Lead Software Engineer - CTV

Paramount • Burbank, CA

1d • $157,000 - $200,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Paramount is on a mission to unleash the power of content and entertain the planet. Becoming a part of Paramount means joining a team of passionate people who recognize the power of content and enjoy uniqueness, co-creating moments that matter for audiences and employees, and aiming to leave a positive mark on culture. This role involves owning the technical direction of Paramount's Smart TV applications across Samsung Tizen, LG webOS, and other CTV platforms. These applications operate on web-based runtimes with strict memory budgets, limited CPU, and varying hardware. The successful candidate will lead a team of engineers, contribute to coding, and establish the team's building standards. Coordination with central video engineering, external platform partners, and Product/Design teams is essential to deliver features on large screen devices.

Requirements

• 8+ years writing software
• 3+ years building Smart TV or CTV applications on web-based platforms (Tizen, webOS, or similar)
• 2+ years leading a team or serving as a technical lead
• BS in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent work experience
• React and TypeScript at a level where you can design component architectures, not just use them
• State management with Redux and RTK. You've made decisions about store shape, middleware, and selector performance that held up at scale
• Client-side routing patterns (React Router or equivalent)
• Front-end fundamentals: HTML, CSS, modern JavaScript. You can debug layout and rendering issues on a TV runtime without guessing
• You've taken features from concept through delivery on CTV platforms, including certification and deployment
• CI/CD environments with DevOps and SRE principles
• RESTful API integration and data handling
• Performance profiling and optimization on resource-constrained devices. You know how to measure, not just improve
• You write and speak about technical decisions in a way that helps people act on them
• You use AI tools (Copilot, Claude, Cursor, or similar) and can point to specific ways they've changed how you work

Nice To Haves

• Experience with multiple CTV platforms (Tizen, webOS, Vizio, Xbox, PlayStation, or others)
• You've built or maintained cross-platform CTV codebases that share React code across Tizen, webOS, and other targets
• Browser internals knowledge: rendering pipelines, compositing, layout thrashing, and how these behave on TV runtimes vs. desktop browsers
• Video player integration experience (Shaka, hls.js, or native platform players)
• You've rendered personalized or dynamically served content on memory-constrained CTV hardware
• You've worked with real-time event pipelines or recommendation APIs on client applications
• 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
• You've introduced AI tools to a team and helped them stick. Not a demo. Actual adoption
• You care about UX enough to push back on Product and Design when something isn't right for the 10-foot experience
• You say "I don't know" when you don't know

Responsibilities

• Set technical direction for Paramount's Smart TV applications. Choose the patterns, own the architecture, make decisions the team can follow
• Build and maintain application components using React and TypeScript. This is a hands-on role. You ship code
• Lead a team of Smart TV engineers. Run code reviews, pair on hard problems, give feedback that raises the bar
• Architect around CTV platform constraints: web runtime limitations, memory ceilings, rendering performance on low-end hardware, and platform certification requirements for Tizen, webOS, and other targets
• Ship real-time personalization features on Smart TV applications — personalized recommendations, dynamic artwork, and ad engagement experiences built for CTV constraints
• 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
• Plan and prioritize technical work. Scope projects, surface risks before they block the team, keep releases on track
• Write architecture docs, RFCs, and technical guides. Make decisions visible so the team doesn't have to guess
• Improve CI/CD pipelines, testing infrastructure, and build tooling for multi-platform Smart TV deployments
• Use AI development tools to move faster. Show the team what works and help them adopt it

Benefits

• 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
• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• 401(k) plan
• Life insurance coverage
• Disability benefits
• Tuition assistance program
• PTO
• Bonus eligible

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior