Senior Software Engineer, Roku
Android, Smart Home
$286-340k
Offers equity
Office located in San Jose, CA
Convenient & affordable TV streaming players
Job no longer available
Convenient & affordable TV streaming players
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$286-340k
Offers equity
Office located in 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
- You should be motivated by curiosity and initiative—eager to take ownership of features and run with them, while remaining grounded in a team-first, collaborative mindset
- Professional Android development experience, ideally with Kotlin and/or Compose
- Strong experience shipping and maintaining production apps in the Play Store
- Proficiency in using AI tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT) and experience with prompt engineering
- Experience working with IoT or networked device interactions is a big plus
- Familiarity with BLE, web sockets, or MQTT protocols is a bonus
- Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams in agile environments
- Proficient in the Android development toolset
- Strong understanding of Android architecture, UI/UX patterns, and app lifecycle
- Excellent communication and debugging skills
- Bachelor’s or Master’s/PHD in Computer Science or related technical field
What the job involves
- You will be joining a talented, high-performance team with a proven track record of delivery
- We are seeking someone who can help us maintain this pace and continue delivering high-quality apps as we expand
- As a Senior Software Engineer, Android on the Roku Smart Home team, you will help shape the future of how millions of users interact with their smart devices
- You’ll work on building intuitive, reliable, and highly performant Android experiences that allow customers to monitor and control Roku smart devices—from cameras and lights to sensors and beyond
- This role offers the opportunity to work across a modern, evolving tech stack including Kotlin, Compose, and Google's latest frameworks
- You’ll collaborate closely with design, product, and cross-functional engineering teams to bring innovative features to life, improve performance, and make everyday smart home interactions seamless
- Design and build advanced applications and features for the Android platform
- Integrate with cloud APIs and local device communication protocols to control smart devices
- Write and maintain tests using frameworks such as JUnit and Espresso
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features for mobile devices, optimizing touch experiences. Write well-designed, testable, and efficient code
- Debug, profile, and optimize app performance across a range of Android devices
- Participate in design and code reviews, helping elevate code quality across the team
- Stay up to date with Android platform capabilities, tools, and libraries, and propose how we can leverage them
- Contribute to roadmap planning, technical design, and release delivery
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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