Software Engineer, Backend Developer, Cloud Engineer - Software

Job Summary
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Paramount+ is on a mission to unleash the power of content and is seeking a Backend Engineer to join their CMS Backend team. This role focuses on building, maintaining, and scaling high-traffic backend services with an emphasis on reliability and effective communication within the team.

Responsibilities
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• Build and evolve Java/Spring Boot backend services for a live-event metadata platform backed by relational databases.

• Deliver features with a reliability-first mindset, supported by metrics and production dashboards.

• Write clear, debuggable code and tools that surface failures early and reveal system behavior.

• Apply observability best practices with meaningful metrics, structured logs, and traces in microservices.

• Collaborate with senior engineers, product managers, and cross-functional partners on scalable solutions.

• Contribute through code reviews, design discussions, and shared engineering standards.

• Content Management Platform:
Support creation and distribution of live event metadata consumed by multiple downstream systems.

• Live Channel Orchestration:
Help build and maintain services coordinating live video streaming channels and pipelines across the full event lifecycle.

• Media Asset Management:
Contribute to systems handling ingest, organization, processing, and lifecycle management of media assets.

• Consumer Metadata Services:
Develop backend components responsible for delivering accurate, low-latency metadata to consumer-facing applications, with an emphasis on live content.

Qualifications
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Required
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• Solid understanding of object-oriented programming principles.

• 3+ experience developing Spring Boot microservices in Java (prefer Java 17 or newer).

• Background in helping with designing and implementing RESTful APIs, with an understanding of API contracts and integration patterns.

• Hands-on experience integrating with external systems using REST and/or EDA.

• Comfortable documenting and describing APIs using OpenAPI/Swagger specifications.

• Experience working with data formats such as JSON and XML.

• Experience writing automated unit tests for Java services using frameworks such as JUnit and Mockito, with attention to code coverage, readability, and maintainability.

• Experience building and working with databases using MySQL or Postgre

SQL.

• Good written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.

Preferred
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• Familiarity with developing brand maintaining cloud-based applications and workflows.

• Familiarity with working with a major cloud provider such as AWS or Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

• Familiarity with containerization and orchestration tools, including Docker and k8s.

• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines using tools like Git Hub Actions, Argo, or Jenkins.

• Some exposure to observability practices within microservice architectures, including metrics, logging, tracing, and dashboard usage.

• Basic working knowledge of No

SQL databases, such as Scylla

DB or Mongo

DB.

Company
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Paramount+, a direct-to-consumer digital subscription video on-demand and live streaming service from Paramount Global, combines live sports, breaking news, and a mountain of entertainment. Founded in 2021, the company is headquartered in Los Angeles , US, , with a team of 201-500 employees. The company is currently Growth Stage.