Senior Software Engineer - Service Mesh

Roku is changing how the world watches TV

Roku is the #1 TV streaming platform in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico, and we&aposve 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&aposll make a valuable - and valued - contribution. We&aposre 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 Rokus 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 Rokus service mesh hosting architecture. Our team is responsible for building and scaling both the Platform (Kubernetes, Istio, Envoy, operators, and more) to affect Rokus transition towards a single, unified, cloud-agnostic system where all teams speak the same infrastructure language. We are engaging with Rokus 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.

• Help architect, design, build, deploy Rokus 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.

Were 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.
• Masters 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.

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). Our employees can take time off work for vacation and other personal reasons to balance their evolving work and life needs. It&aposs 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.

The Roku Culture

Roku is a great place for people who want to work in a fast-paced environment where everyone is focused on the company&aposs success rather than their own. We try to surround ourselves with people who are great at their jobs, who are easy to work with, and who keep their egos in check. We appreciate a sense of humor. We believe a fewer number of very talented folks can do more for less cost than a larger number of less talented teams. We&aposre independent thinkers with big ideas who act boldly, move fast and accomplish extraordinary things through collaboration and trust. In short, at Roku you&aposll be part of a company that&aposs changing how the world watches TV.?

We have a unique culture that we are proud of. We think of ourselves primarily as problem-solvers, which itself is a two-part idea. We come up with the solution, but the solution isn&apost real until it is built and delivered to the customer. That penchant for action gives us a pragmatic approach to innovation, one that has served us well since 2002.?

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