Senior Software Engineer, Roku
Advertising
$198-286k
+ Equity
More information about location
4-5 days a week in office
Convenient and affordable TV streaming players
Be an early applicant
Convenient and affordable TV streaming players
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$198-286k
+ Equity
More information about location
4-5 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
- This role is for a senior developer on the team building user interfaces and APIs to support advertising campaigns
- The ideal candidate will have endless curiosity and can pair a global mindset with locally relevant execution
- You should be a gritty problem solver and self-starter who can drive programs with the product and commercial teams within Roku and across external strategic partner organizations
- The successful candidate will display a balance of hard and soft skills, including the ability to respond quickly to changing business needs
- We value endless curiosity, a global mindset with locally relevant execution, and gritty, self‑directed problem solving—balanced with strong interpersonal skills and responsiveness to evolving business needs
- BS or MS in Computer Science or equivalent
- 8+ years of web applications development experience
- Expert-level knowledge of JavaScript
- Deep experience with NodeJS, TypeScript, and frameworks like Express, NextJS, and React
- Working knowledge of containerization and Kubernetes
- Expertise in designing and developing APIs, with a firm grasp of API lifecycle management
- Experience building large scale and low latency distributed systems
- Familiarity with database technologies such as PostgreSQL, Redis, and ElasticSearch
- Knowledge and experience with programming best practices, design patterns, software design structures, and testing frameworks
- Experience with cloud technology like AWS and GCP
- Mindset toward AI adoption and some experience using development AI tools like Github Copilot
- Superior problem-solving skills with demonstrable history of autonomously delivering high quality, scalable and maintainable solutions
- Intrinsically motivated, independent thinker who works well alone or in group settings with minimal direct supervision
What the job involves
- Advertising Engineering builds the user interfaces and APIs that power Roku’s advertising campaigns, helping drive growth across Roku and strategic content like The Roku Channel
- We operate as a highly agile, service‑oriented team that ships continuously—adding features to existing systems while elevating usability, quality, performance, and scalability
- You’ll partner closely with UX, Product, and Commercial stakeholders inside Roku and with external strategic partners to deliver exceptional web applications and back‑end services at scale
- Design, develop and deliver high-quality web applications and back-end services in a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) model
- Add new functionality to existing systems, while constantly working to improve usability, quality, performance and scalability
- Provide technical leadership, guidance and support to other team members
- Take part in the planning and refinement of features along with the team to come up with innovative and collaborative designs
- Work closely with UX designers, product management and end-users to create exceptional user experiences
- Provide ongoing support and maintenance of existing products
- Deliver constant value back to the business in a highly agile team following continuous deployment
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
- 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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