Principal Production Engineer

Paramount

Principal Production Engineer at Paramount Streaming designing and shipping AI workflow solutions. Leading integrations and ensuring high technical quality across multiple engagements.

Posted 5/17/2026full-timeRemote • New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $157,000 - $235,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

GoPythonTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

architecting and shipping stakeholder-facing AI workflow solutions that are reliable, observable, secure, and maintainable
solving the hardest integration problems
defining solution-layer reference architectures and standards
ensuring multiple concurrent engagements execute with consistent technical quality
translating ambiguous workflow needs into scalable technical designs and production-ready implementations
owning reference architecture for the solution layer across engagements
leading the design for complex integrations
conducting threat modeling and applying privacy-by-design when necessary
building or guiding critical-path components and reference implementations
creating reusable libraries where leverage is high
ensuring that platform modules follow the rules for interfaces
validating schemas, pinning versions, checking compatibility, mapping dependencies, and managing changes
conducting readiness reviews for high-impact releases
partnering with Core AI/Research & Platform to improve module usability and integration fit
identifying recurring integration issues and proposing improvements for the platform
planning for cross-brand compatibility when the platform changes
creating playbooks for upgrades and deprecations
standardizing reliability patterns across the portfolio
ensuring end-to-end instrumentation standards are met
leading production hardening on critical engagements
capturing knowledge and maintaining the quality and consistency of the Solution Bundle
building and maintaining shared scaffolding to accelerate repeat engagements

Requirements

What you’ll need

10+ years in tools/integration engineering or equivalent senior-level expertise demonstrated through portfolio-impact technical management and shipped production systems
Expert Python (primary)
Demonstrated ability to lead integrations across heterogeneous stacks (e.g., Go/TypeScript/C++) strongly preferred
Proven ability to ship and operate web apps/services with production-grade observability and reliability
Deep experience with APIs/service integration, auth/SSO, and data systems (including vector/retrieval systems) in constrained enterprise environments
Strong cross-functional communication and influence skills; able to drive platform and research partners toward concrete interface improvements
Preferred Production experience with AI/ML or LLM-based tools, including eval/quality loops and safety considerations
Familiarity with MCPs or similar orchestration/tooling frameworks
Media, entertainment, or production workflow background
Experience with security/privacy/compliance-heavy environments (on-prem, regulated data, strict network egress)

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

PythonGoTypeScriptC++APIsservice integrationauthSSOdata systemsAI/ML

Soft Skills

cross-functional communicationinfluence skillsleadershipproblem-solvingtechnical quality assurancecollaborationknowledge capturestandardizationplanningdesign