Lead Software Engineer

About the role

Paramount Skydance Corp. is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to architect, lead, and deliver enterprise-scale AI tooling and internal platforms that transform how Global Quality Engineering operates. This is not an "in test" role — you will be building foundational AI platforms, internal developer tools, and intelligent automation systems used across multiple brands and engineering pillars.

Responsibilities

• Architect large-scale AI platforms, RAG systems, and intelligent automation services that support GQE.
• Lead the design of internal developer tools, micro-platforms, and APIs that integrate AI into core engineering workflows.
• Build systems that automatically evaluate failures, classify flakiness, detect patterns, and recommend fixes.
• Partner with the QE executive team to define long-term AI strategy and roadmap, ensuring alignment with Platform Engineering, Data Engineering, Playback/Video Engineering, and Product teams.
• Mentor engineers across GQE and elevate engineering maturity through best practices and architectural guidance.
• Evaluate and integrate emerging AI technologies that deliver measurable productivity and quality improvements.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of software engineering experience with deep backend and architectural expertise.
• Proven experience building and scaling production AI systems, including LLM integrations and RAG pipelines.
• Solid systems thinking and ability to design platforms used across multiple teams and brands.
• Expertise in cloud platforms, distributed systems, and container orchestration.
• Demonstrated management in technical strategy, platform design, and cross-functional influence.
• Great communication skills and ability to drive alignment across engineering organizations.

Key Competencies

• Organization-level technical leadership.
• Ability to define platform strategy and long-term architecture.
• Deep AI fluency and realistic judgment on where AI adds value.
• Strong mentorship and influence across teams.

Success Metrics

• Enterprise-wide adoption of AI tooling with measurable improvements in productivity and quality.
• Significant reduction in triage time, flakiness, and manual analysis through intelligent automation.
• Clear architectural direction and roadmap for AI-enabled quality engineering.
• Strong uplift in engineering excellence across GQE.

Pay & Benefits

Hiring Salary Range: $156,800.00 - 235,200.00. 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.

Additional Information

Paramount Streaming, a division within Paramount Global, is the home to the company's direct-to-consumer services spanning free and paid in the form of Pluto TV and Paramount+. Pluto TV is the global leader in free ad-supported TV, delivering more than 1,400 global channels and an extensive library of streaming content, including live and original channels. Paramount+, digital subscription video-on-demand and live streaming service, combines live sports, breaking news, and A Mountain of Entertainment™. Paramount+ features an expansive library of original series, hit shows and popular movies across every genre from world-renowned brands and production studios, including SHOWTIME®.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Paramount is an equal opportunity employer (EOE) including disability/vet.