Job Description
Position : ROKU Engineer
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Location: Hybrid 4x a week
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Interview: 2 interviews
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Contract to hire
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A nationally recognized entertainment streaming company is seeking a Senior Roku Engineer to join its growing team in a Hybrid role. The qualified professional selected for this role can either work out of their company's Los Angeles, California or Stamford, Connecticut office. OR in NYC
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About the Opportunity:
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• Shift: Day
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• Schedule: Monday to Friday
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• Hours: Standard business
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• Setting: Hybrid (at least 4 days a week onsite)
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• Locations: Stamford, Connecticut or Los Angeles, California
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Responsibilities:
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• Design, build, and maintain Roku application features using BrightScript and SceneGraph
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• Refactor tightly coupled code to improve architecture, maintainability, and scalability
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• Integrate and troubleshoot APIs, authentication flows, playback functionality, and multiple user screens
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• Support production issues and collaborate with engineering partners to deliver durable fixes
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• Work closely with the team to communicate technical decisions clearly and contribute to clean, well-factored code
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Qualifications:
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• At least 3 years of hands-on Roku development experience with BrightScript and SceneGraph
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• Experience building production Roku applications that include authentication, APIs, playback integration, and multiple screens or user flows
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• Strong understanding of software architecture, clean code principles, separation of concerns, and refactoring
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• Experience integrating RESTful APIs into application workflows
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• Strong verbal and written communication skills
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• Ability to work effectively in a collaborative, onsite team environment
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Desired Skills:
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• Experience with streaming playback concepts, HLS, DASH, adaptive bitrate behavior, and DRM
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• Familiarity with JavaScript or TypeScript for internal tooling and automation
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• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and release automation
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• Exposure to Roku platform integrations, such as deep linking, search feeds, continue watching, Roku Pay, or advertising frameworks
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• Experience debugging production issues using Roku developer tools, profiling tools, or telemetry dashboards
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• Background with other living-room or connected TV platforms