Senior Software Engineer, Distributed Backend

Roku pioneered TV streaming and continues to innovate, leading the industry. The Roku Channel has us well-positioned to help shape the future of streaming. Continued success relies on investing in Advertising Engineering. The ideal candidate will possess endless curiosity and be able to pair a global mindset with locally relevant execution. The successful candidate will demonstrate a balance of hard and soft skills, including the ability to respond promptly to evolving business needs.

Building a real-time, highly scalable, and available advertising platform is critical for our success. Our team’s mission is to build a best-in-class advertising platform to support and grow Roku’s exploding ad business. Our platforms are highly performant, deployed at scale, and set new standards for enabling effective advertising while protecting user privacy.

Work alongside a highly skilled engineering team to design, develop, and maintain large-scale, highly performing, real-time applications

Own building features, driving directly with the product, and other engineering teams

Demonstrate excellent communication skills in working with technical and non-technical audiences

Be an evangelist for best practices across all functions – developers, QA, and infrastructure/ops

Be an evangelist for platform innovation and reuse

Deliver top-quality software in a timely fashion

10+ years of experience building large-scale and low-latency distributed systems

Command of Java or C++

Solid understanding of algorithms, data structures, performance optimization techniques, object-oriented programming, multi-threading, and real-time programming

Experience with distributed caching, SQL/NoSQL, and other databases is a plus

Experience with Big Data and cloud services such as AWS/GCP is a plus

Experience in the advertising domain is a big plus

B.S. or M.S. degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent

Self-motivated individual with a high level of accountability and ownership

Critical thinking and practical decision-making

Can do, results-oriented mindset

Nonpolitical, collaborative, and team-oriented

Desire to win in a highly competitive industry

AI literacy and curiosity. You have either 1) tried Gen AI in your previous work or outside of work or 2) are curious about Gen AI and have explored it

Roku is a great place for people who want to work in a fast-paced environment where everyone is focused on the company's success rather than their own. We try to surround ourselves with people who are great at their jobs, who are easy to work with, and who keep their egos in check. We appreciate a sense of humor. We believe a fewer number of very talented folks can do more for less cost than a larger number of less talented teams. We're independent thinkers with big ideas who act boldly, move fast and accomplish extraordinary things through collaboration and trust. In short, at Roku you'll be part of a company that's changing how the world watches TV.

We have a unique culture that we are proud of. We think of ourselves primarily as problem-solvers, which itself is a two-part idea. We come up with the solution, but the solution isn't real until it is built and delivered to the customer. That penchant for action gives us a pragmatic approach to innovation, one that has served us well since 2002.

To learn more about Roku, our global footprint, and how we've grown, visit https://www.weareroku.com/factsheet .

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