Software Engineer, Content Engineering (AI Content Orchestration)

Software Engineer, Content Engineering (AI Content Orchestration)

We are seeking a Backend Software Engineer to join our Content Engineering team. This team builds the "AI Editor" that automatically identifies and extracts, and processes high-impact clips from our massive library. You will be in charge of building and maintaining the backend services, workflows and agents that orchestrate this transformation—ensuring that every "gist" and "clip" is generated, tagged, and delivered with precision. As an Independent Contributor you will own specific features and components of our orchestration layer. You will work at the intersection of backend engineering and video operations, building the APIs and data contracts that allow our ML models to interact seamlessly with video encoding and metadata systems. This is a role for an engineer who enjoys building scalable, asynchronous systems and is interested to work with the payloads that power the future of content discovery.

Why This Role Matters

Our team is in charge of the visual "hooks" that drive user involvement across our platforms. In this role, you will:

• Power the Orchestration Engine: Build the backend services that manage the lifecycle of an AI-generated clip, from beginning to final delivery.
• Bridge Systems: Create the interfaces that connect advanced ML workflows with core Video Ops and Encoding pipelines.
• Scale Content Intelligence: Ensure our metadata and payload delivery systems can handle the automated processing of thousands of hours of video daily.

Key Responsibilities

• Feature Ownership: Design and implement backend orchestration solutions, focusing on high-quality API design and service reliability.
• Service Orchestration: Build and manage asynchronous workers, queues, and event-driven architectures that handle video processing tasks and complex workflows.
• API & Interface Development: Develop robust APIs that provide critical metadata and payloads to downstream discovery systems and video infrastructure.
• System Integration: Partner with core video teams to ensure seamless handoffs of video assets and processing signals.
• Production Excellence: Participate in code reviews and design discussions, applying good technical judgment to improve the scalability and observability of our services.
• ML in Production: Integrate ML models into production pipelines, focusing on low-latency inference and reliable data delivery.

Basic Qualifications:

• 3+ years of experience in backend software engineering or distributed systems.
• Backend Mastery: Solid proficiency in Python (or similar backend languages) and experience building and scaling production APIs.
• Distributed Systems: Experience with asynchronous messaging, task queues, and background workers.
• Data Fluency: Solid knowledge of SQL, database design, and data modeling for high-volume systems.
• Engineering Rigor: Proven ability to own features autonomously from design to deployment delivering clean, maintainable code.

Additional Qualifications:

• Familiarity with Cloud Architecture (GCP preferred) and containerization (Docker/Kubernetes).
• Experience or solid interest in Video/Media Processing (e.g. video encoding, FFmpeg, or metadata standards).
• Basic knowledge of how to serve machine learning model outputs via APIs.
• Experience working with agentic AI workflows or complex microservice orchestration.

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®.

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.
• 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.

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.