Senior Node.js Full Stack Engineer

Paramount creates entertainment experiences that drive conversation and culture around the world. Through television, film, digital media, live events, merchandise and solutions, our brands connect with diverse, young and the young at heart audiences in more than 180 countries.

Our Customer is the leading free streaming television service in America, delivering 250+ live and original channels and thousands of on-demand movies in partnership with major TV networks, movie studios, publishers, and digital media companies. Solution is available on all major mobile, web, and connected TV streaming devices and millions of viewers tune in each month to watch premium news, TV shows, movies, sports, lifestyle and trending digital series. Headquartered in West Hollywood, client has offices in New York, Silicon Valley, Chicago, and Berlin. We have team members located all over the globe.

About Viewer Experience

The Viewer Experience team builds algorithms and services that enable millions of Paramount+ and Pluto TV users to interact with our platform. We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer who specializes in designing and building scalable APIs and backend services capable of handling thousands of requests per second (RPS) at Paramount+ and Pluto TV’s scale.

• Interview process that respects people and their time
• Professional and open IT community
• Internal meet-ups and resources for knowledge sharing
• Time for recovery and relaxation
• Bright online and offline events
• Opportunity to become part of our internal volunteer community

This is a critical role with a wide range of responsibilities, including:

• Design, implement, and maintain distributed backend services using Node.js and front-end applications in React
• Develop scalable, resilient APIs and backend services.
• Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code following industry best practices.
• Deploy, monitor, and support applications running on Kubernetes across cloud environments.
• Work closely with architects and product teams to design system components and integrations.
• Participate in code reviews, system design discussions, and operational readiness efforts.
• Troubleshoot production issues across services and infrastructure.
• Prototyping of new technologies to reduce cost and increase engineering velocity.

We believe the right individual will have the following skills and experience to be successful in this role:

• A BS degree or higher in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field is required ● 5+years of software engineering experience
• Strong Node.js experience in backend or distributed systems environments.
• Proficiency in React for front-end application development.
• Experience deploying and maintaining services running in Kubernetes
• Familiarity with GitHub Actions for CI/CD.
• Hands-on experience with AWS and/or GCP cloud platforms.
• Solid understanding of software design patterns, system architecture, and microservices principles.
• Experience working with MongoDB and PostgreSQL (schema design, performance considerations, migrations).
• Strong debugging, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Excellent problem-solving, critical thinking, and communication skills
• Ability to work within a distributed team

Nice to have:

• Experience with React (basic front-end integration work, context management, UI components).
• Exposure to product analytics tools like Mixpanel, Optimizely, etc.
• Exposure to infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform, Helm, etc.).
• Monitoring/observability tools (Datadog, NewRelic).