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Senior Software Engineer, Smart TV/CTV

Location: New York / Los Angeles / San Francisco / Ft. Lauderdale

Overview

You’ll build and ship 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’ll write React and TypeScript that performs within those constraints and own features from concept through certification. You’ll work with central video engineering, external platform partners, and Product/Design to deliver what millions of viewers see on the biggest screen in the house.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain application components for Paramount’s Smart TV apps using React and TypeScript.
• Optimize application performance on resource‑constrained CTV devices. Profile rendering, measure memory, and fix what’s slow.
• 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.
• Manage application state with Redux and RTK. Keep the store clean and selectors fast as the app grows.
• Write clean, tested code and participate in code reviews. Hold teammates to the same standard.
• Coordinate with Product, Design, and Backend Engineering to turn requirements into working features.
• Work across multiple agile teams and contribute to all phases of the development cycle.
• Improve CI/CD pipelines and testing infrastructure for multi‑platform Smart TV deployments.
• Document components, platform‑specific patterns, and technical decisions.
• Use AI development tools to move faster and share what works with the team.

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of software development experience.
• 2+ years building Smart TV or CTV applications on web‑based platforms (Tizen, webOS, or similar).
• BS in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent work experience.
• Proficiency in React and TypeScript; you build components, not just consume them.
• Experience with state management using Redux and RTK; you understand store shape, middleware, and when selectors cause unnecessary re‑renders.
• Knowledge of client‑side routing patterns (React Router or equivalent).
• Front‑end fundamentals: HTML, CSS, modern JavaScript; you can debug layout and rendering issues on a TV runtime.
• You’ve taken features from concept through delivery on CTV platforms, including certification.
• Experience with CI/CD environments following DevOps and SRE principles.
• RESTful API integration and data handling.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills. Technical decisions are clear and actionable.
• Use of AI tools (Copilot, Claude, Cursor, or similar) to write and ship code faster.

Desired Qualifications

• Experience with multiple CTV platforms (Tizen, webOS, Vizio, Xbox, PlayStation, or others).
• Proficiency in performance optimization on TV devices: profiling, memory measurement, rendering analysis.
• Knowledge of browser internals: rendering pipelines, compositing, layout thrashing, and how these behave on TV runtimes vs. desktop browsers.
• Video player integration experience (Shaka, hls.js, or native platform players).
• Experience with observability tools (Conviva, New Relic, Datadog, Sentry, or similar).
• Track record of working in Agile frameworks across distributed teams and time zones.
• Rapid proof‑of‑concept experience; prototypes to answer hard questions fast.
• Enthusiasm for sharing AI tools and workflows that save the team time.
• UX focus on the 10‑foot screen and willingness to challenge the status quo.
• Honesty about knowledge gaps; you say “I don’t know” when necessary.

What Good Looks Like

• You can open an unfamiliar Smart TV codebase, connect a Tizen emulator, and diagnose a rendering issue in the same afternoon.
• Other engineers understand your code without a walkthrough.
• You spot a memory leak on a 2020‑era LG TV before QA files a ticket, fix it, and document the resolution.
• When a certification submission fails, you read the rejection, fix the issue, and flag what the team should check next time.
• You own features end‑to‑end, from scoping through deployment.
• You know which React patterns cause jank on low‑end CTV hardware and explain why to teammates.
• You push back on plans with gaps and suggest better approaches.
• You treat the build pipeline, test coverage, and error monitoring as product features.
• You help teammates improve through code reviews, pairing, or documentation.

Additional Information

• Hiring salary range: $124,000 – $170,000.
• Salary applies to New York, California, Colorado, Washington, and most other geographies.
• Benefits include medical, dental, vision, 401(k) plan, life insurance, disability benefits, tuition assistance, and PTO.
• Position is bonus eligible.
• Benefits details: attractive compensation and comprehensive benefits. Check out our full list of benefits here:
• Generous paid time off.
• Exciting opportunities to join a dynamic team.
• On‑site and virtual engagement events.
• Opportunities to build a community and meaningful connections.
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