Senior Computational Linguist

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Roku

Austin, Texas

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

Roku’s Voice Team aims to develop the best voice system for TV. We enable users to launch channels, search for movies, TV shows, sports, and music, discover new content, and control their TVs and Smart Home devices with natural spoken requests, including hands-free, in multiple languages. Our goal is to help people find what they want and make it easier for people to stream. We accomplish this using state-of-the-art technology and engineering to make it happen, with consideration for the customer as the center of all that we do.

About the Role

We are looking for a top-notch Sr. Computational Linguist who is passionate about using language data and modeling to help our users connect effortlessly to Roku content and functionality. In this role, you will have the opportunity to analyze data from our users around the world and incorporate your insights into our products.

You will be joining a talented, high-performance team with a history of delivery. We are looking for someone who can help us maintain this accelerated pace and continue delivering high quality as we grow.

What you’ll be doing

You will develop models to extend voice support to new Roku features and across languages internationally
You will collect and analyze spoken and written language data to improve our models, capturing a wide variety of expressions in rule-based or machine-learned systems
You will maintain our existing systems, recognize issues and apply the right tools to debug and solve problems

We’re excited if you have

Master’s or Ph.D. degree in Linguistics, Computer Science, or related field
Proficiency in at least one non-English language, ideally at the native or near non-native competence level, with Spanish or Portuguese preferred
At least two years of experience with spoken natural language applications
Solid knowledge of core linguistics: semantics, syntax, morphology, phonology, phonetics, discourse, and dialogue
Experience with rule-based grammars and machine learning for NLP, including LLM and generative AI
Practical experience with cleaning, manipulating, and analyzing large natural language data sets
Experience with scripting languages, preferably Python
Experience creating and adapting database queries in SQL
Experience with version control and collaborative software development

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Our Hybrid Work Approach

Roku fosters an inclusive and collaborative environment where teams work in the office Monday through Thursday. Fridays are flexible for remote work except for employees whos

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