Software Engineer, Content Engineering

Software Engineer, Content EngineeringTechnology New York Full-Time Fully Remote #WeAreParamount on a mission to unleash the power of content… you in? We've got the brands, we've got the stars, we've got the power to achieve our mission to entertain the planet – now all we're missing is… YOU! Becoming a part of Paramount means joining a team of passionate people who not only recognize the power of content but also enjoy a touch of fun and uniqueness. Together, we co-create moments that matter – both for our audiences and our employees – and aim to leave a positive mark on culture.Overview and ResponsibilitiesThe Applied Machine Learning Group is seeking a Software Engineer to build and scale systems that power content understanding, metadata enrichment, and personalization across Paramount's global content catalog. In this role, you will work on the core infrastructure and internal tools that enable high-quality metadata ingestion and curation directly impacting content discovery, recommendations, and user experience across Paramount's streaming portfolio. This is a highly cross-functional role at the intersection of content, data, and machine learning, partnering closely with ML engineers, product teams, and data stakeholders to bring metadata-driven experiences to life. The ideal candidate will be:Enthusiastic about spanning the full lifecycle of a content data system from ingest and enrichment through deployment, monitoring, and downstream deliveryInvested in going beyond moving data to understanding it; developing domain-level familiarity with the content catalog, and how data quality issues upstream affect systems downstreamCommitted to continuous improvement; takes ownership of feature implementation, plans for future maintainabilitySkilled at partnering with Product to translate evolving content strategy into concrete engineering decisions; asking clarifying questions and iterating toward well-defined solutions under ambiguityCollaborative across engineering teams; working with upstream providers and downstream consumers to define integration contracts, and ensuring the sequencing of changes so that features ship cohesivelyEager to leverage AI agents in the software development process for understanding code, troubleshooting, developing new features, and fixing issuesResponsibilities IncludeMetadata Ingestion & Enrichment - Design, build, and maintain backend services that support content understanding, metadata modeling, and enrichment workflowsContribute to systems that process and manage metadata for a large-scale, global content catalogBackend 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 architectureUphold engineering quality through test coverage, code reviews, and consistent application of coding standardsInternal Tooling & Curation - Support editorial curation workflows that feed the personalization experience, ensuring curators have the tooling and data quality needed to make effective content decisionsBasic Qualifications3+ 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 downstreamAdditional QualificationsDjango 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