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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.

What does the team work on?

Roku Pay is one of Roku's core monetisation streams and is well-suited to ramp up on a significant growth path. Roku Pay encompasses the Pricing, Billing, and Payments ecosystems, as well as many other integrations, to deliver an excellent experience for our partners and consumers. We are on a journey to rebuild our platform to support our growth plans both in domestic and international markets.

What is the role?

We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join the Payouts team where you will be responsible for designing and building mission-critical services that power revenue calculation and developer payouts on the Roku platform. This role requires strong expertise in distributed computing paradigms and the ability to deliver high-reliability backend systems with no margin for error. You will collaborate closely with product, engineering, and non-technical stakeholders such as Accounting and Treasury to ensure effective solutioning and seamless execution. The position offers significant exposure to the full payments lifecycle, from developer onboarding to revenue distribution. You will also provide technical mentorship to team members and drive engineering best practices across the team. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to a platform that is scaling rapidly across domestic and international markets.

How will I use AI at Roku?

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.

We value your AI skills if 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.

What are the responsibilities of the role?

Design and build APIs and backend services using Java
Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code, ensuring adherence to best practices through code reviews
Architect and develop scalable, distributed systems that support revenue calculation and developer payout workflows
Collaborate with product managers, engineering teams, and non-technical stakeholders including Accounting and Treasury to deliver integrated, high-quality solutions
Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior engineers, promoting best practices in software engineering
Contribute to the design and implementation of Agentic AI systems to automate decision-making and improve productivity
Participate in on-call rotations and incident response for mission-critical payment services
Drive cross-team alignment and consensus on technical solutions and architectural decisions

What experience would help someone be successful in this role at Roku?

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience)
10+ years of experience in software engineering with exposure to scale and distributed services
Expertise in developing APIs and robust backend services, with strong programming skills in Java or other JVM-based languages
Strong problem-solving abilities and the capacity to work independently or collaboratively
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Strong sense of ownership in driving projects from inception to user adoption
Ability to drive cross-team consensus on technical direction
Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure, and containerization tools like Docker and Kubernetes (preferred)
Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, and infrastructure-as-code tools such as Jenkins and Terraform (preferred)
Experience with building Agentic AI systems to automate decision-making and productivity enhancements (preferred)
Payments domain experience (preferred)

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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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Senior Software Engineer - Java

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