Senior Data Scientist

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Roku

Santa Monica, California

Hybrid

Posted March 30, 2026

Job Description

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 team

The Core Analytics Team is a centralized function dedicated to providing data-driven insights to drive business and product success. We work closely with our Product, Engineering, and Marketing teams to deliver exceptional experiences to our customers while maximizing the value proposition for the business.

About the role

Roku is looking for a Sr. Data scientist to join the Core Analytics team supporting recommendations and personalization products. In this role, you will leverage data analytics to support and improve our recommendations and personalization initiatives, identifying trends, mitigating risks, and providing actionable insights. You will work closely with product management and engineering to identify opportunities to create new features, drive their adoption, and generate value for Roku. This individual will investigate and develop solutions to track, monitor and improve our ecosystem. The successful candidate is quantitatively driven, detail-focused, and possesses an elevated level of problem-solving expertise.

For California Only - The estimated annual salary for this position is between $140,250 - $169,400 annually. Compensation packages are based on factors unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, certifications, and specific geographical location. This role is eligible for health insurance, equity awards, life insurance, disability benefits, parental leave, wellness benefits, and paid time off.

What you'll be doing

Collaborate with stakeholders to align data science initiatives with organizational goals and strategy design and execute AB tests
Translate complex analyses into clear executive narratives and dashboards, driving consensus on priorities and accelerating delivery across the board.
Develop and maintain dashboards, reports, and data visualizations to monitor key metrics for operational and systems health
Analyze structured and unstructured data and communicate insights to help stakeholders solve business problems, identify trends and make data-driven decisions
Develop necessary data pipelines to power automation, validation and reporting
Develop analytical tools (real-time alerts, models, etc.) to understand what drives success for our mobile platform
Perform exploratory data analysis on emerging trends and execute advanced analysis across the Roku Platform
Collaborate with the Program Management and Engineering team to proactively seek and incorporate feedback
Providing feedback directly to leadership on performance of various initiatives and untapped opportunities

We're excited if you have

5+ years of work experience with a bachelor's degree or master's degree in quantitative field (e.g., Statistics, Business Analytics, Data Science, Mathematics, Economics, Engineering or Computer Science)
5+ years of experience across consumer product, digital media or entertainment industries
Expertise in SQL, SAS, R, Python or other programming language to query data and perform analysis
Hands on experience with visualization tools like Tableau or Looker
Have a bias towards action in resolving issues

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