familiarity with the content catalog, and how data quality issues upstream affect systems
downstream
Committed to continuous improvement; takes ownership of feature implementation,
plans for future maintainability
Skilled at partnering with Product to translate evolving content strategy into concrete
engineering decisions; asking clarifying questions and iterating toward well-defined
solutions under ambiguity
Collaborative across engineering teams; working with upstream providers and
downstream consumers to define integration contracts, and ensuring the sequencing of
changes so that features ship cohesively
Eager to leverage AI agents in the software development process for understanding
code, troubleshooting, developing new features, and fixing issues
Responsibilities Include
Metadata Ingestion & Enrichment
Design, build, and maintain backend services that support content understanding,
metadata modeling, and enrichment workflows
Contribute to systems that process and manage metadata for a large-scale, global
content catalog
Backend Services & Data Modeling
Maintain and expand the API layer and data models across two provider contexts
(Paramount+ and PlutoTV) as the codebase converges toward a unified multi-tenant
architecture
Uphold engineering quality through test coverage, code reviews, and consistent
application of coding standards
Internal Tooling & Curation
Support editorial curation workflows that feed the personalization experience, ensuring
curators have the tooling and data quality needed to make effective content decisions
Basic Qualifications
3+ years of professional software engineering experience
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience
Strong proficiency in a Python web API and ORM framework (Django/ORM/DRF
preferred)
Knowledge of cloud infrastructure including managed databases, object storage, and
container orchestration (GCP, AWS, or Azure)
API design with backwards compatibility across multiple consumer teams
Relational data modeling for transactional systems
Experience building data engineering pipelines, including best practices like defensive
coding at ingestion boundaries, instrumentation to surface anomalies early, and
awareness of data drift so that quality issues are caught before they propagate
downstream
Additional Qualifications
Django and Django REST Framework for production backend applications
Google Cloud Platform: Cloud SQL, BigQuery, Cloud Storage, Secret Manager, GKE
Google Cloud Pub/Sub subscriber/publisher patterns
Elasticsearch index management, full-text search, mapping updates
Experience building content metadata management systems
Exposure to personalization, recommendation systems, or ML-adjacent platforms
Experience working in event-driven architectures, designing systems around async
pipelines
Paramount Streaming, a division within Paramount Global, is the home to the company's direct-to-consumer services spanning free and paid in the form of Pluto TV and Paramount+. Pluto TV is the global leader in free ad-supported TV, delivering more than 1,400 global channels and an extensive library of streaming content, including live and original channels. Paramount+, digital subscription video-on-demand and live streaming service, combines live sports, breaking news, and A Mountain of Entertainment™. Paramount+ features an expansive library of original series, hit shows and popular movies across every genre from world-renowned brands and production studios, including SHOWTIME®.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Hiring Salary Range: $110,400.00 - 165,600.00.
The hiring salary range for this position applies to New York, California, Colorado, Washington state, and most other geographies. Starting pay for the successful applicant depends on a variety of job-related factors, including but not limited to geographic location, market demands, experience, training, and education. The benefits available for this position include medical, dental, vision, 401(k) plan, life insurance coverage, disability benefits, tuition assistance program and PTO or, if applicable, as otherwise dictated by the appropriate Collective Bargaining Agreement. This position is bonus eligible.
What We Offer
Attractive compensation and comprehensive benefits packages. Check out our full list of benefits here: https://www.paramount.com/careers/benefits
Generous paid time off.
An exciting and fulfilling opportunity to be part of one of Paramount’s most dynamic teams.
Opportunities for both on-site and virtual engagement events.
Unique opportunities to make meaningful connections and build a vibrant community, both inside and outside the workplace.
Explore life at Paramount: https://www.paramount.com/careers/life-at-paramount
Paramount is an equal opportunity employer (EOE) including disability/vet.
At Paramount, the spirit of inclusion feeds into everything that we do, on-screen and off. From the programming and movies we create to employee benefits/programs and social impact outreach initiatives, we believe that opportunity, access, resources and rewards should be available to and for the benefit of all. Paramount is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, creed, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship status, marital status, disability, gender identity, gender expression, and Veteran status.
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