Senior Embedded Software Engineer

The revolution won’t be televised. It will be streamed. Want to help us build it?

Roku is changing how the world watches TV

Roku is the #1 TV streaming platform in the US, 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 worldwide while gaining meaningful experience across various disciplines.

About the role

We have expanded to Manchester and are building Software/Qa Engineering Teams to work on Roku TV. 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 our software expertise.

We are looking for a talented engineer to join our New Products Team working on the Roku TV program! You will be responsible for the core tasks ranging from partner SOC board bring-up, third-party API integration, Roku OS feature development, code maintenance, design scalability solutions to help onboard new factories, supporting our QA and Channel certification teams and everything else involved in our end to end product development and release cycles. To succeed in this challenging role, the following expertise is strongly preferred.

The ideal candidate will have 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.

We’re excited if you have

• 5+ years of relevant software development experience
• Excellent C/C++ coding skills (modern C++ exp. is a major plus!)
• Experience of developing/debugging on Linux based embedded platforms
• Good understanding of Linux kernel concepts, Multi-threading primitives, Linux tools, libraries and open source development
• Bachelors or Master’s degree in Computer Science/Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or other relevant fields
• Excel working in a fast-paced engineering environment
• Excellent communication skills