Senior Software Engineer - Roku

Paramount•Burbank, CA

23d•$124,000 - $186,000•Onsite

About The Position

You'll build and ship the Paramount+ Roku application used by millions of viewers. The Roku platform has constraints other platforms don't: tight memory budgets, a single-threaded render loop, device hardware that ranges from flagship to five years old. You'll solve problems inside those constraints. We write software that's simple to read, cheap to maintain, and built to last. You'll own features from design through deployment, work across agile teams, and help other engineers get better at this work.

Requirements

6+ years writing software
3+ years building Roku applications
BS in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent work experience
You know OOP, data structures, and algorithms well enough to design systems, not just pass interviews
BrightScript and SceneGraph SDK, including RSG 1.3
You can explain Roku's memory model, the render-thread/task-thread split, device tiers, and what certification requires
RESTful API design and data serialization
Roku frameworks and services: RAF, RMF, RokuPay
Unit and integration testing on Roku
HTTP protocol and caching behavior
Git and GitHub
You write and speak about technical decisions in a way that helps people act on them
You use AI tools (Copilot, Claude, Cursor, or similar) to write and ship code faster

Nice To Haves

BrighterScript and Roku community tooling (ropm, bslint, roku-debug)
Other OTT platforms: Fire TV, Android TV, Apple TV, Samsung TV, LG webOS
Observability tools: Conviva, New Relic, Datadog, Sentry
Microservices and backend-for-frontend patterns
You've worked with personalization or recommendation APIs on resource-constrained devices
E2E testing for connected-device applications
Docker and CI/CD tooling (Jenkins or similar)
GraphQL
You share AI tools and workflows that save the team time
You care about UX enough to push back on Product and Design when something isn't right
You say "I don't know" when you don't know
You've worked across time zones without waiting for meetings to unblock you

Responsibilities

Design, build, and maintain core Roku framework components and application features for Paramount+
Architect around Roku's constraints: memory limits, render-thread/task-thread boundaries, device performance tiers, and certification requirements
Use RSG 1.3 data transfer APIs, BrightScript Memory Monitor, and Perfetto tracing to find and fix performance problems before users hit them
Build real-time personalization and engagement features — personalized recommendations, dynamic artwork, ad engagement — within Roku's memory and performance budgets
Write clear documentation for components, architecture decisions, and platform-specific patterns
Measure and improve application performance and stability through instrumentation and observability
Work across agile teams and coordinate with backend engineering and DevOps/SRE on service builds and deploys
Review code, pair with teammates, and raise the quality bar across the team
Maintain and improve CI/CD pipelines and testing infrastructure
Design and run A/B tests, then act on what the data says
Use AI development tools to move faster and share what works with the team