About the role
From the employer’s listing · Roku · posted 21 September 2026
<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><h3 data-start="168" data-end="188"></h3> <h3 data-start="168" data-end="188"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">What does the team work on? </span></h3> <p data-start="189" data-end="559"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">The mission of Roku’s Data Engineering team is to develop a world-class big data platform that empowers both internal and external partners to leverage data and drive business growth. The team works closely with business stakeholders and engineering colleagues to collect, transform and surface metrics that are critical to the success of new and existing initiatives.</span></p> <p data-start="561" data-end="966"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">As a Senior Data Engineer in the <strong data-start="594" data-end="640">Viewer Product Device & Themed Experiences</strong> team, you’ll play a pivotal role in designing data models and building scalable pipelines to capture business metrics across Roku devices, Roku Powered TVs, web, and mobile clients. This work is essential to helping Roku understand which features resonate most with users and how we can continue to improve their experience.</span></p> <p data-start="561" data-end="966"> </p> <h3 data-start="973" data-end="993"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">What is the role? </span></h3> <p data-start="994" data-end="1340"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Roku pioneered TV streaming. We connect users to the content they love, enable publishers to build and monetise large audiences, and give advertisers unique opportunities to engage consumers. Roku streaming players and Roku TV™ models are available worldwide through direct retail and licensing partnerships with TV brands and pay-TV operators.</span></p> <p data-start="1342" data-end="1568"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">With tens of millions of devices sold across multiple countries, thousands of streaming channels, and billions of hours watched, a scalable, reliable and fault-tolerant big data platform is critical to our continued success.</span></p> <p data-start="1342" data-end="1568"> </p> <h3 data-start="1342" data-end="1568"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>How will I use AI at Roku? </strong></span></h3> <p data-start="1342" data-end="1568"><br><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">At Roku, we don’t just use AI, we work with it. AI agents and smart tools help power drafts, analysis, and repetitive workflows, while our people bring direction, judgment, and accountability. We’re looking for curious, adaptable builders who can show how they’ve used AI or automation to move faster, raise the bar, and scale their impact.</span><br><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"> </span><br><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">We value your AI skills if have built fluency across the agentic engineering toolchain — coding harnesses like Claude Code or Cursor, MCP servers, custom skills, or agent frameworks. And you can describe projects where you shipped real work with these tools. You know how to drive an agent, verify its output, and ramp on an unfamiliar codebase with an agent helping you.</span></p> <p data-start="1570" data-end="1690"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">This role is offered on a <strong data-start="1596" data-end="1612">hybrid basis</strong>, based from our Manchester office, UK. </span></p> <h3 data-start="1697" data-end="1723"> </h3> <h3 data-start="1697" data-end="1723"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">What are the responsibilities of the role? </span></h3> <ul data-start="1724" data-end="2584"> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;" data-start="1724" data-end="1918"> <p data-start="1726" data-end="1918"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Building highly scalable, fault-tolerant distributed data processing systems (batch and streaming) that handle tens of terabytes of data each day, supporting a petabyte-scale data warehouse.</span></p> </li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;" data-start="1919" data-end="2038"> <p data-start="1921" data-end="2038"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Designing and developing robust data solutions, streamlining complex datasets into simplified, self-service models.</span></p> </li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;" data-start="2039" data-end="2134"> <p data-start="2041" data-end="2134"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Developing pipelines that ensure high data quality and resilience to imperfect source data.</span></p> </li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;" data-start="2135" data-end="2238"> <p data-start="2137" data-end="2238"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Defining and maintaining data mappings, business logic, transformations and data quality standards.</span></p> </li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;" data-start="2239" data-end="2335"> <p data-start="2241" data-end="2335"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Debugging low-level systems, measuring performance and optimising large production clusters.</span></p> </li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;" data-start="2336" data-end="2466"> <p data-start="2338" data-end="2466"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Taking part in architecture discussions, influencing the product roadmap, and owning new initiatives from concept to delivery.</span></p> </li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;" data-start="2467" data-end="2584"> <p data-start="2469" data-end="2584"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Maintaining and evolving existing platforms, introducing modern technologies and architectures where appropriate.</span></p> </li> </ul> <p> </p> <h3 data-start="2591" data-end="2622"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">What experience would help someone be successful in this role at Roku</span></h3> <ul data-start="2623" data-end="3195"> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;" data-start="2623" data-end="2645"> <p data-start="2625" data-end="2645"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Strong SQL skills.</span></p> </li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;" data-start="2646" data-end="2722"> <p data-start="2648" data-end="2722"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Proficiency in at least one scripting language — <strong data-start="2697" data-end="2719">Python is required</strong>.</span></p> </li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;" data-start="2723" data-end="2780"> <p data-start="2725" data-end="2780"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Proficiency in at least one object-oriented language.</span></p> </li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;" data-start="2781" data-end="2893"> <p data-start="2783" data-end="2893"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Experience with big data technologies such as HDFS, YARN, MapReduce, Hive, Kafka, Spark, Airflow, or Presto.</span></p> </li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;" data-start="2894" data-end="2967"> <p data-start="2896" data-end="2967"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Experience with AWS, GCP, or Looker (advantageous but not essential).</span></p> </li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;" data-start="2968" data-end="3133"> <p data-start="2970" data-end="3133"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Solid background in data modelling, including the design, implementation and optimisation of conceptual, logical, and physical models for scalable architectures.</span></p> </li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;" data-start="3134" data-end="3195"> <p data-start="3136" data-end="3195"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">A degree in Computer Science (BS required; MS preferred).</span></p> </li> </ul> <h3 data-start="168" data-end="188"></h3> <h6>#LI-PA1</h6><div class="content-conclusion"><h3><strong><span style="font-family: GothamBold, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">What's Roku's approach to hybrid working?</span></strong></h3> <p>Roku fosters an inclusive and collaborative environment where teams generally work in the office Monday through Thursday. Fridays are generally flexible for remote work, except for employees whose specific roles or assigned office location require five days' a week attendance.</p> <p> </p> <h3 style="font-family: GothamBold,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"><strong>What are some of the 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). Employees are supported in taking time off, in accordance with local leave policies and other personal needs to support 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> <p> </p> <h3 style="font-family: GothamBold,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"><strong>Accommodations</strong></h3> <p>Roku welcomes applicants of all backgrounds and provides reasonable accommodations and adjustments in accordance with applicable law. If you require reasonable accommodation at any point in the hiring process, please direct your inquiries to <a ---------- <p> </p> <h3 style="font-family: GothamBold,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"><strong>What should I know about Roku's culture?</strong></h3> <p>Roku
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