Senior Software Engineer - CTV

Paramount•Burbank, CA

55d•$124,000 - $186,000•Hybrid

About The Position

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.

Requirements

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)
Front-end fundamentals: HTML, CSS, modern JavaScript. You can debug layout and rendering issues on a TV runtime
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

Nice To Haves

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
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)
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

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