Senior Software Engineer, Roku
Web Development, AI
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4+ days a week in office
Convenient & affordable TV streaming players
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Convenient & affordable TV streaming players
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
More information about location
4+ 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
- Extensive expeirence in JavaScript/TypeScript and modern web frameworks (React, Next.js, Angular, Node.js, Express) on cloud-based technology, such as AWS and GCP
- Experience of building large scale and low latency distributed systems
- Solid understanding of algorithms, data structures, performance optimisation techniques, object-oriented programming
- Experience using modern AI-assisted and agentic development workflows in day-to-day engineering using AI/ML APIs and SDKs
- Hands-on experience developing RAG solutions or working with LLMs for chatbots is preferred
- In-depth understanding of CI/CD and the tools used to implement them, such as Jenkins
- Experience with software repository tools, such as GitLab and GitHub
- Experience with productivity tools, such as Jira and Confluence
- A good understanding of Agile practices
- Ability to accurately estimate software tasks and work to schedule
- Exposure to observability tools and practices (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana) are preferred
- Understanding of databases and data architecture choices (SQL vs NoSQL, caching layers, and data access patterns)
- Track record of tuning performance and reliability for highly available services and web applications
- Familiarity with web security fundamentals and secure engineering practices
- Bachelors of Masters Degree in Compute Science/Software Engineering or related subject
- We value your AI skills if have built fluency across the agentic engineering toolchain — coding harnesses like Claude Code or Cursor, MCP servers, custom skills, or agent frameworks. And you can describe projects where you shipped real work with these tools. You know how to drive an agent, verify its output, and ramp on an unfamiliar codebase with an agent helping you
What the job involves
- Roku pioneered streaming to the TV and continues to innovate and lead the industry
- While we are well-positioned to help shape the future of television and streaming media worldwide, continued success stems from experienced software engineers like you developing core features for the Roku platform
- Our new Senior Software Engineer will be contributing extensively to our container orchestrated platform, bringing together some of the latest web technologies with Ai expertise to develop a truly scalable and responsive web applications
- To be successful you’ll need extensive experience of building reliable and scalable cloud-based solutions, a strong background in software engineering and an appetite to keep on top of modern software practices
- This is a great role for a senior professional who enjoys a high level of visibility and thrives on great business impact
- The features and performance improvements you implement directly impact millions of users every day
- This is a great role for an experienced professional who has innovative ideas for complex problems and can translate these ideas into ultra-reliable software
- Design, develop and deliver high-quality web applications and back-end services with modern frameworks and technologies
- Work as a part of a high functioning team consisting of UX designers, software engineers, dev-ops, quality assurance and product management
- Build and integrate AI-powered features into web applications and enterprise tools
- Build and optimize Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) solutions to power chatbot interactions
- Work both independently and paired with other team members to ensure efficient delivery of prioritised features
- Take part in the planning and refinement of features along with the team to come up with innovative and collaborative designs
- Develop new features and write test cases to ensure the quality of your code
- Work with CI/CD tools to ensure that all software developed adheres to both quality and scaling requirements
- Take a role in continuously improving our software delivery process, making it as efficient as possible, reducing wasteful activities and creating value
- See a feature go all the way from design stage to being deployed into customer facing environments
- Demonstrate the ability to dig deep to find solutions to challenging problems affecting our users
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
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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