01Overview
Teamwork makes the stream work.
Roku is changing how the world watches TV
Roku is the #1 TV streaming platform in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico, and we've set our sights on powering every television in the world. Roku pioneered streaming to the TV. Our mission is to be the TV streaming platform that connects the entire TV ecosystem. We connect consumers to the content they love, enable content publishers to build and monetize large audiences, and provide advertisers unique capabilities to engage consumers.
From your first day at Roku, you'll make a valuable - and valued - contribution. We're a fast-growing public company where no one is a bystander. We offer you the opportunity to delight millions of TV streamers around the world while gaining meaningful experience across a variety of disciplines.
What does the team work on
The Roku APPS team is a group of highly skilled technologists that builds innovative platform products and services that enable over 100M+ users and streaming devices. We connect users to the streaming content they love and enable content publishers to build and monetise large audiences. We work on a range of critical services that power the Roku eco-system, including device and account setup, identity, authentication, channel distribution to devices, and channel publishing.
What is the role
We are looking for a talented and experienced Backend Engineer to join the Roku APPS team, bringing a strong background in microservices and large-scale systems. You will build extremely large-scale platform products and services used both by Roku engineers across the company and directly by consumers across millions of devices. You will work with Product and Design teams to iterate and build software, taking a concept from ideation to its production deployment and support. You will lead efforts to evaluate new technologies and continue to push for best practices across the entire development life cycle, including code and design reviews. Your work will include managing project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables while participating in an Agile development process encompassing scoping, technical design, coding, testing, deployment, and maintenance. This is a high-impact role for an engineer with a consistent track record of improving large-scale systems who enjoys building consumer-facing platforms.
How will I use AI at Roku
At Roku, we dont just use AI, we work with it. AI agents and smart tools help power drafts, analysis, and repetitive workflows, while our people bring direction, judgment, and accountability. Were looking for curious, adaptable builders who can show how theyve used AI or automation to move faster, raise the bar, and scale their impact.
We value your AI skills if have built fluency across the agentic engineering toolchain coding harnesses like Claude Code or Cursor, MCP servers, custom skills, or agent frameworks. And you can describe projects where you shipped real work with these tools. You know how to drive an agent, verify its output, and ramp on an unfamiliar codebase with an agent helping you.
What are the responsibilities of the role
Build extremely large-scale platform products and services, used both by Roku engineers from across the company, and directly by consumers across millions of devices
Work with Product and Design teams to iterate and build software, taking a concept from ideation to its production deployment and support
Lead efforts to evaluate new technologies and continue to push for best practices across the entire development life cycle, including code and design reviews
Manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables
Participate in Agile development process, including scoping, technical design, coding, testing, deployment, and maintenance
What experience would help someone be successful in this role at Roku
8+ years of experience building large-scale distributed systems
5+ years working with cloud-based platforms and infrastructure
An understanding of system concepts and approaches such as eventual consistency and CAP theorem
Ability and desire to lead the design and implementation of backend services coupled with a deep understanding of different data platforms
Deep experience in building microservices using Java for container platforms such as Docker or Kubernetes
Solid understanding of databases such as Aurora MySQL and DynamoDB
Hands-on experience working with AWS ALB, ECS, RDS, or similar cloud services
Experience with a breadth of protocols and data formats such as REST, WebSockets, HTTPS, JSON, and Protobuf
Demonstrated ability to drive timely consensus in design with other senior team members
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent
You have built fluency across the agentic engineering toolchain coding harnesses like Claude Code or Cursor, MCP servers, custom skills, or agent frameworks. And you can describe projects where you shipped real work with these .
