Job Description
Paramount+, a direct-to-consumer digital subscription video on-demand and live streaming service from ViacomCBS, 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 ViacomCBS Streaming's other live channels: CBSN for 24/7 news, CBS Sports HQ for sports news and analysis, and ET Live for entertainment coverage.
Division Overview:
We are the Video Operations and Streaming team, responsible for supporting the video delivery and architecture of VOD and Live content streamed on over 15 platforms for CBS All Access / Paramount+. Our team is also responsible for the encoding and delivery of premium content to millions of users every day!
Role Details:
We are seeking a Software Engineer (Video) who will help drive our system's evolution to join our team. The role will be an integral part of the Video Streaming and Operations team, working with video tech engineers to build and release products for various platforms like Desktop, OTT, Mobile. The candidate will also be responsible for doing minimal video quality check, building, deploying and managing video encoding applications in cloud (AWS/GCP).
Your Day-to-Day:
• Work with other engineers to maintain and evolve our video encoding platform.
• Work with the team on building out cloud-based microservices to support video processing workflows.
• Help build out the Partner SVOD Delivery pipeline to Apple, Amazon,YouTube etc.
• Field questions and requests from site publishers regarding video encoding / playback.
• Work with other developers and Operations team on streamlining CI/CD solution
• Encourage an engineering culture that promotes test-driven development and code coverage
• Additional other duties and responsibilities, as assigned
Key Projects:
• Automating SVOD video delivery pipeline
• Collaborate with team on feature requests and improvement around video encoding solutions
• Work with the development team on a central logging and monitoring solution like New Relic, Datadog, Sumologic etc.
• Asset Ingestion workflow improvements and debugging jobs and workflows.
• Work with development teams on re-architecture/modernizing existing systems into the cloud.
Qualifications:
What you bring to the team:
You have –
• 3+ years of experience as a Software Engineer
• BS degree in Computer Science, similar technical field of study or equivalent practical experience
• Experienced in developing and maintaining cloud-based video workflows.
• Experience working with Cloud/SaaS services such as Amazon AWS, Google Cloud
• Experience in programming languages such as GoLang, PHP, Python
• Strong written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills
You might also have –
• Experience with AVC, HEVC, VP9, AV1, AAC video and audio codec standards
• Experience with video streaming media standards
ViacomCBS is an equal opportunity employer (EOE) including disability/vet.
Jobcode: Reference SBJ-g6po40-54-205-116-187-42 in your application.