Frontend Software Engineer, Roku
Convenient and affordable TV streaming players
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Convenient and affordable TV streaming players
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
1001+ employees
Company mission
To provide its users with a more convenient and cost effective way of watching the programs they love.
Role
Who you are
- 2–5 years of front-end engineering experience, with solid fundamentals in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript/TypeScript, and hands-on experience with at least one modern framework such as React, Vue, or Svelte
- Experience building data-rich interfaces - including tables, charts, filters, and dashboard-style interactions - and familiarity with design systems or internal UI component libraries
- Comfort working with SQL and understanding schemas, along with an interest in building tools that help non-technical users safely access and explore business data
- Interest in AI-assisted UI design, including integrating LLMs, prompts, or agent-generated insights into product workflows—or eagerness to learn
- Experience consuming REST APIs or internal services and translating backend logic into clean, understandable UI
- Ability to prototype quickly and iterate based on feedback, turning user or analytical needs into polished front-end solutions
- Familiarity with data tools or visualization libraries such as D3, Chart.js, Recharts, or similar technologies
- A product-minded approach, comfortable turning ambiguous problem statements into coherent solutions and collaborating across backend engineering, UX, analytics, and product teams
- Ability to thrive in fast-paced, exploratory environments where prototypes evolve quickly and requirements shift as we learn from users and the system
What the job involves
- The Advanced Development team invents the next generation of intelligent, generative, and data-driven systems at Roku. We work ahead of production, building prototypes that evolve into the foundations of future Roku products - including LLM-powered analytics, internal automation platforms and creative tooling
- You’ll join a small, high-ownership team working across UI, AI-assisted workflows, data discovery, and internal developer tools. It’s a fast-paced, exploratory environment with a mandate to turn promising ideas into working software that delivers measurable value
- We’re looking for a front-end engineer to help build our next generation intelligent internal tools and data platforms. Your work will empower the organization to turn raw data into actionable intelligence through robust and secure internal tooling
- In this role, you’ll design and build modern, responsive interfaces for internal applications that help teams retrieve, analyze, and visualize business data
- You’ll work at the intersection of UX and AI, shaping how LLM-assisted systems present insights and recommendations to users in clear and trustworthy ways
- Along the way, you’ll collaborate with experienced engineers and designers to build UI components for our internal tools ecosystem and translate complex backend logic into intuitive user experiences
- Build Data-Rich Interfaces: Develop dashboards, charts, tables, and interactive visualizations that make large or complex datasets easy to interpret and act on
- Design Human-Centered AI Interfaces: Create front-end workflows that integrate LLMs, chatbots, and AI-generated insights—ensuring transparency, clarity, and user trust
- Develop Robust Front-End Architecture: Implement reusable components, internal UI libraries, and data-driven widgets that support analytics, decision-support tools, and workflow automation
- Collaborate Across Disciplines: Work closely with backend, analytics, and design teams to translate complex logic, schemas, and business rules into clear, intuitive UI
- End-to-End Delivery: Participate in rapid prototyping, user testing, iteration cycles, and front-end performance tuning
- Design for Clarity & Trust: Implement thoughtful guardrails and explainability features that help users understand how data was calculated or why an insight was surfaced
- Engineering Best Practices: Contribute to code reviews, architecture discussions, and UI/UX standards for internal tools
Application process
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Our take
According to Nielsen data, the average streamer spends over seven minutes searching for something to watch. Streaming services use customers' viewing history to make suggestions, but these are limited to programs licensed for that particular service.
Roku provides an integrated streaming service that offers TV channels, movies and third-party streaming services, resulting in an all-in-one streaming platform. The service can be accessed through a variety of customized subscription packages and fees.
Roku stands out in the streaming industry by bringing many competitors together in one package. The startup provides further innovative services such as a weekly TV series named 'Roku Recommends' which uses first-party data to recommend essential viewing to users. Alongside funding filmmakers through its "Change Makers Program", Roku also acquired its own original library of shows through its acquisition of now-defunct Quibi's library in 2021. After successful collaborations with TCL and Hisense, the first in-house "Roku Television" was released in 2023, further exemplifying the streaming company's wider ambitions in the media sector.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-6% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 9 rounds)
Jan 2016
$45.5m
LATE VC
Nov 2015
$45.5m
SERIES H
Total funding: $247.8m
Company benefits
- Medical, wellness and financial benefits
- Unlimited paid time off policy
- Work from home opportunities
Company HQ
Newhall, San Jose, CA
Leadership
Anthony Wood
(Founder & CEO)Studied Engineering at Texas A&M before founding their first company in 1986. They held VP roles at both Adobe and Netflix.
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