Senior Software Engineer, DevOps - Data Platform

Position Overview

Roku, the #1 TV streaming platform in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico, is changing how the world watches TV by connecting consumers to the content they love. At Roku, you’ll join a fast-growing team that values contribution from day one, working on a massive data platform and cutting-edge technology. We are seeking a skilled engineer with exceptional DevOps skills to automate and scale Big Data and Analytics stacks on Cloud infrastructure. For California Only – The estimated annual salary for this position is between $186,000 - $340,000 annually, with packages based on skills, certifications, and location.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop best practices for cloud infrastructure provisioning, disaster recovery, and guide the adoption process for developers.
• Scale Big Data and distributed systems.
• Collaborate on system architecture to ensure optimal scaling, resource utilization, fault tolerance, and availability.
• Conduct low-level systems debugging, performance measurement, and optimization on large production clusters and low-latency services.
• Create scripts and automation to respond quickly to infrastructure issues and implement corrective actions.
• Participate in architecture discussions, influence the product roadmap, and take ownership of new projects.
• Collaborate and communicate effectively with a geographically distributed team.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience.
• 8+ years of experience in DevOps or Site Reliability Engineering.
• Proficiency with Cloud infrastructure such as Amazon AWS, Google Cloud Platform (preferred), Microsoft Azure, or other public clouds.
• Experience with at least 3 of the following: Big Data/Hadoop, Kafka, Spark, Airflow, Presto, Druid, Opensearch, HA Proxy, or Hive.
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes and Docker.
• Proficiency with Terraform.
• Strong background in Linux/Unix system administration.
• Experience in system engineering addressing edge cases, failure modes, and disaster recovery.
• Proficiency in shell scripting or equivalent programming in Python.
• Experience with monitoring and alerting tools such as Grafana or PagerDuty, including participation in on-call rotations.
• Familiarity with configuration management tools like Chef, Puppet, or Ansible.
• Knowledge of Networking, Network Security, and Data Security.
• AI literacy and curiosity, demonstrated either by practical engagement with Gen AI or exploration of its potential.

Benefits & Perks

• Health insurance
• Equity awards
• Life insurance
• Disability benefits
• Parental leave
• Wellness benefits
• Paid time off