Software Engineer Intern, UI

<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><p> </p> <h3>About the role</h3> <p>Join one of Roku’s UI teams as a Software Engineer Intern, where your passion for technology and creativity will drive our success. We offer a paid 12-week internship, starting in Summer 2026.</p> <p>As a Software Engineer Intern, you’ll be assigned a scoped project aligned to our UI/SDK roadmap - such as improving a UI component, enhancing performance instrumentation, or building a developer-facing tool. UI teams work in a variety of programming languages from C++ to TypeScript and are adoptive of GenAI-assisted development workflows to boost productivity and quality. You might be working on a project building AI tooling for UI generation for Roku Devices or related.</p> <p> </p> <h3>What you’ll be doing</h3> <ul> <li>Own a well-defined project that advances our UI/SDK capabilities</li> <li>Contribute to front-end and embedded UI code bases using modern languages and patterns and collaborate on integration with platform services.</li> <li>Apply profiling, testing, and documentation best practices; learn how we balance usability, reliability, and performance at scale.</li> </ul> <p> </p> <h3>We’re excited if you have</h3> <ul> <li>Currently enrolled in a degree program in Computer Science/Engineering or related field (we are ideally looking for penultimate year students)</li> <li><span class="TextRun SCXW19693181 BCX0" lang="EN-GB" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW19693181 BCX0">Proficiency</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW19693181 BCX0"> in scripting languages such as JavaScript, TypeScript, React Native, Python</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW19693181 BCX0">, or related technologies.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW19693181 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li> <li><span class="EOP SCXW19693181 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{}">Typescript and HTML Canvas UI experience/interest important<br></span></li> <li><span class="EOP SCXW19693181 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{}">Interest in Front-end development </span></li> <li>Curiosity and experience of using GenAI tools</li> <li>Experience and/or interest in working on user interface components and front end focused products.</li> <li>Strong problem-solving and technical communication abilities</li> <li>Proactive mindset with passion for continuous learning and fast iteration</li> </ul><div class="content-conclusion"><p> </p> <h3 style="font-family: GothamBold,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"><strong>Our Hybrid Work Approach</strong></h3> <p>Roku fosters an inclusive and collaborative environment where teams work in the office Monday through Thursday. Fridays are flexible for remote work except for employees whose roles are required to be in the office five days a week or employees who are in offices with a five day in office policy.</p> <p> </p> <h3 style="font-family: GothamBold,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"><strong>Benefits</strong></h3> <p>Roku is committed to offering a diverse range of benefits as part of ... (truncated, view full listing at source)