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Paramount Pictures

Senior Software Engineer - Web

new york, NY

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Job description

Overview

You’ll build and ship Paramount’s Smart TV applications across Samsung Tizen, LG webOS, and other CTV platforms. These apps run on web-based runtimes with tight memory budgets, limited CPU, and hardware that varies by model year and price point. You’ll write React and TypeScript that performs within those constraints. You’ll own features from concept through certification. You’ll work with central video engineering, external platform partners, and Product/Design to deliver what millions of viewers see on the biggest screen in the house.

Responsibilities

Design, build, and maintain application components for Paramount’s Smart TV apps using React and TypeScript

Optimize application performance on resource-constrained CTV devices. Profile rendering, measure memory, fix what’s slow

Collaborate with central video engineering teams to integrate and optimize video players across platforms

Work with external platform partners (Samsung, LG, and others) to develop, debug, and certify applications

Manage application state with Redux and RTK. Keep the store clean and selectors fast as the app grows

Write clean, tested code and participate in code reviews. Hold your teammates to the same standard

Coordinate with Product, Design, and Backend Engineering to turn requirements into working features

Work across multiple agile teams and contribute to all phases of the development cycle

Improve CI/CD pipelines and testing infrastructure for multi-platform Smart TV deployments

Document components, platform-specific patterns, and technical decisions

Use AI development tools to move faster and share what works with the team

Required Qualifications

5+ years writing software

2+ years building Smart TV or CTV applications on web-based platforms (Tizen, webOS, or similar)

BS in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent work experience

React and TypeScript. You build components, not just consume them

State management with Redux and RTK. You understand store shape, middleware, and when selectors cause unnecessary re-renders

Client-side routing patterns (React Router or equivalent)

You’ve taken features from concept through delivery on CTV platforms, including certification

CI/CD environments with DevOps and SRE principles

RESTful API integration and data handling

You communicate technical decisions in writing and in conversation. People act on what you say because it’s clear

You use AI tools (Copilot, Claude, Cursor, or similar) to write and ship code faster

Desired Qualifications

Experience with multiple CTV platforms (Tizen, webOS, Vizio, Xbox, PlayStation, or others)

Performance optimization on TV devices: profiling, memory measurement, rendering analysis. You know how to find the bottleneck, not just guess

Video player integration experience (Shaka, hls.js, or native platform players)

Observability tools: Conviva, New Relic, Datadog, Sentry, or similar

Experience working in Agile frameworks across distributed teams and time zones

Rapid proof-of-concept experience. You’ve built throwaway prototypes to answer hard questions fast

Enthusiasm for sharing AI tools and workflows that save the team time

You care about UX on the 10-foot screen and you’ll push back when something isn’t right

You say “I don’t know” when you don’t know

What Good Looks Like

You open a Smart TV codebase you’ve never seen, connect a Tizen emulator, and start diagnosing a rendering issue the same afternoon

Other engineers read your code and understand it without a walkthrough

You spot a memory leak on a 2020-era LG TV before QA files a ticket. You fix it and write up what happened

When a certification submission fails, you read the rejection, fix the issue, and flag what the team should check next time

You own your features end to end. From scoping through deployment, you don’t wait for someone to tell you what’s next

You know which React patterns cause jank on low-end CTV hardware. You avoid them and explain why to teammates who ask

You push back when a plan has gaps. You suggest a better approach

You treat the build pipeline, test coverage, and error monitoring like product features

You help your teammates get better. Through code reviews, pairing, or writing things down so the next person doesn’t hit the same wall

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Paramount+, a direct-to-consumer digital subscription video on-demand and live streaming service from Paramount Global, combines live sports, breaking news, and a mountain of entertainment. The premium streaming service features an expansive library of original series, hit shows and popular movies across every genre from world-renowned brands and production studios, including BET, CBS, Comedy Central, MTV, Nickelodeon, Paramount Pictures and the Smithsonian Channel. The service is also the streaming home to unmatched sports programming, including every CBS Sports event, from golf to football to basketball and more, plus exclusive streaming rights for major sports properties, including some of the world’s biggest and most popular soccer leagues. Paramount+ also enables subscribers to stream local CBS stations live across the U.S. in addition to the ability to stream Paramount Streaming’s other live channels: CBSN for 24/7 news, CBS Sports HQ for sports news and analysis, and ET Live for entertainment coverage.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

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

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:

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:

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.

If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran, you may request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access as a result of your disability. You can request reasonable accommodations by calling or by sending an email to Only messages left for this purpose will be returned.

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