Content Ingestion Software Engineer – Cloud (AWS/GCP)

Roku, Inc.; Austin, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Healthcare benefits

401(k)/pension

Job summary

Roku, Inc. is seeking a Content Ingestion Software Engineer to design, build, and maintain ingestion pipelines processing assets from linear feeds and multimedia files.

You will enable real-time content matching, recommendations, and advertising insights for Roku's ACR platform, across AWS and GCP. The role spans API development, batch jobs, and infrastructure with a focus on reliability and cross-border collaboration.

Qualifications

• 1-3 years of software engineering, DevOps, or cloud operations experience.
• Proficiency in Python, Bash, C++, or Go.
• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS and/or GCP (Compute, Storage, Networking, Managed Services).
• Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform and Ansible.
• Experience with containerization technologies including Docker and orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain APIs and batch jobs for asset ingestion, processing, and distribution.
• Create and manage infrastructure for both on-premise and cloud (AWS/GCP) deployments using Terraform and Ansible.
• Implement monitoring, alerting, and observability using tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, and Alertmanager.
• Participate in on-call rotations for critical production services.
• Optimize system performance, reduce costs, and manage technical debt.
• Communicate with US-based content partners to gather requirements and coordinate data ingestion.
• Collaborate with international engineering teams in Utah and Seoul, South Korea, including attending cross-timezone standups.
• Drive AI methodologies and agentic AI workflows within active code repositories.
• Conduct knowledge-sharing demos and perform code reviews.
• Manage containerized deployments using Docker and Kubernetes.
• Work with CI/CD pipelines and version control via Git.

Skills

Python

Bash

C++

Go

AWS

GCP

Terraform

Ansible

Docker

Kubernetes

Prometheus

Grafana

Linux CLI

Postgres

MongoDB

AI Tooling

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

AWS

GCP

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Roku, Inc. is seeking a Content Ingestion Software Engineer to design, build, and maintain ingestion pipelines processing assets from linear feeds and multimedia files.

You will enable real-time content matching, recommendations, and advertising insights for Roku's ACR platform, across AWS and GCP. The role spans API development, batch jobs, and infrastructure with a focus on reliability and cross-border collaboration.