Lead Solutions Engineer

Job Description

Lead Solutions Engineer (Remote)

The Video Technology team develops industry leading online and mobile video delivery systems and IP for Paramount, CBS Sports, CBS News, MTV, Nickelodeon, and the entire suite of Paramount sites and apps. Our team is responsible for the delivery of premium content to millions of people every day. We set company-wide video standards and help internal business units integrate the video delivery stack into their specific online products. Additionally, the team serves as the company's information resource on current and future trends in digital video. This is a great opportunity for someone who is interested in doing high-visibility, important work!

As a Video Solutions Engineer, you will be involved in development, testing, triaging, and release management processes for our video player platform on Android. The team is actively involved in testing release candidates, triaging issues and bugs reported by our clients, building and maintaining automated and manual testing frameworks! The breadth and scope of our numerous client applications will let you go deep into understanding media playback, as well as giving you the opportunity to become familiar with Ad Monetization workflows, Analytics and Quality of Service tracking systems.

In your role as member of a central platform team you will also spend time helping our customers to solve integration issues, working with App Developers and Quality Assurance Engineers from our many customer brands.

Your Day-to-Day
• Triaging issues, bugs and feature requests raised by our client applications.
• Implementing automated testing for player frameworks on Android.
• Interfacing with app teams to assist in player integration efforts.
• QAing and certifying player and tracking framework releases on Android.
• Profiling/diagnosing memory issues using Android Studio

Key Projects
• Better release management of our player frameworks across platforms.
• Player integration in new native applications as more business units across Paramount embrace our frameworks
• Automated testing for player frameworks on Android
• Adding support for new tracking vendors in our video tracking service

Qualifications
• 5+ years shown experience with native app development on Android
• Ability to troubleshoot/debug/profile apps written in Java and Kotlin on Android.
• Proficiency with Android Studio, Gradle scripts, Build Flavors, Modules, Profiling, Layout analysis.
• Exposure to ADB.
• Exposure to Exoplayer, Android media player.
• Exposure to testing and release automation tools (Github Actions, CircleCI etc..).
• Familiarity with native testing frameworks on Android

You might also have (Bonus)
• Exposure to iOS native app development and testing with Swift.

#LI

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 US 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.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Hiring Salary Range: $150,000.00 - 180,000.00.

The hiring salary range for this position applies to New York City, 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.

https://www.paramount.com/careers/benefits

Paramount is an equal opportunity employer (EOE) including disability/vet.

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