gender identity, gender expression and gender reassignment), race (including colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin), religion or belief, marital or civil partnership status, disability, age, sexual orientation, pregnancy, maternity or parental status, trade union membership 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. Sony Interactive Entertainment is a Fair Chance employer and qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records will be considered for employment.

Title: Threat Intelligence Investigator Location: San Mateo, CA (preferred) or San Diego, CA Hybrid Category: Corporate Security Job Description: 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. Threat Intelligence Investigator (Contract) * San Mateo, CA (preferred) or San Diego, CA (hybrid) - will require 2 -3 days onsite *Please note: This is a temporary position with an initial 12-month term and the possibility of extension, employed through our staffing partner, Yoh. The Role; The Threat Intelligence Investigator is a key member of the Corporate Security team responsible for receiving, evaluating, investigating, and escalating threats and security-related incidents across internal and external platforms. The successful candidate will leverage investigative methodologies, intelligence resources, and data systems to assess the credibility of global threats, support proactive risk management efforts, and collaborate with law enforcement agencies (LEA) and internal stakeholders to mitigate risk. This role supports investigations and threat management activities involving consumer platforms, employees, business operations, studios, assets, and the company’s reputation. The Investigator will also contribute to intelligence products, operational reporting, and proactive threat identification capabilities. Working closely with Consumer Services, Online Safety, Moderation, Human Resources, Legal, IT Operations, Engineering, GSOC, and relevant studios, the Investigator will help ensure effective and consistent investigative, intelligence, and threat management processes. This role is critical to identifying, analyzing, investigating, and escalating incidents that may impact SIE personnel, assets, business operations, or brand reputation. What You'll be Doing - Conduct investigations into threats targeting SIE platforms, services, and associated ecosystems, including internal incidents involving potential corporate security breaches, ensuring appropriate escalation and stakeholder engagement. - Conduct investigative enquiries into security incidents, threats, policy violations, and other corporate security matters, ensuring appropriate escalation, documentation, and stakeholder engagement. - Gather, review, preserve, and assess relevant investigative material, including CCTV footage, access control records, OSINT, internal reporting, and other available evidence sources. - Conduct interviews and information gathering with relevant stakeholders, witnesses, and involved parties to support investigative fact-finding and threat assessment activities. - Analyze investigative information to establish timelines, identify behavioral indicators, assess risk, and support informed operational decision-making. - Produce clear, accurate, and objective investigative documentation, reports, and case updates in accordance with established procedures and reporting standards. - Prioritize and manage cases end-to-end based on threat level and urgency, ensuring all investigative activity is accurately documented and integrated into case management and reporting mechanisms. - Receive, process, and evaluate threat reports using investigative tools and supporting resources to assess credibility and risk. - Develop and disseminate actionable intelligence to support threat management, risk mitigation, and informed decision-making across the organization. - Support strategic intelligence development activities through horizon scanning, trend monitoring, and collection of relevant threat intelligence to identify emerging risks impacting SIE employees, operations, studios, assets, and brand reputation. - Contribute to the production of intelligence reporting, threat trend analysis, and operational risk assessments that support proactive threat management, stakeholder awareness, and informed security decision-making across the organization. - Monitor and assess emerging threat trends, tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs), producing written intelligence assessments that support proactive threat management and maintain a forward-looking view of the corporate security threat landscape. - Act to safeguard people, assets, and business operations through timely and responsible decision-making. - Ensure compliance with SIE policies, procedures, and applicable global legal and regulatory requirements (such as the Digital Services Act). - Report credible threats to law enforcement and collaborate with relevant agencies, providing clear, evidence-based rationale in line with SIE protocols. - Build and maintain effective relationships with law enforcement, statutory bodies, industry partners, and internal stakeholders to support coordinated threat response and intelligence sharing. - Support knowledge sharing and capability building through training, presentations, and engagement with internal and external partners. - Prepare operational and performance management reports, highlighting trends, quality metrics, categorization, workload management, and other key operational insights to support continuous improvement initiatives. - Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives, including process refinement, post-incident debriefs, lessons learned activities, and operational maturity improvements. - Support additional investigations, threat-related activities, event security planning and execution, and other Corporate Security projects as required. - Participate in other duties aligned with Corporate Security operational requirements. - Possible travel required. What We're Looking for: - Prior experience in law enforcement, corporate security, intelligence, trust & safety, investigations, or a related operational field involving assessment, response, investigation, and management of threats or security incidents. - Demonstrated investigative knowledge/experience involving evidence gathering, investigative documentation, open-source research, and fact-finding. - Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to communicate effectively with senior leadership