Principal Machine Learning Engineer, Content Engineering

Paramount; New York (NY); On-site; USD 234,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) plan

Generous paid time off

Tuition assistance program

Job summary

Paramount is looking for a Principal Machine Learning Engineer to lead the ShortForm & Video Intelligence pod in New York, NY. This role involves overseeing the transformation of long-form content into engaging ShortForm assets.

The position requires deep expertise in machine learning, especially in computer vision and multi-modal architectures. Key responsibilities include defining technical roadmaps and developing advanced models for understanding video narratives.

Paramount offers a competitive salary range between $234,000 and $260,000, along with comprehensive benefits including medical plans, PTO, and a bonus eligibility.

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Qualifications

• 6-8+ years of experience in machine learning with a focus on Computer Vision.
• Expertise in PyTorch or TensorFlow for video-based tasks.
• Experience leading technical teams.
• Knowledge of video processing frameworks and codecs.

Responsibilities

• Lead the ShortForm Pod and define the technical roadmap.
• Architect multi-modal models for content understanding.
• Develop classifiers for video safety analysis.
• Build models for narrative understanding.

Skills

Computer Vision

Deep Learning

Leadership

Video Processing

Generative AI

Tools

PyTorch

TensorFlow

FFmpeg

AWS

GCP

Azure

Job description

Principal Machine Learning Engineer, Content Engineering (45445)

We are seeking a Senior Lead / Principal Machine Learning Engineer to lead our ShortForm & Video Intelligence pod. This team is in charge of a critical mission: the automated transformation of our massive long-form content library into "ShortForm" assets—high-impact clips, "gists," and social-ready highlights. You will lead the development of the models that "watch" our content to identify narrative hooks, emotional climaxes, and key characters to create compelling bite-sized experiences.

This is a deeply technical leadership role requiring mastery of multi-modal machine learning. You will oversee the creation of intelligence layers that perform video safety analysis (nudity/profanity detection), spoiler detection, and sophisticated narrative comprehension. Your work ensures that our ShortForm content is not only engaging but also safe, contextually precise, and optimized for discovery across the Paramount ecosystem.

Responsibilities

• Lead the ShortForm Pod: Define the technical roadmap for automated clip generation and video insight, managing a high-performing pod of ML engineers.
• Architect Multi-Modal Models: Design and deploy models that synthesize signals across video (pixels), audio (speech/music), and text (transcripts/scripts) to understand content context.
• Own Video Intelligence: Develop and scale robust computer vision and audio classifiers for nudity, profanity, and sensitive content detection.
• Advance Narrative Understanding: Build models that can identify "hooks," "climax points," and "narrative summaries" to automate the creation of trailers and highlights.
• Spoiler & Context Detection: Create intelligence layers that identify plot-critical "spoilers" to ensure ShortForm assets don't ruin the viewing experience for new users.
• Scalable Content Pipelines: Partner with Content Engineering to integrate these models into petabyte-scale video processing workflows.

Basic Qualifications

• 6-8+ years of experience in machine learning, with a heavy focus on Computer Vision (CV) and Multi-Modal architectures.
• Deep Learning Expertise: Mastery of PyTorch or TensorFlow, specifically for video-based tasks (e.g., Video Transformers, 3D CNNs). Proven experience building safety/moderation models (Nudity, Profanity, Hate Speech) or content-tagging systems.
• Leadership: Experience leading senior technical teams and translating complex "creative" goals into engineering requirements.
• Video Tech Stack: Knowledge of video processing frameworks (FFmpeg) and handling various codecs/resolutions at scale.

Additional Qualifications

• Experience with Generative AI for Video (automated editing or style transfer).
• Background in NLP/Speech for syncing transcripts with video frames.
• Knowledge of Narrative Theory or experience in the media/entertainment industry.
• Experience deploying large-scale models in Cloud Environments (AWS/GCP/Azure) with high GPU utilization efficiency.

Hiring Salary Range: $234,000.00 - 260,000.00. The hiring salary range for this position applies to New York, California, Colorado, Washington state, and most other geographies. Starting pay for the successful applicant depends on a variety of job-related factors including but not limited to geographic location, market demands, experience, training, and education. The benefits available for this position include medical, dental, vision, 401(k) plan, life insurance coverage, disability benefits, tuition assistance program and PTO or, if applicable, as otherwise dictated by the appropriate Collective Bargaining Agreement. This position is bonus eligible.

What We Offer

• Attractive compensation and comprehensive benefits packages. Check out our full list of benefits here: https://www.paramount.com/careers/benefits
• Generous paid time off.
• An exciting and fulfilling opportunity to be part of one of Paramount’s most dynamic teams.
• Opportunities for both on-site and virtual engagement events.
• Unique opportunities to make meaningful connections and build a vibrant community, both inside and outside the workplace.
• Explore life at Paramount: https://www.paramount.com/careers/life-at-paramount

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. 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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