Senior Software Engineer (Video)

Job Title

Senior Software Engineer (Video) – Paramount Skydance

Location

Burbank, CA / New York, NY / San Francisco, CA (Onsite)

About The Team

The Video Engineering team supports the video delivery and architecture of VOD and live content streamed on Paramount+ and other Paramount brands. The team manages services for ingesting content into a video CMS, encoding, packaging with DRM, delivery and content distribution to millions of users daily.

Your Day‑to‑Day

• Identify bottlenecks and optimize video workflows to improve efficiency across encoding and delivery.
• Integrate AI‑powered tools into development processes to accelerate build cycles and reduce manual effort.
• Build and manage scalable cloud‑native applications on OCI and GCP for video processing.
• Design, develop, and maintain microservices to support a modular and scalable video platform architecture.
• Collaborate with development teams on re‑architecting and migrating existing monolithic systems into microservices‑based cloud architectures.
• Monitor and improve the performance, reliability, and scalability of microservices across the video pipeline.
• Actively influence future innovations by staying current with the latest software engineering and video technology trends.
• Foster a culture of collaboration and teamwork across the engineering organization.

Key Projects

• Optimize and modernize the cloud video encoding platform to improve workflow efficiency and reduce processing times.
• Design and implement microservices‑based architectures to replace existing monolithic systems.
• Build and deploy AI‑driven tools and automation to accelerate development and streamline video operations.
• Develop and scale cloud‑native video transcoding solutions on GCP and OCI.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience as a Software Engineer.
• 5+ years working with programming languages such as Golang, Java, Python.
• Experience leveraging AI‑powered tools for software development, including prompt engineering and AI‑assisted coding tools such as Cursor, and working with large language models such as Anthropic Claude.
• 3+ years of experience designing, building, and maintaining microservices architectures.
• 3+ years working with Cloud/SaaS services such as Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) or Google Cloud.
• BS/MS Degree in Computer Science or a similar technical field of study, or equivalent experience.

Additional Qualifications

• Experience with container technology and orchestration such as Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
• Experience with technical writing and design documentation.
• Master's Degree in Computer Science or a similar, related field.
• Experience with video codecs and protocols such as H.264, HEVC, AV1, HLS, RTMP.

Additional Information

Hiring Salary Range: $124,000.00 – 170,000.00.

The benefits available for this position include medical, dental, vision, 401(k) plan, life insurance coverage, disability benefits, tuition assistance program, and PTO. This position is bonus eligible.

What We Offer

• Attractive compensation and comprehensive benefits packages. Check out our full list of benefits here:
• 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.
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Equal Opportunity Employer Statement

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