Responsibilities
- Architect, design, and deploy Roku’s next-generation cloud platform and service mesh.
- Build and own compute solutions using Docker, Kubernetes, Istio, Envoy, Terraform, and scripting.
- Research and implement technologies that improve scalability, reliability, and developer experience.
- Integrate security best practices into infrastructure design and automation.
- Build tooling to visualize inefficiencies and optimize costs across shared-tenancy clusters, network traffic, cross-cluster communication, and cost attribution.
- Collaborate with internal teams to migrate workloads to Kubernetes and Istio using open-source observability tools.
- Work with the Observability team to scale platform monitoring and logging.
- Apply SRE principles to maintain high availability and streamline onboarding workflows.
- Mentor team members and help define infrastructure and automation best practices.
Requirements
- Strong hands-on experience architecting and managing large-scale cloud systems handling significant traffic or data, with AWS preferred and GCP or Azure as a plus.
- Deep knowledge of Kubernetes and service mesh technologies, including platforms such as EKS, GKE, or AKS.
- Proficiency in Go or another programming language and Python or another scripting language.
- Experience designing infrastructure, building automation tools, and collaborating with internal teams and external stakeholders.
- Experience building CI/CD pipelines and following modern deployment practices.
- Familiarity with observability tools such as Prometheus, Thanos, Loki, and Grafana.
- Master’s degree or equivalent experience; 8+ years of experience is preferred.
- Experience using AI tools to improve processes and reduce operational toil is a plus.
- Fluency with agentic engineering tools and workflows, including Claude Code, Cursor, MCP servers, custom skills, or agent frameworks, with demonstrated shipped work.
Benefits
- Hybrid work generally Monday through Thursday in the office, with Fridays generally flexible for remote work unless the role or location requires five days onsite.
- Mental health and financial wellness support.
- Healthcare options including medical, dental, and vision, where applicable.
- Life, accident, disability, commuter, and retirement benefits such as 401(k) or pension, where applicable.
- Time off in accordance with local leave policies and personal needs.
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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.