Senior Live Video Quality Software Engineer

Paramount

Senior Live Video Quality Software Engineer working on live streaming solutions for Paramount. Building and maintaining video platforms that deliver exceptional streaming experiences and user engagement.

Posted 4/22/2026full-timeNew York City • New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $125,000 - $160,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSDistributed Systems

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Quality Assurance workflows across a suite of back-end and front-end frameworks
Other video QA and software engineers to build, test, and release these video platforms
Automation testing across the whole end-to-end video lifecycle, including acquisition, processing, delivery and playback.
Development and maintenance of internal automated QA systems, ensuring that QA testing is seamlessly integrated with continuous integration and deployment strategies
Define and develop useful metrics and alerts for monitoring live streaming events and proactively identify reliability risks.
Mentor and guide engineers, fostering a culture of collaboration and technical excellence.
Working with internal services to increase automation of the QA workflow.
Reviewing test plans with team members to test across different points in the video pipeline.
Analyzing test reports, and thoroughly documenting bugs.
Create and maintain detailed, comprehensive, and well-structured test plans and test cases.
Monitor and track resolution of defects, coordinating with developers in order to prevent, report, and resolve defects
Provide QA support both pre and post deployment including occasional evenings and weekends.
Investigate and resolve issues in live streaming workflows by collecting relevant logs and metrics, diving into troubleshooting, and suggesting mitigations.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Experience developing pytest automated test framework (or similar)
Experience working with distributed systems and creating QA strategies to enhance fault-tolerant of such architectures.
7+ years of experience with live streaming video or distributed software QA.
Strong troubleshooting skills.
Drive issues to resolution and provide root cause analysis if needed.
Experience with streaming protocols such as HLS, DASH, CMAF, SRT, Zixi, RTP, RTMP.
Experience with modern video & audio codecs such as H264, HEVC, VP9, AV1, AAC.
Knowledge and understanding of DRM, SCTE-104/35, Closed Captioning, Digital Ad Insertion.
Experience with AWS Media Services (MediaLive, MediaConnect, MediaPackage) and / or competing vendors (Zixi, Unified Origin, ATETE, Harmonic, Bitmovin).
Experience with REST APIs and data-interchange formats such as JSON and XML.
The ability to successfully work with internal business units & teams with varying technical backgrounds.
BS degree in Computer Science, similar technical field of study or equivalent practical experience.

Benefits

Comp & perks

medical
dental
vision
401(k) plan
life insurance coverage
disability benefits
tuition assistance program
PTO
bonus eligible

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Hard Skills & Tools

pytestautomation testinglive streaming video QAtroubleshootingstreaming protocolsvideo codecsAWS Media ServicesREST APIsJSONXML

Soft Skills

mentoringcollaborationtechnical excellencecommunicationproblem-solvingroot cause analysiscoordinationdocumentationanalysisadaptability