TV React Developer, Philo
Roku
$138-210k
Live TV streaming service
Job no longer available
Live TV streaming service
201-500 employees
Job no longer available
$138-210k
201-500 employees
Company mission
To provide affordable and accessible television streaming services to everyone.
Role
Who you are
- Experience with React/Redux UI design concepts and modern frontend development practices
- 4 years of frontend or UI experience
- 2 years of React experience
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or closely related field
Desirable
- Experience with Redux, BrightScript, SceneGraph, or other Roku APIs
- Familiarity with the Roku ecosystem, including capabilities, limitations, and best practices across devices
- Experience with React Native, Flutter, or using web technologies on any non-browser platform
- Development experience with video playback, cross-device interoperability (e.g. casting), or other 10-foot, connected TV platforms in general (e.g. Roku, Samsung or LG Smart TVs, FireTV, Android TV or Apple TV)
What the job involves
- Building the Philo experience on Roku devices
- Contributing to UX design decisions using your domain expertise
- Helping the Philo set-top box team grow
- Helping expand Philo’s 10-Foot experience to other platforms
- Recent projects on our Roku platform have included:
- Building the Philo Connect feature, a cross-platform second-screen experience that lets you fully control your large screen (“Ten foot”) viewing experience from your smartphone, maintaining a synchronized playback session that lets you browse for new content while controlling your current content playback. This technology is also the building block for potential future co-viewing features
- Leading development of the Streams feature at Philo. Streams surfaces on-demand assets in an algorithmic, personalized, linear-like autoplay experience on the Philo Guide
- Adding the capability to allow playback of upcoming FAST content discovered in Roku Search without requiring users to sign up or subscribe
Our take
Streaming services offer cheaper options than cable TV packages, but prices are beginning to rise. This is partly due to packages beginning to bundle costly sports and other media packages that viewers do not necessarily want.
Philo offers a streaming service that aims to provide a streamlined selection of channels as an affordable, yet comprehensive, viewing option. The streamlined and high-quality channel offerings are available to viewers at $30 per month, a price significantly lower than standard cable subscriptions, with the base option including around 60 live channels and over 75,000 on-demand offerings.
Philo stands out through features like a co-viewing service that lets up to three people watch the same program together, enhanced cloud DVR functionality, and expanded compatibility with smart TVs and popular streaming devices such as Roku, Fire TV, and Apple TV. These updates demonstrate Philo's continued focus on accessibility, user experience, and cost-effective entertainment.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
10% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Aug 2020
$50m
SERIES D
Jul 2018
$41.4m
SERIES C
Total funding: $155.7m
Company HQ
Telegraph Hill, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Andrew McCollum
(CEO)Studied Computer Science at Harvard before co-founding Facebook. Joined Philo in 2014 and has acted as CEO since.
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