Senior Software Engineer, Experimentation Platform

<div class="content-intro"><h2 style="font-family: GothamBold,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: #662d91;">Teamwork makes the stream work.</h2> <p> </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> </p></div><h3><strong>About the team</strong></h3> <p> </p> <p>Our team’s mission is to build cutting-edge technology to facilitate experimentation and Roku and allow for data driven decisions. Our team provides an end-to-end solution from intuitive management interfaces and robust highly scalable backend to sophisticated data insights framework.</p> <p>We are a globally distributed team with presence in US and Europe. We value technical expertise, creativity, strong sense of ownership and collaboration.</p> <p> </p> <h3><strong>About the role </strong></h3> <p> </p> <p>In this role, you will contribute to the backend services helping us to modernise the system and to achieve our True North architecture. This includes scaling to support hundreds of concurrent experiments, eliminating bias and false positives, enabling new use cases and integrating with new platforms.</p> <p>If you have endless curiosity, can pair a global mindset with locally relevant execution, are a gritty problem solver, self-starter and play well with others, this job is for you.<br><br></p> <h3><strong>What you’ll be doing</strong></h3> <p><strong> </strong></p> <ul> <li>Design and develop large scale, low latency components to facilitate seamless and effective experimentation.</li> <li>Deliver reliable production systems that can adapt to changing business environments and monitor themselves with minimal human handholding. </li> <li>Work with product and business stakeholders to define, build and maintain features and components </li> </ul> <p> </p> <h3><strong>We’re excited if you have </strong></h3> <p> </p> <ul> <li>Degree in Computer Science or equivalent</li> <li>Expertise in Java and Spring Boot for developing robust backend applications.</li> <li>Strong knowledge of object-oriented design principles and distributed software architectures.</li> <li>Proven experience in building and maintaining solutions using both NoSQL and relational databases.</li> <li>Solid understanding and practice of test-driven development (TDD) and test automation frameworks.</li> <li>Familiarity with statistical concepts and their application within software systems.</li> <li>Demonstrated ability to design, develop, and test high-performance distributed systems.</li> <li>Experience with AWS cloud services (e.g., EC2, S3, Lambda).</li> <li>Familiarity with Istio and Kubernetes for managing microservices and container orchestration.</li> <li>Understanding of A/B testing methodologies and experience with experimentation platforms is a plus</li> </ul> <h6>#LI-MS3</h6><div class="content-conclusion"><h3><strong>Benefits</strong></h3> <p>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). Our employees can take time off work for vacation and other personal reasons to balance 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.</p> <p> </p> <h3 style="font-family: GothamBold,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"><strong>The Roku Culture</strong></h3> <p>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. </p> <p>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. </p> <p>To learn more about Roku, our global footprint, and how we've grown, visit <a href="https://www.weareroku.com/factsheet">https://www.weareroku.com/factsheet</a>.</p> <p>By providing your information, you acknowledge that you want Roku to contact you about job roles, that you have read Roku's <a href="https://www.weareroku.com/roku-job-applicant-privacy-notice-for-job-applicants">Applicant Privacy Notice</a>, and understand that Roku will use your information as described in that notice. If you do not wish to receive any communications from Roku regarding this role or similar roles in the future, you may <a href="mailto:workforceprivacy@roku.com?subject=Unsubscribe%20Request%20" target="_blank">unsubscribe here</a> at any time.</p></div>

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