Software Engineer

Full‑Time · On‑Site · Burbank, CA About the Role Paramount’s live services platform delivers live events for Paramount+ and live video streams with a reliability‑first focus. We’re building a high‑traffic, latency‑sensitive backend that serves live‑event metadata, orchestrates live video channels, manages media assets, and delivers low‑latency consumer metadata. We’re hiring a Backend Engineer to join our CMS backend team.

You will help ensure reliability, write defensible code, and promote observability and accountability. Responsibilities 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 tooling 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. Basic Qualifications Solid understanding of object‑oriented programming principles. 3+ years developing Spring Boot microservices in Java (prefer Java 17 or newer).

Background in 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 PostgreSQL.

Good written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills. Bonus Skills Familiarity with developing brand‑maintaining cloud‑based applications and workflows. Familiarity with a major cloud provider such as AWS or Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

Familiarity with containerization and orchestration tools, including Docker and Kubernetes. Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines using tools like GitHub Actions, Argo, or Jenkins. Some exposure to observability practices within microservice architectures, including metrics, logging, tracing, and dashboard usage.

Basic working knowledge of NoSQL databases such as ScyllaDB or MongoDB. Salary & Benefits Hiring Salary Range: $110,000.00 – $145,000.00 (varies by location). This position is bonus eligible.

Benefits include medical, dental, vision, 401(k), life insurance, disability insurance, tuition assistance, and paid time off. Explore the full benefit list here: https://www.paramount.com/careers/benefits Equal Employment Opportunity Paramount is an equal‑opportunity employer (EOE) including disability/vet. At Paramount, the spirit of inclusion feeds into everything that we do.

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