Roku

Software Engineer, Early Careers AI/UI

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20 hours ago
San Jose, CA, USAEntry Level

Responsibilities

  • Build and operate multi-step agents that detect service regressions, bisect problematic commits, propose fixes, and generate or review code.
  • Develop internal skills, harnesses, and services that improve engineering productivity.
  • Process real-time telemetry and events at streaming scale under device CPU and memory constraints.
  • Address agent problems involving physical feedback, device fleets, and hardware-connected signals.
  • Own features end-to-end from the Roku OS platform layer through application and UI components to cloud integration.
  • Collaborate with product, design, and engineering partners to deliver platform UI and content-discovery experiences.

Requirements

  • Have up to 3/4 years of professional engineering experience since completing studies.
  • Demonstrate strong systems or infrastructure fundamentals in areas such as real-time data, telemetry, distributed systems, platforms, or device work.
  • Have built and shipped a multi-step agentic system that other people use, either professionally or as a serious personal project.
  • Be able to explain how you maintain accountability for AI-generated or otherwise untyped code through design, review, and quality gates.
  • Have a perspective on current limitations of agent systems and why they remain insufficient in some cases.
  • Already have the right to work in the United States.

Benefits

  • Mentorship and squad membership through the Project Ahsoka early-career engineering program.
  • Opportunity to become an AI hiring sponsor and help shape future hiring standards.
  • Hybrid work in San Jose: generally in the office Monday through Thursday with a flexible Friday.
  • Benefits may include healthcare, life, accident, disability, commuter, retirement, mental health, financial wellness, and leave support, subject to location and role eligibility.
Roku

About Roku

1,001-5,000 employees

Roku builds streaming players, Roku-branded TVs and audio gear, and the Roku OS licensed to TV manufacturers. Its platform supports ad-supported and subscription streaming, including The Roku Channel and Roku Originals, and underpins a significant advertising business. Founded in 2002 and headquartered in San Jose, it is a public company trading on NASDAQ under the ticker ROKU.

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