Lead Software Engineer – Java

Paramount

Staff Software Engineer in Test designing and delivering automated testing solutions across platforms at Paramount. Leading quality engineering initiatives with AI-augmented development practices.

Posted 5/2/2026full-timeNew York City • California, New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $124,000 - $170,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AndroidAWSAzureCloudDockerGoogle Cloud PlatformGradleiOSJavaJenkinsJUnitKubernetesMavenRokuSeleniumSpinnaker

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Enhance and extend 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.
Establish 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.

Requirements

What you’ll need

7+ years of experience in software engineering or quality engineering with robust 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

ATS Keywords

✓ Tailor your resume

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard Skills & Tools

Javatest automationSeleniumAppiumPlaywrightREST-AssuredTestNGJUnitMavenGradle

Soft Skills

prompt engineeringproblem-solvingcommunicationcollaborationleadership