Senior Software Engineer, Java
RokuCambridge, United KingdomPosted 24 February 2026
Tech Stack
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
The Roku Enterprise Engineering team is at the forefront of building a robust, integrated, and scalable platform that powers critical business processes across the organization. As a cornerstone of Roku's corporate strategy, this team is instrumental in automating workflows across all Business Systems, including Supply Chain, Finance, Sales Operations, and Human Resources. By challenging traditional approaches to workflow automation, the team leverages cutting-edge Engineering practices and API-driven design to streamline internal processes, boost efficiency, and deliver innovative solutions.
The team's expertise spans a wide range of technologies, including Java and Python-based MicroServices, AWS/GCP cloud backend systems, Big Data technologies like Hive and Spark, and modern Web applications. With a globally distributed presence across the US, India and Europe, the team thrives on collaboration, bringing together diverse perspectives to solve complex challenges. At the heart of their success is a shared commitment to technical excellence, creativity, a strong sense of ownership, and a collaborative spirit that drives impactful results for Roku's business operations.
About The Role
As a senior technical lead, you consider yourself a platform services developer and developing innovative solutions using modern software frameworks and paradigms. You are self-driven and problem solver, with a strong background in building large-scale software platform and applications. You are execution focused and would develop a reputation for repeatedly delivering projects on-time.
What you'll be doing
Design, develop and deploy scalable web applications and services, being part of everything from contributing to web technology and framework stack, to use case and data model design
Drive architecture discussions, take ownership and responsibility over new projects, and deliver high quality software with tight timeline
Partner with security and compliance teams to ensure the application meets compliance, security and audit requirements
Participate in the continual improvement of engineering tools, cloud-based technologies/services, and process
Define and participate in Agile development process, including scoping, technical design, estimation effort, coding, testing, debugging, code reviews, maintenance and support
Collaborate with cross-function teams and demonstrate great communication skills
We're excited if you have
5+ years of experience in delivery multi-tier, highly scalable, distributed web application
Deep understanding in software architecture, object-oriented design principles, and data structures
Extensive experience in developing microservices using Java, Python
Good experience in Test driven development and automating test cases using Java/ Python
Experience in SQL / NoSQL (Oracle, Cassandra) database design
Demonstrated ability to be proactive, self-driven, and make practical trade-offs based on business needs, entrepreneurial spirit
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
BS or MS degree in Computer Science or equivalent
Experience in distributed computing frameworks like - Hive/Hadoop, ... (truncated, view full listing at source)
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