Senior software engineer-Roku development

Roku Software Developer

Location: Can start remote, later on at Englewood Cliffs, NJ

This is a critical role with a wide range of responsibilities, including:

• Roku software development using Brightscript and the Scene Graph framework.
• Understand the limitations of Roku platform and understand how to optimize the app to improve performance
• Work and collaborate in teams with developers, testers, product managers, etc.
• Work in an Agile, iterative development process
• Familiar with Jira, Confluence tools and communicate tasking estimation and progress regularly to a project manager, Scrum Master
• Be capable of committing to deliver timely results

Basic Qualifications

We believe the right individual will have the following skills and experience in order to be successful in this role:

• 4+ years as a Roku developer and strong programming language and scripting skills
• Proficiency with BrightScript and Scene Graph Framework
• Deeply understand threads in Scene Graph and how to optimize rendezvous between task thread and render thread
• Familiar with Roku native UI components like rowlist, markuplist and markupGrid
• Familiar with Video Node in Roku and an understanding of how to debug streaming related issues.
• Strong Roku debugging skills
• At least 2 years leading teams in analyzing business problems and possible solutions, and in developing high-quality presentation materials.
• Quantitative analytical strengths, including Excel model development.
• Rigorous understanding and implementation of business-focused analytical approaches and frameworks.
• Comfortable prioritizing and leading multiple initiatives and analyses, and in moving with speed through each.
• Excellent leadership and influencing skills, and an ability to set a vision and motivate multi-functional teams towards a common outcome.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including executing hands-on analytics analysis, and developing quality presentation materials.