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Senior Software Engineer - Service Mesh
6/25/2025
Help architect, design, build, and deploy Roku’s next-generation service mesh and cloud infrastructure. Collaborate with various teams to migrate workloads and integrate observability tools.
Working Hours
40 hours/week
Company Size
1,001-5,000 employees
Language
English
Visa Sponsorship
No
About The Company
With the #1 platform for streaming television in the U.S., Roku wants to revolutionize the way the world watches TV.
Our Roku-branded TVs, Roku TV models, Smart Home system, streaming players, audio equipment, and the purpose-built operating system that powers it all can turn any home into a home theater, with seamless integration of hardware and software. Our commitment to our users extends to our brand studio, which creates innovative Roku Originals exclusively for The Roku Channel, a free channel that reaches approximately 80 million households in the U.S. and Mexico.
Join us and you'll have the chance to delight millions of TV streamers around the world while gaining meaningful experience across a variety of disciplines. Be a part of shaping the future of streaming at weareroku.com.
About the Role
<div class="content-intro"><h2 style="font-family: GothamBold,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: #662d91;">Teamwork makes the stream work.</h2>
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<h3 style="font-family: GothamBold,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"><strong>Roku is changing how the world watches TV</strong></h3>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p> </p></div><p><strong><span data-contrast="none">About the role</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":2,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335557856":16777215,"335559685":0,"335559737":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":360}"> </span></strong></p>
<p><span data-contrast="none">Do you want to help build Roku’s next-generation unified cloud-agnostic hosting platform? Are you experienced with Terraform, Kubernetes, and Istio? Can you write applications and automation in Golang, Python, or Shell? Are you interested in being part of a multinational team to design and create the platform? If so, this role is for you!</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":2,"335557856":16777215,"335559740":360}"> </span></p>
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<p><strong><span data-contrast="none">About the team</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":2,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335557856":16777215,"335559685":0,"335559737":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":360}"> </span></strong></p>
<p><span data-contrast="none">The central Infrastructure Engineering team is looking for highly skilled infrastructure and software engineers to help develop and drive Roku’s service mesh hosting architecture. Our team is responsible for building and scaling both the Platform (Kubernetes, Istio, Envoy, operators, and more) to affect Roku’s transition towards a single, unified, cloud-agnostic system where all teams speak the same infrastructure language. We are engaging with Roku’s engineering teams to migrate hundreds of workloads to our common platform, including helping augment and automate CI/CD flows. We are looking for engineers that love working collaboratively across teams to achieve results that impact the entire company.</span></p>
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<h3><span data-contrast="none">What you’ll be doing:</span></h3>
<ul>
<li><span data-contrast="none">Help architect, design, build, deploy Roku’s next generation service mesh and cloud infrastructure.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":true,"134233118":true,"335557856":16777215}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="none">Contribute to evolving our deployments by building solutions using Docker, Kubernetes, Istio/Envoy, and Terraform.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":true,"134233118":true,"335557856":16777215}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="none">Join in efforts to investigate new technology and tools to be adopted by Roku. </span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":true,"134233118":true,"335557856":16777215}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="none">Help build and integrate security as part of the infrastructure.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":true,"134233118":true,"335557856":16777215}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="none">Collaborate on internal customer engagements as we migrate workloads to Kubernetes + Istio + open-source observability tools and technologies.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":true,"134233118":true,"335557856":16777215}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="none">Work closely with the Observability team to integrate and scale existing and new observability tools as part of a holistic solution.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":true,"134233118":true,"335557856":16777215}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="none">Work closely with the SRE team to maintain availability of our services and improve onboarding workflows.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":true,"134233118":true,"335557856":16777215}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="none">Mentor other team members to define and adopt new or improve existing processes and procedures.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":true,"134233118":true,"335557856":16777215}"> </span></li>
</ul>
<p><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":true,"134233118":true,"335557856":16777215,"335559685":0}"> </span></p>
<p><strong><span data-contrast="none">We’re excited if you have:</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":2,"335559740":360}"> </span></strong></p>
<ul>
<li><span data-contrast="none">Strong hands-on experience in cloud technologies. AWS, ECS, and Kubernetes (EKS, GKE, AKS or other) preferred. Knowledge of another cloud platform like GCP or Azure is a plus but not required.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":true,"134233118":true,"335557856":16777215}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="none">Demonstrated understanding of overall infrastructure design and developing tools to enable and automate the infrastructure. </span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":true,"134233118":true,"335557856":16777215}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="none">Experienced with a high-level scripting language (such as Python) and a system programming language (such as Go).</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":true,"134233118":true,"335557856":16777215}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="none">Strong experience with Kubernetes.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":true,"134233118":true,"335557856":16777215}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="none">Production experience in testing and deploying applications via modern CI/CD tools and concepts</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":true,"134233118":true,"335557856":16777215}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="none">Familiarity with Observability tools like Prometheus, Thanos, Loki, Grafana, etc.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":true,"134233118":true,"335557856":16777215}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="none">The drive and self-motivation to understand the intricate details of a complex infrastructure environment. </span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":true,"134233118":true,"335557856":16777215}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="none">Ability to work independently.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":true,"134233118":true,"335557856":16777215}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="none">Demonstrated ability to communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical project stakeholders. </span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":true,"134233118":true,"335557856":16777215}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="none">Experience with integrating AI tools for improving processes and reducing toil is a plus.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":true,"134233118":true,"335557856":16777215}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="none">Master’s degree or equivalent experience (8+ years)<br></span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="none">You have either tried Gen AI in your previous work or outside of work or are curious about Gen AI and have explored it.</span></li>
</ul>
<h6 class="ember-view setting-item-core__state t-14 t-black--light" data-test-selector="setting-item-core-state">#LI-AR2</h6><div class="content-conclusion"><h3><strong>Benefits</strong></h3>
<p>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). Our employees can take time off work for vacation and other personal reasons to balance 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.</p>
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<h3 style="font-family: GothamBold,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"><strong>The Roku Culture</strong></h3>
<p>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. </p>
<p>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. </p>
<p>To learn more about Roku, our global footprint, and how we've grown, visit <a href="https://www.weareroku.com/factsheet">https://www.weareroku.com/factsheet</a>.</p>
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Key Skills
TerraformKubernetesIstioGolangPythonShellDockerCI/CDObservabilityAWSECSSecurityAutomationCloud TechnologiesMentoringCommunication
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