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We partner with product, engineering, finance, marketing and operations teams to turn experimentation, forecasting, AI and production-quality measurement into better player experiences. \nRole overview:\nWithin D2C Data Science, the D2C ML Engineering team is the center of excellence for machine learning engineering. We build and operate the in-house machine learning platform that data scientists use to design, deploy, monitor and experiment with the models powering production decisions across the D2C portfolio.\nThis is a hands-on software engineering role supporting the production use of machine learning. You will build services, pipelines and tools that deliver solutions across payments, fraud prevention and other D2C use cases, including bringing machine learning capabilities into production. You will take ownership of defined components or improvements within our existing architecture, working closely with data scientists and other ML engineers across a globally distributed team. Strong software engineering foundations and a practical understanding of machine learning will help you grow into the wider ML lifecycle.\nThis role follows a hybrid working arrangement, with work primarily performed remotely and attendance at the Brussels office as needed.\nWhat you'll be doing:\nContribute to services and pipelines that support activities such as model training, batch or real-time scoring, and production monitoring.\nDevelop and maintain data transformations, feature aggregations and integrations using Python or Java and SQL.\nHelp integrate model deployments and A/B experiments in partnership with data scientists and other ML engineers.\nImprove automated testing, deployment, monitoring and troubleshooting, and participate in the team’s on-call rotation (no nights).\nWhat we're looking for:\nMaster’s degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning or a related field, with 3+ years of relevant experience.\nStrong software engineering foundations, with experience building, deploying and supporting production systems using Python or Java, including monitoring and troubleshooting.\nAbility to use AI-assisted development tools effectively, assess their output, and validate changes through appropriate testing and monitoring.\nPractical understanding of machine learning concepts and workflows, with some experience applying or supporting ML/AI systems and using SQL to prepare and investigate data.\nAbility to work closely with data scientists and product partners across a globally distributed team, and translate their needs into reliable software.\nDesirable skills:\nExposure to fraud, payments, risk, account security or other adversarial e-commerce problem spaces.\nInterest or experience in generative AI applications and agentic workflows.\nPlease 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.\nPlease refer to our Candidate Privacy Notice (where applicable) for more information about what personal information we collect, how we use it, who we share it with, and your data protection rights.\nEqual Opportunity Statement:\nSony is an Equal Opportunity Employer. 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