Senior Software Engineer, AI Products – Agents

Paramount

Senior Software Engineer building internal web applications with NextJS and FastAPI for Paramount's data insights group. Collaborating on system design and driving product features end-to-end.

Posted 5/6/2026full-timeRemote • New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $124,000 - $186,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AirflowAWSBigQueryCloudDockerGoogle Cloud PlatformJavaScriptKubernetesNext.jsPythonReactSQLTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Architect and build internal web applications using NextJS and FastAPI
Design and own backend services and REST APIs that power automation tools and AI-driven features
Partner with data engineers to integrate BigQuery pipelines and metadata systems into user-facing products
Drive features from concept through production, owning technical design, implementation, and reliability
Solve ambiguous problems across the stack, balancing delivery speed with maintainability
Mentor junior engineers through code reviews, pair programming, and technical guidance
Define and champion engineering standards around code quality, testing, and system design
Shape the technical roadmap and architectural decisions as the team scales

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years of software development experience building internal tools or data-driven applications
Strong proficiency in Python and modern JavaScript/TypeScript
Experience architecting production web applications with React or NextJS
Experience designing and scaling REST APIs (FastAPI, or similar)
Deep knowledge with SQL and cloud data warehouses (BigQuery, Snowflake), including performance optimization
Proven ability to own systems end-to-end: design, deployment, monitoring, and iteration
Experience mentoring engineers and spearheading engineering standards
Strong communication skills with non-technical stakeholders
Experience with workflow orchestration systems (Airflow, Prefect, Dagster) at scale
Hands-on experience building production AI solutions, including agents, agentic workflows, and RAG systems
Deep knowledge with LLM frameworks (LangChain, LangGraph, Google ADK) and their tradeoffs
Experience integrating LLM APIs (OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini) into production, including prompt engineering and cost management
Strong background in containerization and cloud infrastructure (Docker, Kubernetes, GCP/AWS)
Background in data engineering, pipeline design, and building tooling for analysts
Experience in media, entertainment, or streaming industries

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

PythonJavaScriptTypeScriptNextJSFastAPISQLREST APIsAI solutionscontainerizationcloud infrastructure

Soft Skills

mentoringcommunicationproblem-solvingtechnical guidancecode reviewspair programmingengineering standardsownershipreliabilitycollaboration