Sony

What Sony does

Entertainment, Technology & Services (ET&S) is the largest segment, with 33,100 employees at March 31, 2026. It covers cameras, headphones, displays and network services. Headcount on that date was 18,800 in Imaging & Sensing Solutions (I&SS), 12,300 in Game & Network Services (G&NS), 11,400 in Music and 11,300 in Pictures. G&NS runs PlayStation hardware, digital software, add-on content and network services. Music and Pictures cover recorded music, publishing, film, television and media networks. All Other, mainly disc manufacturing and recording media, had 1,600 people at March 31, 2026, and corporate staff outside the segments numbered 6,400. Financial Services left the count after the partial spin-off of Sony Financial Group on October 1, 2025. The registered office is in Minato-ku, Tokyo.

Where Sony hires

Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC (SIE), the PlayStation company based in San Mateo, California, submitted 147 H-1B labor condition applications (LCAs) in calendar 2025. More than half of them named one of two worksites:

• San Mateo, CA: 49
• San Diego, CA: 33

Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. submitted 18 LCAs in calendar 2025.

SIE's careers site listed 332 openings on October 13, 2026. On that date Japan had 76 of them, Ireland 24 and Canada 23, against 109 in California. SIE runs its global functions from California, London and Tokyo. The 20-F property table lists about 9,300 employees at Sony Semiconductor Manufacturing in Kumamoto, Japan, at March 31, 2026. It also counts 3,600 at Sony EMCS in Selangor, Malaysia, and 3,100 at SIE's European arm and its subsidiaries in London, on the same date.

Job titles and levels you will see

Software titles account for 72 of SIE's 147 LCAs in calendar 2025, and the level sits in the title. Software Engineer II has 19 filings that year, against 7 for Software Engineer I. Senior Software Engineer appears 9 times and the Sr. Software Engineer spelling 6 times, so the senior rung totals 15 that year. Staff Software Engineer has 7 filings in 2025. Test roles use the same ladder, with 6 filings for Software Development Engineer in Test II and 3 for the senior version. Data Engineer II, UX Designer II and Manager, Software Engineering have 3 each in 2025. Postings on SIE's careers site on October 13, 2026 add Associate, Specialist, Lead and Director titles, such as Associate Development Director and Director of Product Management. Some Tokyo postings carry a Mid-career tag.

Workforce and hiring patterns

Japan held 42,300 employees at March 31, 2026, about 45% of the total, and 52,600 worked outside Japan, against 57,500 and 54,800 a year earlier. The 20-F ties the drop of about 17,400 in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026 to the financial spin-off, ET&S reforms in Japan and I&SS divestitures abroad. In Japan, 31.3% of hires that fiscal year had worked at other companies or in other job categories, up from 28.9% a year earlier. SIE's LCA filings rose from 191 in calendar 2023 to 243 in 2024, then fell to 147 in 2025. On June 25, 2026, SIE and its subsidiary Bungie notified about 292 employees in Bellevue, Washington of separations effective July 9, 2026.

Good to know before you apply

• SIE's hiring page outlines an application review, then interview stages that may include phone or video calls, technical assessments and face-to-face meetings.
• Not every applicant gets a reply. The page suggests tailoring your resume and showing a portfolio or side projects.
• The 12-week paid US internship takes students graduating by Spring 2027, remotely or at offices such as San Mateo, Los Angeles and Bellevue.
• SIE's US benefits include a 4.5% 401(k) match and student loan repayment. Japan adds internal recruitment within the Sony Group and a free agent system.
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