Senior JavaScript Engineer

The revolution won’t be televised. It will be streamed.

Roku is changing how the world watches TV

Roku is the #1 TV streaming platform in the U.S., 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 role

The Roku WebDev team is seeking an experienced and versatile Sr. Software Engineer focused on front-end web architecture and development. You consider yourself a full-stack web developer but are passionate about the user experience and developing innovative solutions and UIs using modern web frameworks and paradigms. You are self-driven, with a strong background in building large-scale consumer-facing websites. As a natural born problem solver, you love taking on new challenges.

You'll spend your time doing:

• Determine the strategic and tactical direction of the front-end architecture and middle-ware services
• Code, test, document and deliver highly scalable and reliable platform services and components that create the foundation of the core web application platform with cross-browser compatibility, accessibility and search engine optimization
• Suggest tools, cloud-based technologies/services and best practices to improve the site stability, performance and quality
• Continually seeking ways to optimize and streamline Roku’s web application platform to facilitate a seamless implementation experience for our developers and partners
• Participate in Agile development process, including scoping, technical design, estimation effort, coding, testing, debugging, code reviews, maintenance and support

We're excited if you have:

• 5+ years of web application development experience
• Expert-level knowledge of JavaScript – prototypical inheritance, scope and closures
• Deep experience in object-oriented design, data structures, and problem solving
• Knowledge of latest ES6 features, open standards and web technologies and how they can be used effectively
• Experience building, maintaining and supporting Javascript libraries across a diverse engineering base
• Experience with following tech stack: node.js, ReactJS, Express, Handlebars, WebPack, Grunt, SASS/LESS
• Experience with following cloud services: AWS Elastic Beanstalk, EC2, S3, CloudFront, RDS, DynamoDB, VPC, ElasticCache, Lambda is a plus
• Ability to decompose complex problems into manageable units of work
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience with high traffic, consumer-facing product
• BS or MS degree in Computer Science or equivalent.

The Roku culture

Roku is a great place for people who want to work in a fast-paced environment where everyone is focused on the company’s success rather than their own. We try to surround ourselves with people who are great at their jobs, who are easy to work with, and who keep their egos in check. We appreciate a sense of humor. We believe a fewer number of very talented folks can do more for less cost than a larger number of less talented teams. We’re independent thinkers with big ideas who act boldly, move fast and accomplish extraordinary things through collaboration and trust. In short, at Roku you’ll be part of a company that’s changing how the world watches TV.

We have a unique culture that we are proud of. We think of ourselves primarily as problem-solvers, which itself is a two-part idea. We come up with the solution, but the solution isn’t real until it is built and delivered to the customer. That penchant for action gives us a pragmatic approach to innovation, one that has served us well since 2002.

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