Paramount+ · 12 hours ago
Lead, Live Video Quality Engineer
New York, NY
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$124K/yr - $170K/yr
7+ years expParamount+ is on a mission to unleash the power of content and is seeking a Lead Live Video Quality Engineer to join their Video Technology Group. This role involves leading quality assurance workflows for live streaming platforms, mentoring engineers, and ensuring the reliability and performance of video delivery systems.
Entertainment
Responsibilities
Lead Quality Assurance workflows across a suite of back-end and front-end frameworks
Lead other video QA and software engineers to build, test, and release these video platforms
Lead automation testing across the whole end-to-end video lifecycle, including acquisition, processing, delivery and playback
Lead 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
Sitting between developers and internal customer teams to ensure platform reliability, scalability & availability
Working with the development team to test new product features and provide feedback into product development for our video streaming platform
Interfacing with other platform teams to build and test video streaming workflows end-to-end
Qualification
Required
Experience developing pytest automated test framework (or similar) and familiarity with a range of automated test strategies
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
Strong written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills
Experience with Docker and, preferably, Kubernetes
Familiarity with working within cloud providers (AWS, GCP, OCI) and infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform
Exposure to building Python REST APIs. We use FastAPI with Celery for distributed task processing
BS degree in Computer Science, similar technical field of study or equivalent practical experience
Preferred
Familiarity of Rust
Live streaming operations experience
Benefits
Medical
Dental
Vision
401(k) plan
Life insurance coverage
Disability benefits
Tuition assistance program
PTO
Company
Paramount+
Paramount+, a direct-to-consumer digital subscription video on-demand and live streaming service from Paramount Global, combines live sports, breaking news, and a mountain of entertainment.
201-500 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageLeadership Team
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Vice President, Product Partner Operations
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