Senior Software Engineer, Roku
Java
More information about location
3 days a week in office
Convenient and affordable TV streaming players
Open for applications
Convenient and affordable TV streaming players
1001+ employees
Open for applications
More information about location
3 days a week in office
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
- 5+ years of experience in delivery multi-tier, highly scalable, distributed web application
- Deep understanding in software architecture, object-oriented design principles, and data structures
- Extensive experience in developing microservices using Java, Python
- Good experience in Test driven development and automating test cases using Java/ Python
- Experience in SQL / NoSQL (Oracle, Cassandra) database design
- Demonstrated ability to be proactive, self-driven, and make practical trade-offs based on business needs, entrepreneurial spirit
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- BS or MS degree in Computer Science or equivalent
- Experience in distributed computing frameworks like - Hive/Hadoop, Apache Spark
- Experience in developing Finance or HR related applications
- Experience with following cloud services: AWS Elastic Beanstalk, EC2, S3, CloudFront, RDS, DynamoDB, VPC, Elastic Cache, Lambda
- Working experience with Terraform
- Experience in creating workflows for Apache Airflow
What the job involves
- The Roku Enterprise Engineering team is at the forefront of building a robust, integrated, and scalable platform that powers critical business processes across the organization
- As a cornerstone of Roku's corporate strategy, this team is instrumental in automating workflows across all Business Systems, including Supply Chain, Finance, Sales Operations, and Human Resources
- By challenging traditional approaches to workflow automation, the team leverages cutting-edge Engineering practices and API-driven design to streamline internal processes, boost efficiency, and deliver innovative solutions
- The team's expertise spans a wide range of technologies, including Java and Python-based MicroServices, AWS/GCP cloud backend systems, Big Data technologies like Hive and Spark, and modern Web applications
- With a globally distributed presence across the US, India and Europe, the team thrives on collaboration, bringing together diverse perspectives to solve complex challenges
- At the heart of their success is a shared commitment to technical excellence, creativity, a strong sense of ownership, and a collaborative spirit that drives impactful results for Roku's business operations
- About The Role:
- As a senior technical lead, you consider yourself a platform services developer and developing innovative solutions using modern software frameworks and paradigms
- You are self-driven and problem solver, with a strong background in building large-scale software platform and applications
- You are execution focused and would develop a reputation for repeatedly delivering projects on-time
- What you'll be doing:
- Design, develop and deploy scalable web applications and services, being part of everything from contributing to web technology and framework stack, to use case and data model design
- Drive architecture discussions, take ownership and responsibility over new projects, and deliver high quality software with tight timeline
- Partner with security and compliance teams to ensure the application meets compliance, security and audit requirements
- Participate in the continual improvement of engineering tools, cloud-based technologies/services, and process
- Define and participate in Agile development process, including scoping, technical design, estimation effort, coding, testing, debugging, code reviews, maintenance and support
- Collaborate with cross-function teams and demonstrate great communication skills
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.
Kirsty
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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