Lead Software Engineer - CTV

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Burbank, CA, US, 91505 New York, NY, US, 10036

Technology

Burbank

Full-Time

On-Site

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Becoming a part of Paramount means joining a team of passionate people who not only recognize the power of content but also enjoy a touch of fun and uniqueness.

Together, we co-create moments that matter – both for our audiences and our employees – and aim to leave a positive mark on culture.

You'll own the technical direction of 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 know these constraints and you know how to build
React applications that perform within them.

You'll lead a team of engineers, write code alongside them, and set the standard for how the team builds. You'll
coordinate with central video engineering, external platform partners, and Product/Design to ship features that
work on the biggest screen in the house.

• Set technical direction for Paramount's Smart TV applications. Choose the patterns, own the architecture,
  make decisions the team can follow
• Build and maintain application components using React and Type Script. This is a hands‑on role. You ship
  code
• Lead a team of Smart TV engineers. Run code reviews, pair on hard problems, give feedback that raises
  the bar
• Architect around CTV platform constraints: web runtime limitations, memory ceilings, rendering
  performance on low‑end hardware, and platform certification requirements for Tizen, webOS, and other
  targets
• Ship real‑time personalization features on Smart TV applications — personalized recommendations,
  dynamic artwork, and ad engagement experiences built for CTV constraints
• 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
• Plan and prioritize technical work. Scope projects, surface risks before they block the team, keep releases
  on track
• Write architecture docs, RFCs, and technical guides. Make decisions visible so the team doesn’t have to
  guess
• Improve CI/CD pipelines, testing infrastructure, and build tooling for multi‑platform Smart TV deployments
• Use AI development tools to move faster. Show the team what works and help them adopt it

• 8+ years writing software
• 3+ years building Smart TV or CTV applications on web‑based platforms (Tizen, webOS, or similar)
• 2+ years leading a team or serving as a technical lead
• BS in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent work experience
• React and Type Script at a level where you can design component architectures, not just use them
• State management with Redux and RTK. You’ve made decisions about store shape, middleware, and
  selector performance that held up at scale
• Client‑side routing patterns (React Router or equivalent)
• You’ve taken features from concept through delivery on CTV platforms, including certification and
  deployment
• CI/CD environments with Dev Ops and SRE principles
• RESTful API integration and data handling
• Performance profiling and optimization on resource‑constrained devices. You know how to measure, not
  just improve
• You write and speak about technical decisions in a way that helps people act on them
• You use AI tools (Copilot, Claude, Cursor, or similar) and can point to specific ways they’ve changed how
  you work

• Experience with multiple CTV platforms (Tizen, webOS, Vizio, Xbox, Play Station, or others)
• You’ve built or maintained cross‑platform CTV codebases that share React code across Tizen, webOS,
  and other targets
• Video player integration experience (Shaka, hls.js, or native platform players)
• You’ve rendered personalized or dynamically served content on memory‑constrained CTV hardware
• You’ve worked with real‑time event pipelines or recommendation APIs on client…