Entertainment and media company seeks a Sr. Software Engineer, Roku Brightscript in New York City to help build and optimize streaming video experiences for Roku devices. This hybrid role focuses on high-quality BrightScript development, playback performance, and cross-functional collaboration in a fast-moving product environment.
About the Opportunity:
Responsibilities:
Design and develop maintainable features for Roku-based streaming applications using BrightScript
Improve playback quality, performance, and user experience across supported devices
Contribute to integrations across the Roku device ecosystem and related video components
Estimate work, communicate progress, and help the team deliver reliable solutions
Mentor junior engineers, review code, and help maintain coding standards and documentation
Qualifications:
4+ years of experience developing products in BrightScript
Experience with Roku development tools and video playback components such as roVideoPlayer or SceneGraph video nodes
Experience with video playback technologies such as HLS and DASH
Strong understanding of execution, performance optimization, and memory consumption
Excellent communication, collaboration, problem-solving, and troubleshooting skills
Desired Skills: