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You'll engage in architectural discussions across multiple teams, influence the roadmap, and own key projects and initiatives, providing the technical leadership and expertise needed to drive highly available, scalable platform capabilities.\nThis role sets the standard for engineering excellence-establishing clear expectations and leading by hands-on example. You'll be an evangelist for best practices across every function, including development, QA, and infrastructure/ops, as well as a champion for platform innovation and reuse. While you'll stay actively involved in code and design reviews, this remains a deeply technical position: you're expected to be heavily hands-on with agentic coding.\nWhat you'll be doing\nUse agentic AI coding tools (e.g., Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot) as part of your daily workflow, delegating tasks to AI, reviewing and refining AI-generated code, and integrating it into production\nBuild and ship features using AI coding agents-delegating implementation, reviewing output, and owning the quality of what makes it to production\nOwn the building of platform features, driving work directly with product and other engineering teams\nOwn the design and implementation of shared architectural layers (e.g., queuing, event systems, shared memory clusters) and libraries that can be leveraged across teams.\nEvaluate emerging technologies and lead the adoption of new designs that address platform challenges\nParticipate in architectural discussions across teams, influence the technical roadmap, and take ownership of key initiatives\nReview technical specification documents produced by the development team and mentor team members to raise the bar on quality\nStay hands-on with code and design reviews while spending the majority of your time (~70%) writing code\nChampion best practices and a culture of innovation and reuse across development, QA, and infrastructure/ops\nWe're excited if you have\nHands-on experience with AI-assisted and agentic coding tools (e.g., Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor) is required, including the ability to effectively delegate, review, and integrate AI-generated code within a production workflow\n15+ years of experience in large-scale backend services, specifically within payment system architecture and implementation, or related professional industry experience\nA good understanding of various payment flows is required, such as payment processing, card tokenization, payment gateway integration, token vault management, etc.\nGood understanding of different payment processing flows, such as sync vs async, and online vs offline\nFamiliar with different compliance standards, such as SOX, PCI, 3DS, etc.\nExperience with the RFP (Request for Proposal) Process, proven ability to translate business needs to vendor requirements, performance of deep technical evaluation on 3rd parties vendors, and helping business selecting the right vendor to scale with the company\nStrong architectural design experience, and a great track record of building a highly available and scalable payment platform\nExperience with multi-cloud solutions is a plus; ability to offer technical guidance to design, deploy, and scale applications across multiple cloud environments\nStrong expertise with cloud solutions/systems across the cloud with AWS or GCP is a must\nStrong experience in designing and leading highly complex transactional systems\nStrong passion for technology and adding value to the bottom line through technology\nStrong expertise in Payments and billing systems is required\nStrong passion & expertise in building and adopting CI/CD pipelines\n#LI-DH2\nWhat's Roku's approach to hybrid working?\nRoku fosters an inclusive and collaborative environment where teams generally work in the office Monday through Thursday. Fridays are generally flexible for remote work, except for employees whose specific roles or assigned office location require five days' a week attendance.\nWhat are some of the benefits?\nRoku 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). Employees are supported in taking time off, in accordance with local leave policies and other personal needs to support their evolving work and life needs. It's important to note that not every benefit is available in all locations or for every role. For details specific to your location, please consult with your recruiter.\nAccommodations\nRoku welcomes applicants of all backgrounds and provides reasonable accommodations and adjustments in accordance with applicable law. If you require reasonable accommodation at any point in the hiring process, please direct your inquiries to .\nWhat should I know about Roku's culture?\nRoku 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.\nWe 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.\nTo learn more about Roku, our global footprint, and how we've grown, visit https://www.weareroku.com/factsheet.\nBy providing your information, you acknowledge that you want Roku to contact you about job roles, that you have read Roku's Applicant Privacy Notice, and understand that Roku will use your information as described in that notice. 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