Senior Software Engineer, Roku
C++
Convenient and affordable TV streaming players
Open for applications
Convenient and affordable TV streaming players
1001+ employees
Open for applications
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
- We are looking for someone with experience building high-performing applications and SDK components who wants to code on a wildly popular consumer electronics platform
- This is an excellent role for a senior professional who enjoys a high level of visibility, thrives on having a critical business impact, and is excited to work on a component that touches almost everything streamed on the Roku platform
- Relevant software development experience and a proven track record of designing and shipping high-quality software on an embedded platform
- Extensive programming experience with C++ and Embedded Linux or Native Application Development
- In-depth understanding of Linux, tools, libraries, and open source development
- Proficiency in AI Assisted programming
- Understanding of API design considerations and tradeoffs
- Familiarity with tools and libraries such as Boost, PlayReady, ALSA, DIAL a plus
- Experience with memory management and multi-threaded development
- Experience with OpenGL and DirectFB
- Media / Video knowledge such as codecs, media streaming, etc. would also be a plus
- Ideally, embedded and consumer electronics experience
- Ability to accurately estimate software tasks and work to schedule
- Success at Roku is a collaborative effort, so you need to be a strong communicator, describing issues and solutions to various audiences
- Bachelor’s and/or master’s degree in computer science or equivalent
What the job involves
- We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to focus on developing core features for the Roku platform UI
- This team spends most of its time working on customer focused features that improve the user experience, from cross-platform device experiences, TV & Player centric UI, and IoT integration with Roku OS
- Our product roadmap helps us accelerate our growth and scale, putting surprising new features into the hands of tens of millions of Roku users worldwide
- Our developers and engineers are owners
- They are motivated from within, finding and taking on a feature or project simply because that problem needs to be solved and shipped
- But that individual must work together with different engineering teams, UI design, product teams, QA, and business leadership to make things happen, which means that engineers succeed here because they can maintain that independent spirit and motivation within a deeply collaborative environment
- We are the pragmatic dreamers inventing and re-inventing the world of streaming media
- Work closely with product development, platform services, and release management teams to contribute extensively to our embedded UI development and underlying architecture
- Integrate third-party C++ libraries
- Investigate, diagnose and resolve issues within the Roku Platform
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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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
(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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