Lead Software Engineer, AI Tooling & Quality Engineering Platforms
Paramount is hiring a Lead Software Engineer to build enterprise-scale AI platforms and internal developer tools for Global Quality Engineering — architecting RAG systems and intelligent automation that evaluate failures, classify flakiness, and recommend fixes across brands.
$164,640 – $246,960 / yr
Location
New York, NY or Burbank, CA
On-site
Seniority
Lead
Compared with 41 other Engineering roles: Common across similar roles Unique to this role
What you'll do
Responsibilities
- Architect large-scale AI platforms, RAG systems, and intelligent automation services supporting Global Quality Engineering
- Lead design of internal developer tools, micro-platforms, and APIs that integrate AI into engineering workflows Common
- Build full-stack systems including React-based UIs for internal tooling
- Create systems that auto-evaluate failures, classify flakiness, detect patterns, and recommend fixes Unique
- Partner with the QE executive team on long-term AI strategy and roadmap Unique
- Drive cross-functional alignment with Platform and Data Engineering; mentor engineers
- Evaluate and integrate emerging AI tech, preferring Vertex AI and Gemini
What you'll need
Experience
- 6+ years software engineering with deep backend and architectural expertise
- Production AI systems experience including LLM integrations and RAG pipelines
- Full-stack capability with React or similar frameworks
- Cloud platforms, distributed systems, and container orchestration (Kubernetes/Docker)
- Executive-level technical strategy and cross-functional influence
- Nice to have: engineering management/mentoring, Vertex AI/Gemini/SageMaker/Azure ML, QE/test-automation, streaming/media-tech, internal developer tooling