Senior Partner Engineer, Roku
$187-204k
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Convenient & affordable TV streaming players
Job no longer available
Convenient & affordable TV streaming players
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$187-204k
This role is eligible for equity awards
More information about location
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
- The ideal candidate will have knowledge of application development, embedded systems, web services, video streaming and developer relations
- This is a unique role requiring both a strong software development background as well as the interpersonal skills to work with representatives from various levels and backgrounds at partner companies and with diverse internal Roku groups, particularly engineering, business development and partner management.
- Computer Science B.S. degree or equivalent experience
- 5+ years of software development experience
- Ability to read and develop in C++ with a minimum of 2 years of experience
- Experience programming in both managed and native software frameworks
- Genuine passion for empowering developers and business partners
- Experience with video streaming standards such as HLS and DASH
- Extremely effective verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to work effectively with groups throughout the organization
- Knowledge of Linux essential
- Experience with AWS cloud services
- Experience working with Gracenote APIs desired
- Experience with version control systems (e.g. GIT) a plus
What the job involves
- Roku is seeking a highly technical and versatile engineer to work with many of our high-profile partners and bring their content to the Roku platform
- This is a unique opportunity to work closely with streaming media companies such as Netflix, Hulu, MAX, Time Warner Cable, and Sling TV
- You will actively manage the technical relationships with several of Roku’s key content partners. These relationships begin with helping development partners define how their content and brand will be presented within the constraints of the Roku platform
- The relationship continues through the application development cycle, where you will provide development expertise to the partner’s engineering and product team
- This will draw on your knowledge of the Roku SDK, Roku firmware, video streaming standards, application performance (focusing on embedded systems) and security.
- Your technical relationships will often require some level of post launch support as partners plan and develop application updates or address technical issues that arise in the field
- You will represent Roku as a technical expert at on-site, or over-the-phone meetings with partners to ensure an ongoing productive working relationship. You must therefore be practical, extremely professional, and skilled at prioritizing tasks to the optimum benefit of Roku business needs
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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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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