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About the Role

Paramount is seeking a Lead Software Engineer - Android to develop cohesive solutions for content-based technical obstacles. This role involves end-to-end responsibility from understanding product and engineering goals to designing, delivering, and maintaining platforms. It sits at the intersection of deep Android platform engineering and AI-native development, requiring daily use of AI agents and coding tools, and collaboration with ML and data science teams on client-facing features. The role includes defining product requirements, articulating engineering alignment, providing estimates, participating in architectural discussions, and leading a team through the development process with a focus on quality.

Responsibilities

Drive the architectural direction and design of Android applications.
Establish best practices for coding, testing, and deployment.
Evangelize new tools, frameworks, and processes for continued innovation and development efficiency.
Prepare architectural diagrams and technical specifications for the engineering team to deliver high quality, maintainable software.
Lead architectural discussions around feature development and software development best practice.
Involvement in performance and playback optimizations, overall app stability and profiling.
Design, develop, test, and deploy new solutions as well as maintaining, integrating and improving existing solutions using modern technologies and industry best practices.
Ensure robust performance, responsiveness, and quality of applications, troubleshooting and debugging as needed.
Leverage AI-driven coding assistants like Copilot, Cursor, or Claude as a core component of the daily engineering lifecycle, including architectural design, implementation, and refactoring.
Partner with technical leadership to establish and optimize safe, high-impact practices for utilizing AI tools within the development team.
Drive cross-functional initiatives to integrate LLM and ML capabilities into product features, such as advanced search, discovery, and personalized content understanding.
Mentor mid- and senior-level engineers, sharing technical expertise and guiding professional growth.
Participate in code reviews to maintain code quality and consistency across the team.
Work closely with product managers, designers, and other engineering teams to clarify requirements.
Coordinate with backend services and APIs to ensure seamless integration and feature delivery.
Enhance software development processes and policies, driving continuous improvement in code quality, development speed, and overall team productivity.
Stay current with emerging Android technologies, libraries, and trends, recommending their adoption where beneficial.
Partner closely with the Android Engineering Manager on development strategies.
Ensure the application is highly responsive and performant.
Safeguard against production incidents.
Enable engineers to deliver mission-critical features and enhancements.
Identify technical risks and potential bottlenecks, proposing solutions to mitigate them.

Requirements

Proficient in Kotlin and Java, with a solid understanding of the Android SDK and different Android versions.
Deep knowledge of Architecture Patterns and Material Design (e.g., MVVM, MVI, Clean Architecture, Compose UI).
Experience using Gradle and Android Studio.
Experience following and implementing software design patterns.
Proven ability to design scalable, high-performing, and secure Android applications.
Experience integrating complex RESTful APIs and third-party libraries.
Strong experience in writing unit tests, UI tests, and automated tests using frameworks like JUnit, Espresso, and others.
Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub Actions).
Ability to identify and resolve performance bottlenecks, including memory leaks, slow rendering, and network inefficiencies.
Skilled in using performance profiling and optimizations (e.g., Android Profiler, Leak Canary).
Ability to clearly articulate complex technical concepts to engineers, stakeholders, and executives.
Strong mentoring skills, with a track record of developing and inspiring high-performing teams.
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience).
7+ years of professional software development experience, with at least 6 years focused on Android development.
Demonstrated history of leading and delivering multiple large-scale Android projects in a production environment with multiple scrum teams in an agile process.
Proven track record of architectural ownership and driving technical decisions.
Excellent interpersonal skills with ability to facilitate conversations with business partners in project definition, business requirements definition and functional design sessions.
Eye for quality and user experience.
Translate business objectives into software requirements.
Hands-on, daily use of AI coding assistants such as Cursor, Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, or equivalent, with a clear sense of what these tools are good and bad at.
Comfort writing effective prompts, structuring context, and evaluating AI-generated diffs critically before they land in the codebase.
Working understanding of LLMs, embeddings, retrieval, and prompt engineering, enough to design client integrations and reason about latency, cost, and failure modes.
Practical experience shipping or seriously prototyping at least one ML- or LLM-powered product feature (search, ranking, personalization, content understanding, in-app assistant, etc.).
Judgment about responsible AI use: privacy, IP, attribution, and when a human review gate is required.
Experience with Video Streaming (HLS / MPEG-DASH).
Experience working with ExoPlayer.
Widevine DRM knowledge.

Skills

Kotlin
Java
Android SDK
Gradle
Android Studio
Software Design Patterns
RESTful APIs
Unit Testing
UI Testing
Automated Testing
CI/CD
Performance Profiling
AI Coding Assistants
LLMs
Embeddings
Retrieval
Prompt Engineering
ML
Responsible AI
Video Streaming
HLS
MPEG-DASH
ExoPlayer
Widevine DRM

Location

US - In Office (LA, NY, SF)

Work Type

In Office

Experience Level

7+ years of professional software development experience
at least 6 years focused on Android development
7+ years

Education Level

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience)

Salary/Compensations

$156,800.00 - 235,200.00

Benefits

medical
dental
vision
401(k) plan
life insurance coverage
disability benefits
tuition assistance program
PTO
bonus eligible
Attractive compensation and comprehensive benefits packages
Generous paid time off

About the Company

Paramount is on a mission to entertain the planet by unleashing the power of content. We are a team of passionate people who recognize the power of content and enjoy a touch of fun and uniqueness. Together, we co-create moments that matter for our audiences and employees, aiming to leave a positive mark on culture.
Paramount+, a direct-to-consumer digital subscription video on-demand and live streaming service from Paramount Global, combines live sports, breaking news, and a mountain of entertainment. The premium streaming service features an expansive library of original series, hit shows and popular movies across every genre from world-renowned brands and production studios, including BET, CBS, Comedy Central, MTV, Nickelodeon, Paramount Pictures and the Smithsonian Channel. The service is also the streaming home to unmatched sports programming, including every CBS Sports event, from golf to football to basketball and more, plus exclusive streaming rights for major sports properties, including some of the world’s biggest and most popular soccer leagues. Paramount+ also enables subscribers to stream local CBS stations live across the U.S. in addition to the ability to stream Paramount Streaming’s other live channels: CBSN for 24/7 news, CBS Sports HQ for sports news and analysis, and ET Live for entertainment coverage.

Equal Opportunity

Paramount is an equal opportunity employer (EOE) including disability/vet.
At Paramount, the spirit of inclusion feeds into everything that we do, on-screen and off. From the programming and movies we create to employee benefits/programs and social impact outreach initiatives, we believe that opportunity, access, resources and rewards should be available to and for the benefit of all. Paramount is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, creed, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship status, marital status, disability, gender identity, gender expression, and Veteran status.
If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran, you may request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access https://www.paramount.com/careers as a result of your disability. You can request reasonable accommodations by calling 212.846.5500 or by sending an email to paramountaccommodations@paramount.com. Only messages left for this purpose will be returned.