Senior Software Engineer, Internal Tools and Automation

Paramount•New York, NY

About The Position

The Data Products Team within the Data Insights Group (DIG) at Paramount Global builds the internal platforms that power how the business understands streaming performance, audience behavior, and content strategy. We own the applications, APIs, and automation systems that analysts and stakeholders rely on daily. You'll join a small team with outsized impact, working across NextJS applications, FastAPI services, and AI-powered workflows. We build and ship quickly, and the tools we create are used immediately across the organization. If you want to own products end-to-end and see your work drive decisions at scale, this is that type of role.

Requirements

5+ years of software development experience building internal tools or data-driven applications
Strong proficiency in Python and modern JavaScript/TypeScript
Experience architecting production web applications with React or NextJS
Experience designing and scaling REST APIs (FastAPI, or similar)
Deep knowledge with SQL and cloud data warehouses (BigQuery, Snowflake), including performance optimization
Proven ability to own systems end-to-end: design, deployment, monitoring, and iteration
Experience mentoring engineers and spearheading engineering standards
Strong communication skills with non-technical stakeholders

Nice To Haves

Experience with workflow orchestration systems (Airflow, Prefect, Dagster) at scale
Hands-on experience building production AI solutions, including agents, agentic workflows, and RAG systems
Deep knowledge with LLM frameworks (LangChain, LangGraph, Google ADK) and their tradeoffs
Experience integrating LLM APIs (OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini) into production, including prompt engineering and cost management
Strong background in containerization and cloud infrastructure (Docker, Kubernetes, GCP/AWS)
Background in data engineering, pipeline design, and building tooling for analysts
Experience in media, entertainment, or streaming industries

Responsibilities

Architect and build internal web applications using NextJS and FastAPI
Design and own backend services and REST APIs that power automation tools and AI-driven features
Partner with data engineers to integrate BigQuery pipelines and metadata systems into user-facing products
Drive features from concept through production, owning technical design, implementation, and reliability
Solve ambiguous problems across the stack, balancing delivery speed with maintainability
Mentor junior engineers through code reviews, pair programming, and technical guidance
Define and champion engineering standards around code quality, testing, and system design
Shape the technical roadmap and architectural decisions as the team scales