Mid/Senior Roku Software Engineer

Post Date

Mar 31, 2025

Location

Englewood Cliffs,
New Jersey

ZIP/Postal Code

07632
US
Jun 24, 2025 Insight Global

Job Type

Contract

Category

Software Engineering

Req #

NNJ-772665

Pay Rate

$48 - $60 (hourly estimate)

Job Description

A Large Media company is seeking an experienced Roku Developer on the Apps Platform & Video team who will work with a team of talented engineers to design and build the next generation of the company's flagship applications. The team offers a unique opportunity to work alongside collaborative professionals who are building applications used by millions of users daily. Members of this team work with their peers
on the Core Apps Android and Apple experiences teams to improve developer efficiency and
feature velocity by reviewing and updating our tools, workflows and build processes along with
building a scalable, reliable app architecture.
Responsibilities of this role include partnering with peer engineers to innovate, develop, and scale the application architecture. A core function of this team is leading engineering initiatives that improve developer experience and feature velocity. This team will also work on some feature development which will result in collaboration with cross-functional teams to define, design, scope, and ship new features. This will also include partnering with backend teams. Another core function of this team is focusing on promoting best practices in a few areas: UX/UI, documentation, unit testing, etc.

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Required Skills & Experience

Minimum 5+ years of professional software development experience
3+ years of experience developing enterprise level Roku apps
High proficiency & technical leadership with Bright Script and Scene Graph
Solid understanding of Object-Oriented Programming
Familiarity with the Roku ecosystem, including capabilities, limitations, and best
practices across devices
Solid background writing unit tests
Comfortable working with Git, Jenkins and Jira
Familiarity with Jenkins and continuous integration pipelines
Excellent technical written and spoken communication skills

Nice to Have Skills & Experience

Experience with NodeJS/Typescript
Experience with BrighterScript and/or Rooibos
Experience working with video-on-demand and/or linear video playback
Experience using GraphQL
Published 1 or more applications available on Roku

Benefit packages for this role will start on the 31st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.