Senior Software Engineer, AI Products & Agents

About the role

Become a Senior Software Engineer at Paramount, working on AI products and agents. Join a team that builds internal web applications and integrates BigQuery pipelines. Own the technical design, implementation, and reliability of features, mentor junior engineers, and shape the technical roadmap.

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

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
• 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

Qualifications

• Small team, direct access to stakeholders, short feedback loops

Skills

• Python
• Modern JavaScript/TypeScript
• React or NextJS
• FastAPI
• SQL and cloud data warehouses (BigQuery, Snowflake)
• Workflow orchestration systems (Airflow, Prefect, Dagster)
• LLM frameworks (LangChain, LangGraph, Google ADK)
• OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini APIs
• Docker, Kubernetes, GCP/AWS
• Data engineering, pipeline design, and tooling for analysts
• Media, entertainment, or streaming industries experience

Benefits

• Hiring Salary Range: $124,000.00 - 186,000.00
• Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, 401(k) plan, life insurance coverage, disability benefits, tuition assistance program, and PTO
• Generous paid time off
• Exciting and fulfilling opportunity to be part of one of Paramount’s most dynamic teams
• Unique opportunities to make meaningful connections and build a vibrant community, both inside and outside the workplace

Pay

$124,000.00 - 186,000.00

Schedule

Full-time