and cross-functional stakeholders. - Strong OSINT and online investigation skills, with demonstrated analytical and critical thinking abilities, including the ability to assess ambiguous or uncertain situations. - Demonstrated ability to make informed decisions, multitask, and perform effectively in high-pressure situations within tight time constraints. - Understanding of current global events, international geography, online threat landscapes, and diverse cultures. - Knowledge of investigative processes, threat assessment methodologies, and intelligence development practices. - Ability to follow established policies, procedures, and investigative standards consistently. - Experience working with complex systems, investigative platforms, case management tools, or intelligence databases. - Knowledge of reporting and metrics tools (such as Tableau or similar platforms) is desirable. - Comfortable working independently and collaboratively within cross-functional global teams. - Highly self-driven, responsive, proactive, and capable of taking ownership of tasks through completion. - Must meet any state-required training or licensing qualifications where applicable. Nice to Have: - Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Emergency Management, Communications, Information Technology, Political Science, Criminal Justice, Intelligence Studies, or related field. - Experience in intelligence, corporate security, military, law enforcement, trust & safety, or investigative environments. - Demonstrated investigative and systems analysis/research experience supporting operational decision-making in threat intelligence, trust & safety, or corporate security environments. - Experience producing intelligence reporting, threat assessments, operational briefings, or strategic risk analysis products. - Familiarity with behavioral threat assessment concepts, workplace violence prevention, or protective intelligence methodologies is desirable.

Title: Senior Software Engineer Location: United Kingdom, Liverpool Category: PD Tools & Services Job Description: 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. ROLE OVERVIEW As a Senior Software Engineer, you will create tools used by engineers, QA specialists, production teams, and studio partners around the world. You will remove friction from game development workflows and turn user feedback into reliable, high-quality software. This role suits someone who enjoys practical engineering challenges, has an interest in games and tools development, and wants to see their work make a visible difference. You will work independently, contribute to technical direction, and may lead a small project or a significant part of a larger one. We value pragmatic engineers who can make thoughtful trade-offs between quality, speed, maintainability, and long-term technical health.# Ideally, we would like someone to be present in our Liverpool office 2-3 days a week, but we can be flexible with remote working for the right candidate. WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING: - Design, develop, maintain, and improve tools, services, and pipelines. - Own delivery from analysis and design through development, testing, release, support, and iteration. - Contribute to technical design, including architecture trade-offs, APIs, reliability, security, testing, and operational support. - Refactor and optimise systems to reduce technical debt and improve performance, maintainability, reliability, and customer experience. - Write high-quality code, automated tests, documentation, and operational guidance. - Improve engineering standards through code reviews, CI/CD, testing, release processes, and shared patterns. - Partner with studios and cross-functional teams to clarify needs, troubleshoot issues, support onboarding, and gather feedback. WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR: - Demonstrated senior-level experience in relevant languages such as C++, C#, or similar. - Strong understanding of software design, debugging, automated testing, source control, CI/CD, observability, and maintainability. - Able to debug complex issues across code, systems, environments, integrations, and user workflows. - Able to make thoughtful trade-offs between delivery speed, quality, reliability, complexity, and customer value. - Able to explain technical details clearly to technical and non-technical audiences. - Communicates clearly across time zones, disciplines, and levels of technical knowledge. - Asks questions to understand root causes, customer needs, risks, and intended outcomes. - Works through ambiguity constructively, focusing on shared goals and strong relationships. - Applies pragmatic judgement, choosing approaches that fit the problem rather than following process or preference for its own sake. - Supports and guides engineers, testers, tool users, and partner teams through reviews, pairing, workshops, and documentation. - Looks beyond their own area to identify bottlenecks, improve practices, and support wider outcomes. - Keeps learning, shares knowledge, and brings curiosity and care to the craft of building great software. NICE TO HAVE: - Understanding of how to safely and effectively use generative AI to augment development work. - Experience developing Windows applications within the games industry or building tools that support game dev workflows. - Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent. Please note, Sony Interactive Entertainment conducts background checks at the offer stage for all new employees (which may include criminal background checks for some roles) and will need to process personal information to support these checks. Please refer to our Candidate Privacy Notice for more information about what personal information we collect, how we use it, who we share it with, and your data protection rights. Equal Opportunity Statement: Sony is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All persons will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender (including gender identity, gender expression and gender reassignment), race (including colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin), religion or belief, marital or civil partnership status, disability, age, sexual orientation, pregnancy, maternity or parental status, trade union membership 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. Sony Interactive Entertainment is a Fair Chance employer and qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records will be considered for employment.

