Sr. Engineer Backend

Senior Backend Engineer,

Sony Pictures Entertainment – New Media Technology

Sony Pictures Television (SPT) is a Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) company. Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) is a subsidiary of Sony Entertainment Inc., a subsidiary of Tokyo-based Sony Corporation. SPE’s global operations encompass motion picture production, acquisition, and distribution; television production, acquisition and distribution; television networks; digital content creation and distribution; operation of studio facilities; and development of new entertainment products, services and technologies. For additional information, visit http://www.sonypictures.com.

We’re seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to join our team focused on building the foundational infrastructure and services behind Sony Pictures’ next-generation streaming platform. In this role, you’ll architect and develop highly scalable APIs, backend services, and system integrations that power core streaming features across multiple business models and user experiences.

This is a high-impact engineering position ideal for someone who enjoys solving complex systems problems, driving platform evolution, and helping scale streaming services to serve millions of users.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable, cloud-native backend services that support core streaming platform capabilities such as content management, metadata, playback, scheduling, entitlement, and more.
• Build and optimize APIs that enable internal and external teams to deliver consistent, high-performance video experiences across platforms.
• Collaborate closely with architects, DevOps, and product managers to design extensible service interfaces and system boundaries.
• Contribute to service orchestration, data flow optimization, and performance tuning across a microservices-based architecture.
• Integrate with a variety of internal systems and external services (e.g., CDN APIs, authentication, entitlement, SSAI, analytics).
• Drive high standards for software quality, testability, observability, and deployment automation.
• Participate in architecture reviews, design sessions, sprint planning, and technical mentoring.

Qualifications

Required:

• 5+ years of experience developing backend systems or platform infrastructure in a production environment.
• Proficiency in C#/.NET and working experience with Go or Python.
• Solid understanding of API design, microservices architecture, and distributed systems patterns.
• Experience with cloud-native development (preferably AWS) including services like Lambda, ECS, DynamoDB, SQS, and API Gateway.
• Familiarity with CI/CD workflows, version control, and automated testing frameworks.
• Strong problem-solving skills and an ability to navigate complex system interdependencies.
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills; comfortable working across technical and non-technical teams.

Preferred:

• Experience supporting video streaming platforms, especially backend systems related to playback, metadata, entitlement, or content pipelines.
• Knowledge of advertising technologies such as SSAI, ad beacons, or video analytics (a plus, but not the focus of the role).
• Hands-on experience with monitoring and observability tools such as Splunk, CloudWatch, or Datadog.
• Experience working with global teams, vendor partners, or hybrid delivery environments.

The anticipated base salary for this position is $120K to $170K. This role may also qualify for annual incentive and/or comprehensive benefits. The actual base salary offered will depend on a variety of factors, including without limitation, the qualifications of the individual applicant for the position, years of relevant experience, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held, and if applicable, the location of the position.

Sony Pictures Entertainment is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, or other protected characteristics.

SPE will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records in accordance with applicable law.

To request an accommodation for purposes of participating in the hiring process, you may contact us at SPE_Accommodation_Assistance@spe.sony.com.