Overview and Responsibilities

The CBS Digital team is looking for a Vice President of Engineering to fuel the growth and output of our engineering teams for our premium sports, news, and entertainment brands while maintaining alignment with our product vision and business objectives. These engineering teams are responsible for building world-class products for our passionate audience across our connected TV platforms.

 

Your day-to-day responsibilities include, but not limited to:

Build out critical streaming and VOD distribution pipelines rapidly expanding across the CBS Digital portfolio.

Architecting and delivering major tentpole events such as the Super Bowl, Elections, Golden Globes, etc, in close collaboration with Paramount+ and Pluto Linear Network and FAST channel engineering leadership across an expanding portfolio Architecture for the CBS Entertainment applications and web properties across all digital platforms Responsible for the entirety of the video/streaming backend portfolio, including CMS systems, 3rd party integrations, video encoding pipelines Owns the ecosystem that powers applications that are consolidating across the CBS Digital portfolio, providing engineering efficiencies and cost savings Prioritize requirements from competing business interests and build consensus across teams. Help define and support the implementation of key performance metrics for our CTV and streaming engineering teams. Help set and fulfill the engineering hiring plan for our CTV and streaming teams, including sourcing, screening, and interviewing. Mentor and grow engineers while keeping them engaged and focused on the product and company vision. Provide technical/software development leadership and architectural guidance for evolving streaming workflows. Build and manage relationships with a diverse set of partners, including product owners, ad operations teams, external vendors, and executives. Work in a fast-paced AGILE environment. This should be second nature (TDD, SCRUM, Kanban, etc.) with evolutionary architecture and prototyping, experience with various databases, and configuration/deployment/testing solutions. Collaborate with technical and business resources, gathering and documenting requirements and formulating action plans. Present designs and plans to executive management. Perform other duties as assigned.

 

Basic Qualifications: BS/MS in Computer Science/Engineering or equivalent experience 10+ years as a hands-on engineer solving hard scaling problems horizontally 7+ years leading and building engineering teams, with a strong track record of mentoring developers and fostering leadership within the organization. Proven experience building and shipping CTV applications across various platforms. In-depth understanding of data caching strategies and working knowledge of CDNs (Akamai, CloudFront, Fastly) Deep knowledge of current application delivery technologies and trends, including Linux, RESTful APIs, GraphQL, Relational & NoSQL Datastores(MySQL, Redis, DynamoDB). Experience integrating ad-serving products and analytics/reporting tools into CTV, desktop and mobile experiences

 

Additional Qualifications: You love sports, fantasy sports and sports gaming! Knowledge of server and cloud computing technologies from providers such as AWS, GCP, OCI, and Azure Experience with Git/GitHub, BitBucket, or similar version control systems Knowledge of edge computing such as Fastly C@E, Lambda@Edge and Cloudflare Workers Excellence in problem-solving, critical thinking, and working in a team-oriented environment Shown ability to meet deadlines with extraordinary attention to detail Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to work well with both technical and non-technical members of the organization Past experience in a large scale internet based organization, media company or agency

 

 

CBS Sports, a year-round leader in cross-platform sports coverage, broadcasts a portfolio of events on the CBS Television Network, including THE NFL ON CBS; college football, including the Big Ten ON CBS; college basketball, including the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship; golf, including The Masters®, PGA Championship and PGA TOUR; soccer, including the UEFA Champions League and NWSL; and CBS SPORTS SPECTACULAR. 

In addition, the division includes CBS SPORTS NETWORK, the 24-hour cable home of CBS Sports which televises live sports programming throughout the year, including college football and basketball games, UEFA Champions League and Europa League action, Italy's Serie A matches, Concacaf national team competitions, as well as a full slate of original programming and studio coverage. 

CBS Sports also delivers an extensive lineup of global soccer coverage on Paramount+, including every UEFA club competition match, all Serie A matches as well as Concacaf national team competitions, and produces INSIDE THE NFL for Paramount+. CBS Sports Digital's multi-platform offerings include CBSSports.com and the CBS Sports apps for mobile and connected TV devices; the 24/7 streaming sports news network CBS Sports HQ; 247Sports; MaxPreps; CBS Sports fantasy games; and SportsLine.

 

Paramount is an equal opportunity employer (EOE) including disability/vet. 

 

At Paramount, the spirit of inclusion feeds into everything that we do, on-screen and off. From the programming and movies we create to employee benefits/programs and social impact outreach initiatives, we believe that opportunity, access, resources and rewards should be available to and for the benefit of all. Paramount is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, creed, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship status, marital status, disability, gender identity, gender expression, and Veteran status. 

 

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