Title: Senior Software Engineer Location: United Kingdom, London Hybrid Category: PD Tools & Services Job Description: 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. ROLE OVERVIEW As a Senior Software Engineer, you will create tools used by engineers, QA specialists, production teams, and studio partners around the world. You will remove friction from game development workflows and turn user feedback into reliable, high-quality software. This role suits someone who enjoys practical engineering challenges, has an interest in games and tools development, and wants to see their work make a visible difference. You will work independently, contribute to technical direction, and may lead a small project or a significant part of a larger one. We value pragmatic engineers who can make thoughtful trade-offs between quality, speed, maintainability, and long-term technical health. Ideally, we would like someone to be present in our London office 2-3 days a week, but we can be flexible with remote working for the right candidate. WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING: - Design, develop, maintain, and improve tools, services, and pipelines. - Own delivery from analysis and design through development, testing, release, support, and iteration. - Contribute to technical design, including architecture trade-offs, APIs, reliability, security, testing, and operational support. - Refactor and optimise systems to reduce technical debt and improve performance, maintainability, reliability, and customer experience. - Write high-quality code, automated tests, documentation, and operational guidance. - Improve engineering standards through code reviews, CI/CD, testing, release processes, and shared patterns. - Partner with studios and cross-functional teams to clarify needs, troubleshoot issues, support onboarding, and gather feedback. WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR: - Demonstrated senior-level experience in relevant languages such as C++, C#, or similar. - Strong understanding of software design, debugging, automated testing, source control, CI/CD, observability, and maintainability. - Able to debug complex issues across code, systems, environments, integrations, and user workflows. - Able to make thoughtful trade-offs between delivery speed, quality, reliability, complexity, and customer value. - Able to explain technical details clearly to technical and non-technical audiences. - Communicates clearly across time zones, disciplines, and levels of technical knowledge. - Asks questions to understand root causes, customer needs, risks, and intended outcomes. - Works through ambiguity constructively, focusing on shared goals and strong relationships. - Applies pragmatic judgement, choosing approaches that fit the problem rather than following process or preference for its own sake. - Supports and guides engineers, testers, tool users, and partner teams through reviews, pairing, workshops, and documentation. - Looks beyond their own area to identify bottlenecks, improve practices, and support wider outcomes. - Keeps learning, shares knowledge, and brings curiosity and care to the craft of building great software. NICE TO HAVE: - Understanding of how to safely and effectively use generative AI to augment development work. - Experience developing Windows applications within the games industry or building tools that support game dev workflows. - Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent. Please note, Sony Interactive Entertainment conducts background checks at the offer stage for all new employees (which may include criminal background checks for some roles) and will need to process personal information to support these checks. Please refer to our Candidate Privacy Notice for more information about what personal information we collect, how we use it, who we share it with, and your data protection rights. Equal Opportunity Statement: Sony is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All persons will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender (including gender identity, gender expression and gender reassignment), race (including colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin), religion or belief, marital or civil partnership status, disability, age, sexual orientation, pregnancy, maternity or parental status, trade union membership 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. Sony Interactive Entertainment is a Fair Chance employer and qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records will be considered for employment.

