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Senior Risk Analyst

United States, San Diego, CA

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PlayStation isn’t just the Best Place to Play — it’s also the Best Place to Work. Today, we’re recognized as a global leader in entertainment producing The PlayStation family of products and services including PlayStation®5, PlayStation®4, PlayStation®VR, PlayStation®Plus, acclaimed PlayStation software titles from PlayStation Studios, and more.

PlayStation also strives to create an inclusive environment that empowers employees and embraces diversity. We welcome and encourage everyone who has a passion and curiosity for innovation, technology, and play to explore our open positions and join our growing global team.

The PlayStation brand falls under Sony Interactive Entertainment, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation.

Senior Risk Analyst

Location: San Diego, CA or San Mateo, CA

Remote considered, west coast preferred

Department: Store Publishing Operations & Commerce (SPOC) 

Reports to: Manager, Fraud Operations & Analytics

 

Role Overview

Our Fraud & Risk Strategy team plays a critical role in protecting the PlayStation ecosystem and ensuring a safe, seamless experience for millions of users worldwide. As a Senior Risk Analyst on the Fraud, Risk, & Identity team, you will lead the development and execution of data-driven strategies to detect, prevent, and mitigate fraud across the PlayStation Network. You’ll work cross-functionally with data scientists, ML engineers, fraud strategists, and customer service teams to identify fraud patterns, optimize detection systems, and drive strategic initiatives that balance risk reduction with user experience.

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead advanced analytical investigations into fraud trends across digital and physical goods, payments, and entitlements.
  • Advanced SQL Analytics: Leverage advanced SQL skills to independently explore large, complex datasets, validate hypotheses, and build scalable queries and pipelines that support fraud detection, alerting, and reporting.
  • Collaborate with internal stakeholders to translate insights into actionable policies, rules, and product improvements.
  • Partner with Customer Service and Compliance teams to support agent tooling, customer protection, and regulatory alignment.
  • Build and maintain dashboards, KPIs, and alerting systems to monitor fraud activity and operational performance.

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of experience in fraud analytics, risk strategy, or a related quantitative field.
  • Expert-level SQL proficiency, with a proven track record of independently writing complex queries to investigate large-scale datasets, uncover behavioral patterns, and support data-driven decision-making in high-risk environments.
  • Experience with data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, Domo, Splunk).
  • Deep understanding of fraud typologies, risk scoring, and the fraud lifecycle in eCommerce or digital platforms.
  • Demonstrated ability to communicate complex findings to technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Experience with big data platforms (e.g., Snowflake), rule engines, and experimentation frameworks.
  • Proven track record of delivering results in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment.
  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Statistics, Economics, Computer Science, or a related discipline.

Preferred Skills

  • Experience in the video game or digital entertainment industry.
  • Familiarity with tools like JIRA, Confluence, FICO, and Snowflake.
  • Knowledge of Japanese or other global market nuances is a plus.

 

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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.

$118,100 - $177,100 USD

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. 

PlayStation is a Fair Chance employer and qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records will be considered for employment.

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