Principal, Software Engineer

Paramount • Louisville, KY

4d • Remote

About The Position

Join CBSSports and shape the future of sports media through cutting-edge AI-powered content and deeply personalized fan experiences across mobile, web, and digital platforms. We are seeking a Principal Software Engineer to be a core member of our Solutions Architecture team. In this role, you will be crucial in partnering with product, design, and engineering leadership to design, prototype, and deliver groundbreaking AI solutions at scale.

Requirements

• Expertise in AI: Proven, production-level expertise in Generative AI and RAG architectures.
• Platform Experience: Strong track record of building scalable platform products and establishing cross-team engineering standards.
• Stakeholder Management: Ability to collaborate with and influence senior stakeholders in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
• Browser & Performance: Solid understanding of browser behavior, rendering, and front-end performance (e.g., Core Web Vitals, lazy loading, code splitting).
• Monorepo Experience: Experience with monorepo tooling and workflows (e.g., Turborepo, Nx), including shared packages, task pipelines, and cross-project dependencies.
• Education & Experience: BS in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years of experience building scalable, production-grade web applications using modern JavaScript frameworks (React, Next.js) and Node.js.
• Strong expertise in JavaScript and TypeScript, including asynchronous programming, generics, strict typing, and advanced ES6+ features.
• Deep knowledge of HTML and CSS, including responsive layout, cross-browser compatibility, accessibility, and performance optimization.
• Experience consuming and designing APIs (REST and GraphQL), including Apollo Client and microservices-based architectures.
• Proven experience modeling complex data flows for transactional and integration workflows.
• Experience working with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or OCI) and containerized environments (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Familiarity with distributed systems concepts including caching (Redis, Memcached) and messaging systems (Kafka, RabbitMQ).
• Experience designing and developing highly scalable, high-performance applications.
• Strong debugging and performance troubleshooting skills, including use of monitoring/observability tools (e.g., OpenTelemetry, New Relic).
• Soft Skills: Able to analyze, debug, and troubleshoot complex code problems. Passion for sports and a dedication to creating exceptional fan experiences.
• Technology Evaluation & Communication: Experience evaluating multiple technologies or approaches, making recommendations with pros and cons, and presenting tradeoffs and options to broader engineering or cross-functional teams.

Nice To Haves

• AI/ML Experience:
• 1+ years experience working with LLMs and/or MCP servers/technologies.
• 1+ years experience with AI technologies and processes like vector embeddings.
• 1+ years experience with one or more vector databases (e.g., TurboPuffer, Mongo Atlas).
• Cloud Focus: 5+ years experience working with Cloud technologies (AWS is strongly preferred).
• Frontend Skills: React/Next.js experience with fundamental HTML/CSS (layout, specificity, cross-browser compatibility).
• Collaboration: Proven experience in cross-team collaboration for requirements, implementation, and testing.
• Certifications: Cloud certifications (GCP, AWS, OCI).
• AI Tooling & Standards: Experience with AI development tools (Cursor, Copilot, etc.) and with setting up guardrails—rules, commands, sub-agents—to keep AI-generated code clean, consistent, and production-ready.
• Theming & Styling: Experience with multiple styling approaches (Stylex, CSS Modules, SASS, CSS-in-JS) and design tokens in component libraries or design system

Responsibilities

• Lead AI Architecture: Architect and implement advanced Generative AI and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems to power intelligent recommendations and dynamic user personalization.
• Drive Development: Lead the rapid prototyping and full-cycle development of production-grade features for mobile and web applications.
• Define Standards: Establish, promote, and drive adoption of scalable platform standards, engineering patterns, and reusable components across the organization.
• Collaborate and Prototype: Work closely within a small engineering group, partnering with design and product teams to rapidly design, develop, and prototype solutions to key business challenges.
• Ensure Quality: Define guardrails to ensure fast, secure, and compliant adoption and deployment of "vibe coded" applications. Write robust requirements and production-quality code.
• Advocate for AI: Utilize AI development tools to optimize your workflow and champion the use of AI-driven development practices across the team.
• Operational Excellence: Design for scalability and reliability, incorporating appropriate testing, monitoring, and alerting.
• Mentor and Document: Build clear documentation and diagrams to facilitate easy onboarding for other engineers and support teams. Review code to ensure adherence to best practices (style, testability, efficiency).
• Front-End Performance & Observability: Own front-end performance (Core Web Vitals, bundle size, caching) and observability (RUM, error tracking) for web and mobile applications.
• Monorepo Tooling: Establish and evolve monorepo tooling and workflows (e.g., Turborepo, Nx) to support build, test, and deploy across web and mobile applications.
• Type Safety & Standards: Promote and evolve TypeScript and typing standards (e.g., strict mode, shared types, codegen) so that codebases stay maintainable, type-safe end to end, and refactor-safe.

Benefits

• Attractive compensation and comprehensive benefits packages.
• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level