Architect, Front-End/Client Engineering

About this role

<div class="content-intro"><h2 style="font-family: GothamBold,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: #662d91;">Teamwork makes the stream work.</h2> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h3 style="font-family: GothamBold,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"><strong>Roku is changing how the world watches TV</strong></h3> <p>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.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p></div><h3 class="mt-6 mb-2 font-semibold text-xl" data-streamdown="heading-3"><span class="font-semibold" data-streamdown="strong">About the team</span></h3> <p class="text-neutral-900 dark:text-neutral-200 my-2.5 last:mb-0 first:mt-0 ">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, reliable applications, tools, and automation frameworks to efficiently handle the vast volume of content in our pipeline.</p> <p class="text-neutral-900 dark:text-neutral-200 my-2.5 last:mb-0 first:mt-0 ">&nbsp;</p> <h3 class="mt-6 mb-2 font-semibold text-xl" data-streamdown="heading-3"><span class="font-semibold" data-streamdown="strong">About the role</span></h3> <p class="text-neutral-900 dark:text-neutral-200 my-2.5 last:mb-0 first:mt-0 ">As a Senior Software Engineer on Roku's streaming applications team, you will be a key contributor responsible for architecting, designing, and building high-impact streaming experiences across multiple connected TV platforms. You will drive technical excellence by leading architectural decisions and setting the strategic direction for frontend development across platforms, including Google/Android TV, Fire TV, and Samsung. This role requires close collaboration with product, UX, and engineering teams to define scope, make product decisions, and influence cross-team alignment. You will champion innovation and AI-assisted engineering practices to accelerate development and elevate code quality. The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in modern web frameworks, media playback technologies, and consumer application development at scale. This is an opportunity to shape the future of how millions of viewers discover and enjoy streaming content on the biggest screen in their home.</p> <h3 class="mt-6 mb-2 font-semibold text-xl" data-streamdown="heading-3"><span class="font-semibold" data-streamdown="strong">How will I use AI at Roku?</span></h3> <p class="text-neutral-900 dark:text-neutral-200 my-2.5 last:mb-0 first:mt-0 ">At Roku, we don’t 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. We’re looking for curious, adaptable builders who can show how they’ve used AI or automation to move faster, raise the bar, and scale their impact.</p> <p class="text-neutral-900 dark:text-neutral-200 my-2.5 last:mb-0 first:mt-0 ">We value your AI skills if 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 tools. You know how to drive an agent, verify its output, and ramp on an unfamiliar codebase with an agent helping you.</p> <p class="text-neutral-900 dark:text-neutral-200 my-2.5 last:mb-0 first:mt-0 ">For California Only - The estimated annual salary for this position is between $246,500 - $486,100 annually.&nbsp; Compensation packages are based on factors unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, certifications, and specific geographical location.&nbsp; This role is eligible for health insurance, equity awards, life insurance, disability benefits, parental leave, wellness benefits, and paid time off.<br>&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<br>&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <h3 class="mt-6 mb-2 font-semibold text-xl" data-streamdown="heading-3"><span class="font-semibold" data-streamdown="strong">What you'll be doing</span></h3> <ul class="list-inside list-disc whitespace-normal [li_&amp;]:pl-6" data-streamdown="unordered-list"> <li class="py-1 [&amp;>p]:inline" data-streamdown="list-item">Architect, design, and build engaging streaming TV experiences for Roku's large and growing user base across multiple connected TV platforms</li> <li class="py-1 [&amp;>p]:inline" data-streamdown="list-item">Define and lead architectural decisions to deliver high-quality, high-performance applications on platforms including Google/Android TV, Fire TV, and Samsung</li> <li class="py-1 [&amp;>p]:inline" data-streamdown="list-item">Set the strategic and tactical direction for frontend development and connected TV applications, lead architecture reviews, guide design decisions, and ensure adherence to best practices</li> <li class="py-1 [&amp;>p]:inline" data-streamdown="list-item">Drive innovation with a relentless focus on increasing user satisfaction and improving the reliability, stability, securi