Senior Software Engineer, Roku
Convenient & affordable TV streaming players
Job no longer available
Convenient & affordable TV streaming players
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
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
- Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field
- 5 years of progressive experience in the position or a related occupation
- Must have at least 1 year of prior work experience in the following:
- Building scalable multi-threading applications for large data processing
- SQL and NoSQL database technologies
- Hands-on experience with Spark, Hive, Hadoop, and Kafka for big data analysis and processing
- Developing, testing, and deploying applications on cloud platforms
- At least one programming language from the following: Java, Python or Scala
- Building microservices for a variety of applications, including high-volume, low-latency interactions and backend operations
- Deploying and scaling applications with Kubernetes
What the job involves
- Develop, create, and modify computer applications software
- Responsible for managing a highly scalable, highly available, real-time advertising platform
- Work alongside a highly skilled engineering team to design, develop, and maintain large-scale, highly performant, real-time applications
- Own building features, driving directly with product and other engineering teams
- Work with technical and non-technical audiences
- Be an evangelist for best practices across all functions, including developers, Quality Assurance, and infrastructure/operations
- Responsible for platform innovation and reuse
- Deliver top-quality software in a timely fashion
- Up to two days per week telecommuting may be permitted
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. Then, after successful collaborations with TCL and Hisense, the first in-house "Roku Television" was released. In 2026, it was announced that media giant FOX would acquire Roku, which the companies say will create the third largest player in US TV by share of viewing.
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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
- Free snacks and access to the company fitness center
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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