Senior Software Engineer, Advanced Development

About the Team

The Advanced Development organisation pushes beyond the boundaries of product lines to build new things. We think independently of standard shipping cadences and timelines, working on foundational technologies that will impact every Roku device in the future, and on ideas that no one has seen before in their living room. 

We're responsible for driving forward the architecture of Roku OS which ships worldwide, running on devices in more than 85 million streaming households. This work can include anything from optimising common libraries to redesigning the APIs and development environment used by third-party apps running on our platform. We work hard to ensure our software is optimised across a wide range of platforms and we're super focused on maximising customer experience. 

We aren't kidding that Roku is a place where no one is a bystander. If you want to work on a team where you will be surrounded by the best talent-building things used by millions of people, if you want a tech culture that just works, you should reach out.

About the role

As a Senior Software Engineer you'll be an embedded expert at C++ and C, able to understand complex systems and design changes that unlocks new capabilities and has significant benefits for future engineering efficiency. You'll be able to profile and analyse systems to identify bottlenecks and inefficiencies, especially on low-cost hardware. You'll be adept at partnering with other teams to identify requirements and pain points, and to create collaborative solutions.

You'll be designing, implementing and testing parts of Roku's native development kit which exposes fundamental APIs for the Roku platform. These APIs are used both externally and internally by teams to build higher level SDKs. You'll be passionate about the high-level vision for these APIs, and eager to get coding and implement this vision, driving usage of these APIs across our codebase to increase modularity and testability. 

What you'll be doing 

• Designing, implementing and testing native development kit APIs for a multi-process environment that are fast, efficient and maximise platform flexibility 
• Demonstrating excellence in C++ and C development by delivering high-performance, ultra-reliable software 
• Digging deep to find solutions to new and challenging problems, using data to drive your decision making 
• Working alongside many software development teams to make improvements to Roku OS modularity and scalability 

We're excited if you have 

• 8+ years in software development, architecture, and API design 
• 5+ years Linux systems programming
• Excellent C and modern C++ programming skills
• Proven track record developing software operating within tight resource constraints 
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills 
• Bachelor's and/or master's degree in computer science or equivalent 

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