Sr Software Engineer

Confirmed live in the last 24 hours

Roku

Bengaluru, India

Hybrid

Posted April 7, 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 role

 As a Backend Software Engineer, you’ll design, build, and maintain scalable, high-performance services that power our products. You’ll work closely with data, ML engineers, and infrastructure teams to develop APIs, optimize system performance, and ensure reliability across distributed systems. The ideal candidate is passionate about clean architecture, efficient data processing, and delivering high-quality code in a collaborative environment.

What you will be doing

Engage with stakeholders, product managers to understand their needs, assess application features and design the solution to solve business problems.
Lead efforts to evaluate new technologies and continue to push for best practices across the entire development life cycle, including code and design reviews.
Collaboration with cross-functional teams: Partner with product managers, data scientists, and other engineers to deliver impactful solutions

We are excited if you have 

8+ years of experience building large-scale distributed systems
8+ years working with cloud-based platforms and infrastructure
Deep experience in building microservices using Java for container platforms such as Docker or Kubernetes
Solid understanding of databases SQL and NoSQL
Hands-on Experience working with AWS, GCP or similar cloud services
Experience with a breadth of protocols and data formats such as REST, WebSockets, HTTPS, JSON, and Protobuf
Demonstrated ability to drive timely consensus in design with other senior team members
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