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.

About the team :

Roku pioneered streaming to the TV and continues to innovate and lead the industry.

As we strive to influence the future of television globally, including TV advertising, the ongoing success depends heavily on our investment in the Content Management System.

With Roku providing millions of movies, episodes, news, and channels, the Content Management System plays a vital role in managing content ingestion, selection, enrichment, and curation.

We are seeking engineers capable of developing, designing, and deploying highly scalable, dependable applications, tools, and automation frameworks essential for efficiently handling the vast volume of content in our pipeline.

About the role :

Roku pioneered TV streaming and continues to innovate and lead the industry.

The Roku Channel has us well-positioned to help shape the future of streaming.

Continued success relies on investing in the Roku Cloud TV Platform, so we deliver high quality streaming TV experience at a global scale.

You will be part of the Roku Content Management System and Tools Engineering team, playing a key role in developing the next generation content management systems that drive content ingestion, selection, management, and curation workflows.

These systems are vital for empowering critical functions like Search and Recommendation on the Roku Platform.

Your projects will have a direct impact on millions of Roku users globally.

Throughout, you'll collaborate with key stakeholders across various Roku engineering teams and take the lead in designing our content management system.

The ideal candidate will demonstrate strong technical leadership, bring endless curiosity and can pair a global mindset with locally relevant execution.

You should be a gritty problem solver and self-starter who can drive programs with the product and commercial teams within Roku and across external strategic partner organizations.

The successful candidate will display a balance of hard and soft skills, including the ability to respond quickly to changing business needs.

What youll be doing :

- Lead and grow a high-performing engineering team responsible for content ingestion, enrichment, QC automation, and partner portal systems.

- Architect and scale distributed systems that handle millions of assets and metadata records, ensuring reliability and low-latency processing.

- Collaborate with product and operational partners to deliver a world-class Partner Portal that empowers studios, networks, and content providers to onboard and manage their catalogs seamlessly.

- Drive automation across video, audio, artwork, and metadata QC, integrating AI/ML-based services to improve accuracy and efficiency.

- Partner cross-functionally to streamline content delivery and operational workflows.

- Provide technical direction, conduct code and design reviews, and ensure best practices in performance, observability, and security.

- Manage individual project priorities, deadlines and deliverables

- Recruit and mentor engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence, innovation, and accountability.

Were excited if you have :

- 5+ years proven track record in hiring, building and leading high-caliber product engineering teams.

- 8+ years of software development experience with deep technical knowledge and expertise in building high availability, large-scale distributed systems and services.

- Proven experience in building scalable, distributed backend systems in cloud environments such as AWS, GCP or Azure.

- Strong understanding of microservice and event-driven architectures, including experience with messaging and streaming frameworks like Kafka, SQS, or similar technologies.

- Strong leadership, collaboration and communication skills in working with cross-functional teams across the organization and delivering on big and ambitious goals.

- Deep understanding of content management, metadata processing, and media workflow automation.

- Experience in designing or integrating partner-facing platforms or portals for content or data management.

- Ability to handle periodic on-call duty as well as out-of-band requests; strong written and verbal communication skills.

- Bachelors degree in computer science plus 8 years of experience or equivalent; Master's degree preferred.

Our Hybrid Work Approach :

Roku fosters an inclusive and collaborative environment where teams work in the office Monday through Thursday.

Fridays are flexible for remote work except for employees whose roles are required to be in the office five days a week or employees who are in offices with a five day in office policy.

Benefits :

Roku is committed to offering a diverse range of benefits as part of our compensation package to support our employees and their families.

Our comprehensive benefits include global access to mental health and financial wellness support and resources.

Local benefits include statutory and voluntary benefits which may include healthcare (medical, dental, and vision), life, accident, disability, commuter, and retirement options (401(k)/pension).

Our employees can take time off work for vacation and other personal reasons to balance their evolving work and life needs.

It's important to note that not every benefit is available in all locations or for every role.