Title: AI Engineer Location: United Kingdom, London Category: D2C - Global Payment, Fraud & Decision Sciences Job Description: 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. Who we are: The Direct to Consumer (D2C) Data Science organisation comprises Data Science, Data Engineering and ML Engineering practices. D2C Data Science helps PlayStation grow and operate its digital business across commerce, subscriptions, payments, lifecycle experiences and player-facing services. We partner with product, engineering, finance, marketing and operations teams to turn experimentation, forecasting, AI and production-quality measurement into better player experiences. Role overview: Within D2C Data Science, the D2C ML Engineering team is seeking an AI Software Engineer to help design, build, and support production AI capabilities that solve high-value business problems across SPOC and the broader digital commerce ecosystem. This is not a model-training or predictive-platform ownership role; it is an applied AI engineering role focused on turning AI into dependable products, services, and automation. You will work with core engineering, operations, data, risk, and product partners to build AI-powered workflows that improve speed, quality, insight, and decision support. The work may include LLM-powered services, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), agentic workflows, tool/function calling, evaluation harnesses, guardrails, and reusable AI platform components. The ideal candidate is a strong Software Engineer with backend or platform experience and practical hands-on applied AI experience. You are comfortable building with foundation model APIs, vector and hybrid search, prompt and model evaluation, AI observability, and cloud-based services, and you are eager to learn while contributing to reliable production systems. What you’ll be doing: - Build Applied AI features: - Implement services, workflows, and reusable components for LLM-powered automation, retrieval, tool use, summarization, classification, decision support, and knowledge workflows. - Solve Business Problems with AI: - Collaborate with operations, product, data, risk, and engineering stakeholders to understand use cases, prototype solutions, measure outcomes, and help move proven capabilities into production. - Support Agentic Workflows and Integrations: - Build AI workflows that use tool/function calling, structured outputs, workflow state, internal APIs, and human review patterns to take useful action while staying auditable and controlled. - Develop Retrieval and Knowledge Systems: - Contribute to RAG and agentic retrieval pipelines over enterprise content and operational data using embeddings, vector databases, hybrid search, reranking, citations, access controls, and freshness strategies. - Improve AI Quality, Safety, and Evaluation: - Create and maintain evaluation suites, regression tests, prompt/model versioning, trace analysis, guardrails, policy checks, PII handling, hallucination mitigation, and operational monitoring. - Production AI Engineering: - Develop scalable APIs, microservices, and event-driven workflows in Python or Java, with attention to reliability, resilience, security, cost efficiency, and clean integration with existing services. - Cloud Delivery and Automation: - Deploy AI services using AWS, containers, infrastructure as code, CI/CD pipelines, secrets management, observability, and operational runbooks. - Cross-Functional Collaboration: - Participate in design reviews, implementation planning, troubleshooting, documentation, and knowledge sharing across technical and non-technical teams. What we’re looking for: - 3+ years (or equivalent) of Software Engineering experience within a professional working environment - Hands-on experience building AI or generative AI features that connect model APIs to business workflows, data, documents, or internal services. - Coding Proficiency: Strong software engineering skills in Python and/or Java, including API development, testing, debugging, asynchronous processing, and maintainable service design. - Cloud Competency: Experience with AWS or equivalent cloud services - RAG and Retrieval Systems: Familiarity with embeddings, chunking, indexing, retrieval strategies, vector and hybrid search, reranking, citations, and vector stores such as OpenSearch, Pinecone, Weaviate, Redis, pgvector, Azure AI Search, or similar technologies. - Agent and Workflow Orchestration: Experience with AI orchestration patterns and tools such as LangChain, LangGraph, LlamaIndex, Semantic Kernel, OpenAI Agents SDK, N8N, AWS Bedrock Agents and Knowledge Bases, or comparable tools. - Structured Outputs and Tool Use: Experience designing prompts, schemas, tool/function calls, workflow contracts, and validation logic so AI systems can produce dependable outputs and interact safely with internal systems. - AI Observability and Evaluation: Familiarity with tracing, monitoring, evals, prompt