Senior Software Engineer - Service mesh

Roku; Bengaluru; Hybrid; INR 3,000,000 - 4,500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Global benefits

Job summary

Roku is seeking an experienced Infrastructure Engineer to help build our next-generation, cloud-agnostic hosting platform. You will work on a multinational team to design, implement, and scale service mesh infrastructure using Kubernetes, Istio, Envoy, Docker, and Terraform.

Ideal candidates have 8+ years in infrastructure roles, strong Go/Python scripting, and hands-on CI/CD experience. Hybrid work model; collaboration with Observability and SRE teams is essential.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of infrastructure or software engineering experience.
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, Istio/Envoy, and cloud platforms.
• Proficient in Go and Python with automation focus.

Responsibilities

• Architect, design, and build Roku’s next-generation service mesh and cloud infrastructure.
• Contribute deployments using Docker, Kubernetes, Istio/Envoy, and Terraform.
• Collaborate across teams to migrate workloads and automate CI/CD.
• Integrate security and observability into the infrastructure.
• Mentor teammates and improve processes and procedures.

Skills

Cloud technologies

Kubernetes

Go

Python

Terraform

Istio/Envoy

CI/CD tooling

Observability tooling

Communication

Education

Master’s degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Istio

Envoy

Terraform

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 role

Do you want to help build Roku’s next-generation unified cloud-agnostic hosting platform? Are you experienced with Terraform, Kubernetes, and Istio? Can you write applications and automation in Golang, Python, or Shell? Are you interested in being part of a multinational team to design and create the platform? If so, this role is for you!

About the team

The central Infrastructure Engineering team is looking for highly skilled infrastructure and software engineers to help develop and drive Roku’s service mesh hosting architecture. Our team is responsible for building and scaling both the Platform (Kubernetes, Istio, Envoy, operators, and more) to affect Roku’s transition towards a single, unified, cloud-agnostic system where all teams speak the same infrastructure language. We are engaging with Roku’s engineering teams to migrate hundreds of workloads to our common platform, including helping augment and automate CI/CD flows. We are looking for engineers that love working collaboratively across teams to achieve results that impact the entire company.

What you’ll be doing

• Help architect, design, build, deploy Roku’s next generation service mesh and cloud infrastructure.
• Contribute to evolving our deployments by building solutions using Docker, Kubernetes, Istio/Envoy, and Terraform.
• Join in efforts to investigate new technology and tools to be adopted by Roku.
• Help build and integrate security as part of the infrastructure.
• Collaborate on internal customer engagements as we migrate workloads to Kubernetes + Istio + open-source observability tools and technologies.
• Work closely with the Observability team to integrate and scale existing and new observability tools as part of a holistic solution.
• Work closely with the SRE team to maintain availability of our services and improve onboarding workflows.
• Mentor other team members to define and adopt new or improve existing processes and procedures.

We’re excited if you have

• Strong hands-on experience in cloud technologies. AWS, ECS, and Kubernetes (EKS, GKE, AKS or other) preferred. Knowledge of another cloud platform like GCP or Azure is a plus but not required.
• Demonstrated understanding of overall infrastructure design and developing tools to enable and automate the infrastructure.
• Experienced with a high-level scripting language (such as Python) and a system programming language (such as Go).
• Strong experience with Kubernetes.
• Production experience in testing and deploying applications via modern CI/CD tools and concepts.
• Familiarity with Observability tools like Prometheus, Thanos, Loki, Grafana, etc.
• The drive and self-motivation to understand the intricate details of a complex infrastructure environment.
• Ability to work independently.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical project stakeholders.
• Experience with integrating AI tools for improving processes and reducing toil is a plus.
• Master’s degree or equivalent experience (8+ years).
• You have either tried Gen AI in your previous work or outside of work or are curious about Gen AI and have explored it.

What's Roku's approach to hybrid working

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.

What are some of the benefits

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 is 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.

Accommodations

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 [e-mail].