Senior Software Engineer - C++, Embedded, Chromium

<div class="content-intro"><h2 style="font-family: GothamBold,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: #662d91;">Teamwork makes the stream work.</h2> <p> </p> <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><div id="message-list_1768565634.082309" data-qa="virtual-list-item" data-item-key="1768565634.082309"> <div data-qa="message_container" data-qa-unprocessed="false" data-qa-placeholder="false" data-msg-ts="1768565634.082309" data-msg-channel-id="D0655AH1EU8"> <div data-qa-hover="true"> <div data-qa="message_content"> <div data-qa="message-text"> <div data-qa="block-kit-renderer"> <h4><strong>About the team</strong></h4> <div><br>Roku pioneered streaming to the TV and continues to innovate and lead the industry. While we are well positioned to help shape the future of television and streaming media around the world, continued success stems from experienced embedded software engineers like you joining the Roku OS, OS Extensions and Apps Team.</div> <div> </div> <h4><strong>About the role</strong></h4> <div><br>In this role, you will be part of the team that's responsible for developing core features and enable streaming applications like Netflix, YouTube, BBC on the Roku platform. This will draw on your knowledge of NDK development, DRM and browser technologies, audio video streaming standards, graphics and application performance optimization (focusing on embedded systems).<br>The features and performance improvements you implement directly impact millions of users every day. This is a great role for an experienced professional who has innovative ideas for complex problems and can translate these ideas into ultra-reliable software.</div> <h4> </h4> <h4><strong>What you’ll be doing</strong></h4> <ul data-list-tree="true" data-indent="0" data-border="0"> <li>Understand the architecture needs to enable top tier streaming applications on top of Roku OS, and develop software needed to deliver our users a world-class streaming experience under all operating conditions.</li> <li>Work on audio, video and graphics functionality porting, and understand partner application certification requirements and work with certification QA team members to close certification issues.</li> <li>Work on embedded browser technologies like Webkit, Chromium used in partner applications to deliver best streaming experience.</li> <li>Work both independently and in small groups to deliver new features and functionality on-time.</li> <li>Demonstrate excellence in C++ development and deliver high-performance, ultra-reliable software.</li> <li>Demonstrate impeccable software design skills, make extensive changes to an existing C++ code base that are modular and easy to maintain.</li> <li>Demonstrate the ability to dig-deep to find solutions to tough problems affecting our users.</li> </ul> <h4><br><strong>We’re excited if you have</strong></h4> <ul data-list-tree="true" data-indent="0" data-border="0"> <li>5+ years of relevant software development experience </li> <li>Extensive programming experience with <strong>C++</strong></li> <li>Proven track record of success with <strong>embedded system </strong>development projects and <strong>Lin ... (truncated, view full listing at source)