Senior Engineering Manager - Streaming Apps

Teamwork makes the stream work.

Roku is changing how the world watches TV

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.

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

You will be part of the Roku’s multiplatform engineering team and help with strategy, development, and optimization for multiple streaming apps and features on platforms like GoogleTV, FireTV, Samsung, Web etc. These apps delight millions of viewers and are expanding at a rapid pace.

You will sit at the intersection of product, engineering, content, and monetization and driving a seamless user experience, subscriber growth and retention.

The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of the OTT ecosystem, video delivery workflows, user experience and cross-platform app management and demonstrates strong technical and people leadership, display a balance of hard and soft skills, bring endless curiosity, AI fluency and pair a global mindset with locally relevant execution by thinking big and showing a bias for action.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead a team of software, QA and automation engineers.
• Participate, contribute and execute the long-term vision for streaming applications across diverse platforms.
• Prioritize features based on data-driven insights, market trends, and business goals.
• Manage the P/SDLC from discovery and requirements gathering to launch and post-launch optimization.
• Oversee the implementation of app features and integrations with video platform, browse, search, recommendations, Ads, and 3 rd party SDKs (analytics, payment gateways).
• Drive engineering and operational excellence. Monitor app and playback performance metrics, and system health KPIs.
• Evaluate architectural and design trade-offs for user experience, availability, performance and security towards delivering end user delight
• Help to drive AI first culture, processes and build proficiencies.
• Work closely with product team to help with the roadmap, drive priorities, manage tradeoffs help with A/B testing, lifecycle management.
• Work closely with UI/UX designers to create intuitive, multi-modal interface experiences.
• Foster a culture of trust, transparency, ownership, accountability, innovation and continuous improvement.
• Manage relationships with internal stakeholders, external vendors and platform partners.
• Manage and improve processes, project priorities, deadlines and deliverables.
• Attract top engineers in the industry, mentor and guide overall professional development of the team

We’re excited if you have

• 12+ years proven track record in hiring, building and leading high-Caliber product engineering teams
• 8+ years of software development experience with deep technical knowledge and expertise in building high availability, large-scale distributed systems and services
• Strong leadership, collaboration and communication skills in working with cross-functional teams across the organisation, and delivering on big and ambitious goals
• Experience with modern web, hybrid and native tech stack (TS, JS, Solid, React, Node, Cordova, React Native, Flutter etc.) delivering very high scale consumer facing apps across multiple platforms like Connected TVs, Web and Mobile.
• Video Streaming domain knowledge, experience with container formats, e.g. DASH, HLS, CMAF, MPEG-4, etc., and DRM technologies such as Widevine and Fairplay
• Experience with Ad technologies and frameworks.
• Experience with subscription lifecycle, payment integration a big plus.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science plus 10+ years of experience or equivalent; Master's degree preferred.

What's Roku's approach to hybrid working?

Roku 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.

What are some of the benefits?

Roku 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.

Accommodations

Roku 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 [email protected].

What should I know about Roku's 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.

To learn more about Roku, our global footprint, and how we've grown, visit https://www.weareroku.com/factsheet.

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