Senior Manager, AI Tooling & Quality Platforms

Paramount Pictures; New York (NY); On-site; USD 177,000 - 265,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits package

Generous PTO

On-site and virtual engagement events

Job summary

Paramount Skydance Corp. in New York is seeking a Senior Manager of Software Engineering to lead a team building production-grade AI tooling, internal platforms, and automation for Global Quality Engineering. You will guide architectural direction, drive delivery, and scale teams across brands.

You will work with cross-functional leaders to deliver high-impact AI capabilities, align with enterprise standards, and manage budgets and vendor relationships for sustained performance.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of software engineering experience, including 3+ years managing engineers or leading teams.
• Strong background in backend engineering, distributed systems, or platform development.
• Experience building or overseeing AI-powered systems (LLMs, RAG pipelines, embeddings, automation accelerators).
• Demonstrated ability to lead teams delivering production-grade internal tools or platforms.
• Strong communication skills and ability to influence across engineering and product organizations.
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure), Kubernetes, and modern CI/CD practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor an engineering team responsible for AI tooling and internal platforms.
• Define and execute the roadmap for AI-enabled quality engineering tools and platforms.
• Oversee delivery of AI-powered services, RAG pipelines, developer tools, and automation accelerators.
• Collaborate with QE leadership, Platform/Data/Playback/Video Eng, and Product to identify AI tooling opportunities.
• Establish engineering best practices, coding standards, and quality gates for the team.

Skills

Backend engineering

Distributed systems

AI-powered systems

Cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure)

Kubernetes

CI/CD practices

Tools

CI/CD tooling

DevOps

Job description

Paramount Skydance Corp. in New York is seeking a Senior Manager of Software Engineering to lead a team building production-grade AI tooling, internal platforms, and automation for Global Quality Engineering. You will guide architectural direction, drive delivery, and scale teams across brands.

You will work with cross-functional leaders to deliver high-impact AI capabilities, align with enterprise standards, and manage budgets and vendor relationships for sustained performance.