Roku Developer

Socket.dev; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Socket.dev is seeking a highly motivated software engineer specializing in Roku development to join our team in the United States. You will provide technical expertise, mentor peers, and drive features from design to deployment within an Agile environment.

The role focuses on building a scalable Roku library for video playback, integrating with Brightscript or C/Java as needed, and continuously innovating to maintain leadership in OTT platforms.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software development in applicable technologies OR 2+ years on set-top/OTT platforms.
• Experience with Roku SDK (and Brightscript) OR strong C/Java knowledge.
• Proficient at contributing to codebases from existing code and from scratch.

Responsibilities

• Develop high-quality, reusable, and scalable code.
• Provide guidance on implementation and design best practices to other developers.
• Produce design artifacts such as class diagrams and sequence diagrams for Roku library features or client solutions.
• Implement product features within a team using best practices to meet product deliverables.
• Implement new features and enhance existing code to increase operating efficiency and extensibility.
• Participate in Agile sprint planning sessions and provide constructive feedback.
• Assist Product Management with high-level estimation and clarification of technical implementation of features.
• Prepare software packages for deployment that adhere to defined standard deployment policies.
• Generate product documentation for releases.
• Mentor junior developers throughout the development lifecycle.
• Produce a reliable, performant, configurable, state-of-the-art SDK.
• Write clean, concise, readable code following common design patterns.
• Push technical boundaries and propose new processes and technologies.
• Ensure quality by writing effective automated unit tests.
• Translate functional requirements into solutions that work with current architecture.
• Develop prototypes and proof of concept projects to test new technologies or ideas.

Skills

Roku SDK

C language

Java language

Video playback

Collaboration

Job description

We are looking to hire a highly motivated software engineer who specializes in Roku development. If you're someone who can provide technical expertise in scripting languages and participate in advanced level design, we'd be happy to have you on our team. Apart from that, you'd also be responsible for monitoring industry trends and basing your development on them in order to maintain and enhance the product's leadership position in the industry.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop high-quality, reusable, and scalable code.
• Provide guidance on implementation and design best practices to other developers.
• Produce design artifacts such as class diagrams and sequence diagrams for Roku library features or client solutions.
• Implement product features within a team using best practices to meet product deliverables.
• Implement new features and enhance existing code to increase operating efficiency and extensibility and/or adapt programs to new requirements.
• Participate in Agile sprint planning sessions and provide constructive feedback.
• Help the Product Management team with high-level estimation and clarification of the technical implementation of features.
• Prepare software packages for deployment that adhere to the defined standard deployment policies.
• Generate product documentation for releases.
• Mentor junior developers throughout the development lifecycle.

• Produce a reliable, performant, configurable, state-of-the-art SDK.
• Write clean, concise, readable code that follows common design patterns while adhering to best engineering practices.
• Push technical boundaries and propose new processes and technologies.
• Ensure quality and confidence in software by writing effective automated unit tests.
• Translate functional requirements into solutions that work well with the current architecture.
• Develop prototypes and proof of concept projects to test the waters with new technologies or ideas.

Requirements

• 5+ years of software development in applicable technologies OR 2+ years of working specifically on set-top or OTT platforms.
• Experience with the Roku SDK (and Brightscript) and other VOD platforms OR strong experience and understanding of the C and/or Java language.
• Proficient at generating code in existing codebases and from scratch.
• Valuable collaboration with teammates and stakeholders.
• Enthusiasm for building a Roku library that handles all aspects of video playback.

We are looking for a doer, the type of person that brings a can-do, figure it out type of energy to the job every day, and is willing to jump in and help. If you can picture yourself in this position and it's something that interests you, We look forward to having you on our team.

About 5centsCDNOur CDN company is dedicated to providing A-grade services with their bandwidth pricing starting at 5 cents per GB. To move in, the clients don't have to make any commitments, sign any contracts, or pay for the setup. Currently, we are proudly serving 2000+ clients that consist of OTT, IPTV, ad agencies, gamers, government agencies, NGOs, and major TV channels.Customers are enabled to access any of our 1200+ PoPs located across the globe. Our integrated multi-CDN network allows you to connect to end users with minimum latency limited to the peering relationships of our partners. The advanced, next-generation-centric services and network infrastructure not only help you to connect to your end-users within their ISPs themselves. But also ensures fast, secure, and affordable content delivery.