Senior Software Engineer, AI Products & Agents

Storytelling is, and will always be, the heart of what we do at Skydance.

Our vision is to build a thriving entertainment ecosystem where stories and worlds are imagined, brought to life and experienced. We create for every age and audience, anchored by the strength of our content and experiences and the depth of our connection with fans. We are creator-first, audience-focused, tech-forward, globally scaled.

Here, you’ll work with talented teams that move fast, think boldly and collaborate with purpose to deliver results. We aim high, champion the best ideas and win together, earning the trust of our employees, creators, partners and audiences every day.

If you’re energized by the opportunity to help build the next-generation global media and entertainment company powered by creativity and technology, we’d be thrilled to welcome you aboard. LET’S GO!

Overview

The Data Products Team within the Data Insights Group (DIG) at Paramount Global builds the internal platforms that power how the business understands streaming performance, audience behavior, and content strategy. We own the applications, APIs, and automation systems that analysts and stakeholders rely on daily.

You'll join a small team with outsized impact, working across NextJS applications, FastAPI services, and AI-powered workflows. We build and ship quickly, and the tools we create are used immediately across the organization. If you want to own products end-to-end and see your work drive decisions at scale, this is that type of role.

What You'll Do

• 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 roadmapand architectural decisions as the team scales

Basic Qualifications

• 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

Additional Qualifications

• 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

How We Work

• Small team, direct access to stakeholders, short feedback loops. As we grow, you'll shape our technical direction and engineering culture.

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®.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Hiring Salary Range: $124,000.00 - 195,000.00.

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. This position is bonus eligible.

What We Offer:

• Attractive compensation and comprehensive benefits packages. Check out our full list of benefits here.
• Generous paid time off.
• Complimentary subscriptions to HBO Max, Paramount+, and other Skydance streaming services and digital news products.
• Robust employee engagement opportunities, including access to exclusive screenings and events, speaker series, volunteer activities and more.

Skydance is an equal opportunity employer (EOE)

We embrace the opportunity to build a workforce that reflects a wide array of perspectives, backgrounds and experiences. Being an equal opportunity employer means that we take seriously our responsibility to consider qualified candidates on the basis of merit. In line with the laws of the country or region in which the role is based, this includes consideration without regard to race, color, ethnicity, national origin, citizenship status, religion or belief, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, pregnancy, parenthood, physical or mental disability, genetic information, military or protected veteran status, union status or any other category protected by applicable law.

If you are a qualified individual with a disability, you may request a reasonable accommodation during the job application and/or recruitment process. You can request reasonable accommodations by calling 212.846.5500 or by sending an email to [email protected]. Only messages left for this purpose will be returned.