Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain large-scale, highly performant, real-time applications.
- Build platform features and work directly with product and engineering teams.
- Promote best practices across developers, QA, and infrastructure/operations.
- Advocate for platform innovation and reuse.
- Deliver high-quality software in a timely manner.
- Communicate effectively with technical and non-technical audiences.
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience building large-scale and low-latency distributed systems.
- Strong command of Java or C++.
- Solid understanding of algorithms, data structures, performance optimization, object-oriented programming, multithreading, and real-time programming.
- A bachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
- Experience with distributed caching, SQL/NoSQL databases, big data, and AWS or GCP is preferred.
- Advertising-domain experience is preferred.
- Strong communication, accountability, ownership, critical-thinking, collaboration, and decision-making skills.
- AI literacy or curiosity about generative AI, including prior experimentation or exploration.
Benefits
- Hybrid work approach with in-office work generally Monday through Thursday and flexible remote work on Fridays.
- Healthcare, including medical, dental, and vision options.
- Life, accident, disability, commuter, and retirement benefits, including 401(k) or pension options where applicable.
- Mental health and financial wellness support and resources.
- Paid time off in accordance with local leave policies and personal needs.
About Roku
With the #1 platform for streaming television in the U.S., Roku wants to revolutionize the way the world watches TV. Our Roku-branded TVs, Roku TV models, Smart Home system, streaming players, audio equipment, and the purpose-built operating system that powers it all can turn any home into a home theater, with seamless integration of hardware and software. Our commitment to our users extends to our brand studio, which creates innovative Roku Originals exclusively for The Roku Channel, a free channel that reaches approximately 80 million households in the U.S. and Mexico. Join us and you'll have the chance to delight millions of TV streamers around the world while gaining meaningful experience across a variety of disciplines. Be a part of shaping the future of streaming at weareroku.com.