testing, quality metrics, and debugging tools such as LangSmith, Arize Phoenix, OpenTelemetry, Datadog, Splunk, New Relic, CloudWatch, or comparable platforms. Desirable: - Degree and/or qualification in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field - Model Context and Connectors: Familiarity with Model Context Protocol (MCP) or similar patterns for connecting AI applications to enterprise tools, databases, documents, and workflows. - Multimodal AI Systems: Experience with text, image, document, audio, or video models, including multimodal embeddings, OCR/document understanding, or content moderation workflows. - Commerce or Trust Domain Experience: Experience applying AI to fraud, payments, risk, customer support, marketplace operations, trust and safety, content operations, or digital commerce business processes. Benefits: - Hybrid working - Discretionary bonus opportunity - Private Medical Insurance - Dental Scheme - London Allowance (if applicable) - 25 days holiday per year - On Site Gym - Subsidised Café - Free soft drinks - On site bar - Access to cycle garage and showers

Title: Software Engineer II Location: United States, San Mateo, CA Category: Gaming, Developer and Future Technology (GDFT) Job Description: 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. You will be a key member of our backend team supporting PlayStation’s GraphQL platform. These services provide over 100 million monthly active users access to our ecosystem. You will utilize your knowledge of TypeScript, Node, GraphQL, Kubernetes, observability, and system architecture to help us ensure the scalability, durability, and reliability of our systems; helping to build the core infrastructure of our next generation platforms and services. Our co-located team works from our San Mateo office once a week; providing a great opportunity to meet and collaborate, while ensuring individual flexibility. We make the most of these days by hosting demos, planning meetings, architecture reviews, and white-boarding sessions while we are together. Responsibilities: - Contribute to the development of backend systems that power the PlayStation platform as part of a collaborative Scrum team. - Work closely with engineers from our client, and other backend, teams to support the design and implementation of platform services. - Build and maintain scalable services using Node.js and TypeScript/JavaScript. - Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code, including unit tests for features and bug fixes. - Assist in troubleshooting, debugging, and resolving technical issues. - Provide feedback through RFCs, architecture reviews, and code reviews - Monitor our systems through Grafana and DataDog dashboards. - Create and maintain technical documentation for your work. - Continuously learn and grow by engaging with senior engineers, adopting best practices in software development. Required Qualifications: - Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field. - 3+ years of experience in backend or full-stack development. - Direct experience with Node.js, preferably with TypeScript. - Familiarity with Kubernetes - Knowledge of RESTful APIs and general web service principles. - Familiarity with cloud technologies such as AWS, Azure, or GCP. - Strong problem-solving and communication skills, with an eagerness to learn and take feedback. - Comfortable working in a collaborative, agile team environment. - Knowledge of version control systems such as Git and familiarity with pull request workflows. - Interest in CI/CD pipelines and understanding the basics of automated builds or testing. - Experience monitoring performance metrics for backend services. - Coursework or exposure to software testing, data structures, or distributed systems concepts. Preferred Qualifications: - Experience working with GraphQL. - Familiarity with frontend frameworks or Server-Side Rendering (SSR) tools such as Next.js. - Experience with Java - Experience with gRPC At SIE, we consider several factors when setting each role’s base pay range, including the competitive benchmarking data for the market and geographic location. Please note that the base pay range may vary in line with our hybrid working policy and individual base pay will be determined based on job-related factors which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location. In addition, this role is eligible for SIE’s top-tier benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, matching 401(k), paid time off, wellness program and coveted employee discounts for Sony products. This role also may be eligible for a bonus package. The estimated base pay range for this role is listed below. $163,700 - $245,500 USD Please note, Sony Interactive Entertainment conducts background checks at the offer stage for all new employees (which may include criminal background checks for some roles) and will need to process personal information to support these checks.