Software Engineer, Roku
$225-229.5k
Offers equity
Convenient and affordable TV streaming players
Job no longer available
Convenient and affordable TV streaming players
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$225-229.5k
Offers equity
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
- 2 years of experience in the position or a related occupation
- Must have at least 1 year of prior work experience in the following:
- Supporting Development teams with processes related to building and releasing software
- Knowledge of the Software Development Life Cycle (SLDC) and the details of how software flows through the process
- Converting static build tasks to templated reusable blocks of code
- Adapting and migrating statically built software solutions into reproducible automated deployable systems
- Identifying similarities in Software systems and proposing simplified solutions designed to unify ways of working across the engineering org
- Working with senior technical leaders to implement infrastructure re-designs on existing systems to migrate to more scalable system architecture
What the job involves
- Deploy software development solutions. Integrate systems into larger platform design
- Work on making managing software development processes, cost reduction, and system analysis standard across the platform
- Build and maintain tools for Code and Cloud best practices and compliance
- Document best practices for software development "hygiene" that reduces costs and complexities as part of the software development lifecycle
- Work with development teams to migrate existing software development build processes to adopt newly designed best practices
- Develop software tools and solutions that can be used by multiple teams across the organization
- Work to build visual dashboards that define the metrics for uptime of systems that provide software to the production environments
- Implement code scanning tools to inspect and block malicious code from being deployed into any of the software development environments by using the existing code scanning tools and integrating them into the development lifecycle
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
(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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