Senior Data Scientist, Roku
$169.9-195k
+ equity awards
Office Days: Monday - Thursday
4-5 days a week in office (San Jose, CA)
Convenient & affordable TV streaming players
Be an early applicant
Convenient & affordable TV streaming players
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$169.9-195k
+ equity awards
Office Days: Monday - Thursday
4-5 days a week in office (San Jose, CA)
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 or Master's degree in a quantitative field such as Statistics, Business Analytics, Data Science, Mathematics, Economics, Engineering, or Computer Science
- 5+ years of professional experience in data science, analytics, or a related field
- 5+ years of experience supporting user onboarding, consumer products, digital media, or entertainment domains
- Proficiency in SQL, R, Python, or other programming languages for querying and analysis
- Hands-on experience with visualization tools such as Tableau or Looker
- Experience with A/B testing, statistical modeling, or forecasting
- Experience using AI and Large Language Models to enhance productivity and analytical workflows
- Demonstrated ability to thrive in a dynamic environment and take initiative in resolving issues
What the job involves
- When you join our Core Analytics Team, you become part of a centralized hub of analytics excellence. This team provides the unique opportunity to work alongside a world-class peer group, leveraging centrally maintained tools and resources to drive impactful results
- We emphasize continuous learning and development, ensuring team members are always growing their skills and expertise
- Collaborating closely with Engineering, Product, and Business teams, we deliver data-driven insights and innovative capabilities that guide our stakeholders, shape our strategies, and enhance the experiences of Roku's users globally
- Roku is seeking a Senior Data Scientist to join the Core Analytics team and support the user setup and onboarding product area. In this role, you will leverage data analytics to improve onboarding experiences, identify trends and risks, and guide strategic product and business decisions through pattern analysis
- You will partner with product management and engineering teams to identify new features, drive adoption, and develop solutions that track, monitor, and improve the onboarding ecosystem via dashboards, data pipelines, and statistical models
- This position offers the opportunity to solve complex analytical problems that directly impact millions of users across the Roku platform. The ideal candidate brings a strong analytical foundation combined with a passion for translating data into clear, actionable insights that shape the user experience at scale
- Develop and maintain dashboards, reports, and data visualizations for operational and systems health metrics
- Analyze structured and unstructured data to communicate insights that help stakeholders solve problems and identify trends
- Develop data pipelines to power automation, validation, and reporting
- Align data science initiatives with organizational goals and collaborate with Program Management and Engineering for feedback
- Design and execute A/B tests to evaluate product changes and measure impact
- Create analytical tools such as real-time alerts and models to understand onboarding platform success
- Perform exploratory data analysis on emerging trends across the Roku platform
- Provide data-driven recommendations directly to leadership regarding initiative performance and untapped opportunities
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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