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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Lead Software Engineer - CTV - **Company:** Paramount Global - **Location:** Burbank, CA, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $156,800.0 - $235,200.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** HTML, JavaScript (Programming Language), Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Agile Methodology, Artificial Intelligence, Component-Based Software Engineering, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Code Coverage, Profiling, Code Review, Continuous Integration, Cursor (Graphical User Interface Elements), Software Debugging, DevOps, Middleware, Systems Integration, TypeScript, Visual Effects, Web Applications, Datadog, Network Routers, Data Processing, ReactJS, Grafana, Information Technology, Sentry, Front End Software Development, React Redux, Restful APIs, New Relic (SaaS), Multiplatform, Smart Tv - **Published:** July 24, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.juju.com/job/00000000gj3ax8 ## About the Role + 8+ years writing software + 3+ years building Smart TV or CTV applications on web-based platforms (Tizen, webOS, or similar) + 2+ years leading a team or serving as a technical lead + BS in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent work experience + React and TypeScript at a level where you can design component architectures, not just use them + State management with Redux and RTK. You've made decisions about store shape, middleware, andselector performance that held up at scale + Client-side routing patterns (React Router or equivalent) + Front-end fundamentals: HTML, CSS, modern JavaScript. You can debug layout and rendering issues ona TV runtime without guessing + You've taken features from concept through delivery on CTV platforms, including certification anddeployment + CI/CD environments with DevOps and SRE principles + RESTful API integration and data handling + Performance profiling and optimization on resource-constrained devices. You know how to measure, notjust improve + You write and speak about technical decisions in a way that helps people act on them + You use AI tools (Copilot, Claude, Cursor, or similar) and can point to specific ways they've changed howyou work Desired Qualifications + Experience with multiple CTV platforms (Tizen, webOS, Vizio, Xbox, PlayStation, or others) + You've built or maintained cross-platform CTV codebases that share React code across Tizen, webOS,and other targets + Browser internals knowledge: rendering pipelines, compositing, layout thrashing, and how these behaveon TV runtimes vs. desktop browsers + Video player integration experience (Shaka, hls.js, or native platform players) + You've rendered personalized or dynamically served content on memory-constrained CTV hardware + You've worked with real-time event pipelines or recommendation APIs on client applications + Observability tools: Conviva, New Relic, Datadog, Sentry, or similar + Experience working in Agile frameworks across distributed teams and time zones + Rapid proof-of-concept experience. You've built throwaway prototypes to answer hard questions fast + You've introduced AI tools to a team and helped them stick. Not a demo. Actual adoption + You care about UX enough to push back on Product and Design when something isn't right for the 10-footexperience ## Description You'll own the technical direction of 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 know these constraints and you know how to build React applications that perform within them. You'll lead a team of engineers, write code alongside them, and set the standard for how the team builds. You'll coordinate with central video engineering, external platform partners, and Product/Design to ship features that work on the biggest screen in the house. Responsibilities + Set technical direction for Paramount's Smart TV applications. Choose the patterns, own the architecture,make decisions the team can follow + Build and maintain application components using React and TypeScript. This is a hands-on role. You shipcode + Lead a team of Smart TV engineers. Run code reviews, pair on hard problems, give feedback that raisesthe bar + Architect around CTV platform constraints: web runtime limitations, memory ceilings, renderingperformance on low-end hardware, and platform certification requirements for Tizen, webOS, and othertargets + Ship real-time personalization features on Smart TV applications personalized recommendations,dynamic artwork, and ad engagement experiences built for CTV constraints + 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 certifyapplications + Plan and prioritize technical work. Scope projects, surface risks before they block the team, keep releaseson track + Write architecture docs, RFCs, and technical guides. Make decisions visible so the team doesn't have toguess + Improve CI/CD pipelines, testing infrastructure, and build tooling for multi-platform Smart TV deployments, + Engineers on your team grow. They take on harder problems this quarter than last quarter. You can namewhat changed + You open a Smart TV app codebase you've never seen, connect a Tizen emulator, and start diagnosing arendering issue the same afternoon + You know which React patterns cause jank on a 2020-era LG TV and which ones don't. You've written itdown so the team knows too + When a certification submission fails, you read the rejection, fix the issue, and update the team's checklistso it doesn't happen again + You manage the relationship with platform partners. Samsung and LG engineers know your name andtrust your team's submissions + You write architecture decisions down. 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