Principal Machine Learning Engineer

Paramount • New York, NY • 4h ago

WeAreParamount on a mission to unleash the power of content you in?

Weve got the brands, weve got the stars, weve got thepowerto achieve our mission to entertain the planet now all were missing is YOU! Becoming a part of Paramount means joining a team of passionate people who not only recognize the power of content but also enjoy a touch of fun and uniqueness. Together, we co-create moments that matter both for our audiences and our employees and aim to leave a positive mark on culture.

Role Overview

Paramount Streaming is building the next generation of personalization and discovery across global platforms. This role leads high-impact machine learning initiatives focused on optimizing the Paramount+ sign-up and Pluto TV registration flow.

This position shapes how millions of viewers discover films, series, live sports, and news on Paramount+, Pluto TV, and our future streaming products.This is a highly visible technical leadership role facilitating innovation at the intersection of ML modeling, retrieval and ranking systems, multi-modal embeddings, multi-armed bandits, experimentation, and real-time user comprehension.

Responsibilities

Lead the design and development of personalization in the P+ sign-up flow and Pluto TV registration flows.

Own end-to-end machine learning pipelinesfrom data and feature engineering to training, deployment, serving, and monitoring.

Partner closely with product, design, content, platform engineering, and data science to define roadmaps and deliver measurable user outcomes.

Advance our semantic search and browse experience through state-of-the-art embeddings, query understanding, and domain-specific model architectures.

Establish high-integrity experimentation practices, improve offlineonline correlation, and guide feature rollouts with strong scientific rigor.

Mentor engineers and scientists, develop technical talent, and help shape the culture of our growing Applied ML organization.

Basic Qualifications

710+ years of experience in machine learning engineering, applied science, recommender systems, multi-armed bandits, or large-scale search/ranking systems.

Demonstrated expertise deploying ML systems in high-traffic, real-time production environments.

Deep knowledge of modeling techniques such as representation learning, multi-task learning, multi-modal embeddings, @contextual bandits, and session modeling.

Strong fluency in experimentation methodology, A/B testing, causal reasoning, and metric design.

Experience leading and mentoring technical teams; ability to drive strategy while remaining hands-on.

Proficiency with modern ML tooling (PyTorch, TensorFlow), big-data environments (Spark, Beam, BigQuery), and production MLOps workflows.

LI-PV1

Paramount Streaming, a division within Paramount Global, is the home to the company's direct-to-consumer services spanning free and paid in the form of Pluto TV and Paramount+. Pluto TV is the global leader in free ad-supported TV, delivering more than 1,400 global channels and an extensive library of streaming content, including live and original channels. Paramount+, digital subscription video-on-demand and live streaming service, combines live sports, breaking news, and A Mountain of Entertainment. Paramount+ features an expansive library of original series, hit shows and popular movies across every genre from world-renowned brands and production studios, including SHOWTIME.

Additional Information

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 Paramounts 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.

If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran, you may request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access https://www.paramount.com/careers as a result of your disability. You can request reasonable accommodations by calling 212.846.5500 or by sending an email to paramountaccommodations@paramount.com. Only messages left for this purpose will be returned.

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