Senior Software Engineer – Java

Paramount

Senior Software Engineer in Test at Paramount responsible for developing automated testing solutions for media platforms. Leverage Java expertise to implement testing strategies and drive quality initiatives.

Posted 4/25/2026full-timeBurbank • California, New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $110,000 - $145,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AndroidAWSAzureCloudDockerFFmpegGoogle Cloud PlatformGradleiOSJavaJenkinsJMeterJUnitKubernetesMavenRokuSeleniumSpinnaker

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Create Robust & Reliable Automation Coverage across front-end and back-end
Create and maintain automated tests using our existing Java-based departmental test automation framework supporting API, UI, Mobile, CTV/SmartTV, and integration testing; introduce reusable libraries, utilities, and patterns to improve stability and scale.
Utilize scalable patterns for reusable test components, data management, assertions, parallelization, and distributed execution.
Integrate the framework deeply into CI/CD pipelines to support shift-left testing and continuous quality.
Champion AI-assisted development and testing using tools such as GitHub Copilot (IDE), Cursor, and LLM-based assistants to improve developer productivity, test authoring velocity, code reviews, and defect triage.
Apply prompt engineering and retrieval techniques to accelerate test case generation, log/telemetry summarization, video-quality anomaly detection, and root-cause analysis.
Expand automation coverage for video playback, streaming resiliency, DRM flows, SSAI/CSAI ad insertion, captions/subtitles, and content protection.
Validate QoE metrics (startup time, rebuffering ratio, frame drops, video/audio sync, error recovery) across Roku, Fire TV, Android TV/Google TV, Samsung Tizen, LG webOS, Apple TV, iOS/Android mobile apps, and modern web players.
Leverage media tooling such as ffmpeg/ffprobe, Charles/Fiddler, and player inspection APIs for diagnostics and validation.
Ensure consistent adoption of engineering best practices, coding standards, and high-quality test development patterns.
Partner with Video Engineering, Playback/Player, Ads/Monetization, CDN/Streaming Operations, and Platform teams to ensure robust validation of streaming experiences and ad workflows.
Collaborate with Product to ensure test coverage aligns to business priorities and quality goals.
Work closely with Platform and Data Engineering to support scalable test environments, quality data, and telemetry.
Design and implement complex automated test suites using Java, Selenium, Appium, JMeter, Locust, REST-Assured, TestNG/JUnit, and related tooling within the existing framework.
Build and optimize testing strategies including API/contract, integration, performance/reliability, and device-level testing for CTV/SmartTV, mobile, and web.
Diagnose and tackle issues related to automation reliability, environment instability, device fragmentation, and system integration.

Requirements

What you’ll need

6+ years of experience in software engineering or quality engineering with solid Java development expertise.
Demonstrated experience using and enhancing an existing enterprise/departmental automation framework.
Deep expertise in common test automation tools (Selenium, Appium, Playwright, REST-Assured, TestNG, JUnit, Maven/Gradle).
AI experience (must-have): hands-on use of AI-assisted development tools. This includes tools like Claude Code, GitHub Copilot (IDE), Cursor, or similar. Candidates should also have useful prompt engineering skills for code and tests.
Strong knowledge of CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Argo, Spinnaker) and quality gates.
Proven experience testing media/streaming applications across CTV (Roku, Fire TV, Android TV/Google TV), SmartTV (Tizen/webOS), iOS/Android mobile, and web.
Hands-on validation of HLS/DASH, ABR, DRM, captions/subtitles, and QoE metrics.
Cloud experience (GCP, AWS, or Azure) and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
Solid knowledge of software design patterns, data structures, and core engineering principles.

Benefits

Comp & perks

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

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Hard Skills & Tools

JavaSeleniumAppiumREST-AssuredTestNGJUnitMavenGradleCI/CDAI-assisted development

Soft Skills

collaborationproblem-solvingcommunicationleadershipadaptabilitycritical thinkingattention to detailtime managementteamworkanalytical skills