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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 Roku
Roku pioneered streaming to the TV — and today we help shape how millions of people around the world discover and enjoy entertainment.
Our platform powers one of the largest TV streaming ecosystems globally, with nearly 90 million active accounts worldwide and over 100 billion hours streamed annually.
Our teams build the software experiences that sit at the heart of modern television — powering Roku streaming players, Roku TV™ devices, and partner platforms across the globe.
Since entering the UK market in 2012, Roku has seen tremendous growth, giving viewers access to thousands of streaming channels — from BBC iPlayer, ITVX, and All4 to Netflix, Prime Video, NOW, and many more. Through the Roku Powered licensing program, we also collaborate with major partners such as Sky to deliver streaming experiences at scale.
As streaming continues to replace traditional TV, Roku’s platform has become the “home screen” for millions of households — combining operating system innovation, embedded engineering, and large-scale media technology.
About the Role
We are seeking an experienced Software Engineer to join our New Product Introduction team and help build the next generation of Roku TV devices.
This is a hands-on embedded engineering role where you’ll work close to the hardware, operating system, and media stack — helping deliver features that ship directly to customers’ living rooms.
You’ll thrive here if you enjoy working closely with the team, solving complex system problems, and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to bring new devices to life.
What You’ll Do
- Work independently and in small teams to deliver new product features and functionality on schedule
- Feature development in C/C++
- Maintain and design scalable embedded software solutions across our device portfolio
- Collaborate closely with QA and cross-functional engineering teams
- Integrate and optimise third-party APIs and media technologies
- Contribute across the full product lifecycle — from early hardware integration to customer-impacting issue resolution
- Work on System-on-Chip (SoC) integration, board bring-up, and device performance tuning
- Experiment with AI tools for automation and operational efficiency. Constantly look for creative and innovative ways to solve real life problems.
We’re Excited If You Have
- Hands-on professional software development experience
- Strong C/C++ systems programming background
- Solid understanding of embedded Linux, open-source tooling, and device-level development
- Experience working in user space and/or kernel space
- Familiarity with media playback engines, streaming protocols, or video/audio pipelines
- Hands-on experience with embedded systems or shipping software on hardware platforms
- Ability to estimate technical work and deliver reliably in a fast-moving environment
- Degree in Computer Science, Electronics, or equivalent engineering experience
- Experience with SoC integration, device drivers, or video streaming technologies is highly valued.
- AI growth mindset – has experimented with AI tools.
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Our Hybrid Work Approach
Roku fosters an inclusive and collaborative environment where teams work in the office Monday through Thursday. Fridays are flexible for remote work except for employees whose roles are required to be in the office five days a week or employees who are in offices with a five day in office policy.
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's 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 EmployeeRelations@Roku.com.
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's 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're independent thinkers with big ideas who act boldly, move fast and accomplish extraordinary things through collaboration and trust. In short, at Roku you'll be part of a company that's 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't 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.
To learn more about Roku, our global footprint, and how we've grown, visit https://www.weareroku.com/factsheet.
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Senior Software Engineer, Windows/Desktop Applications - Manchester, United Kingdom
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The mission of Speechify is to make sure that reading is never a barrier to learning.
Over 50 million people use Speechify’s text-to-speech products to turn whatever they’re reading – PDFs, books, Google Docs, news articles, websites – into audio, so they can read faster, read more, and remember more. Speechify’s text-to-speech reading products include its iOS app, Android App, Mac App, Chrome Extension, and Web App. Google recently named Speechify the Chrome Extension of the Year and Apple named Speechify its 2025 Design Award winner for Inclusivity.
Today, nearly 200 people around the globe work on Speechify in a 100% distributed setting – Speechify has no office. These include frontend and backend engineers, AI research scientists, and others from Amazon, Microsoft, and Google, leading PhD programs like Stanford, high growth startups like Stripe, Vercel, Bolt, and many founders of their own companies
- Lead the design, architecture, and development of native Windows desktop applications using Windows App SDK, WinUI (or related UI frameworks), C#, XAML, and — when needed — C++.
- Define and enforce best-practices for Windows desktop development across the codebase: code architecture, performance, memory usage, responsive UI, cross-version compatibility (Windows 10/11+), and maintainability.
- Drive accessibility efforts: integrate and validate support for accessibility APIs (e.g. Microsoft UI Automation or other relevant Windows accessibility frameworks), ensure UI controls, focus management, keyboard navigation, screen-reader support, and usability for users with disabilities.
- Collaborate closely with product designers, UX researchers, QA, and other stakeholders to shape feature planning, UI/UX architecture, and long-term roadmap for the Windows platform.
- Take ownership of full lifecycle of features: conception → design → implementation → testing → release → maintenance. Ensure quality, reliability, and consistency across releases.
- Identify, diagnose, and resolve complex bugs, performance bottlenecks, memory leaks, rendering issues, or compatibility problems — and propose robust architectural or design solutions.
Required:
- 3+ in Windows desktop application development using Windows App SDK, WinUI (or similar), C#, XAML — and ideally additional experience with native Windows code (C++, Win32/WinRT/COM).
- Deep understanding of Windows application architecture, including interop between managed code (.NET) and native code.
- Proven track record of designing, building, and shipping production-quality desktop applications, with an emphasis on reliability, performance, scalability, and maintainability.
- Strong experience with accessibility APIs on Windows (e.g. Microsoft UI Automation or similar), and a dedication to building accessible and inclusive software.
- Excellent software engineering fundamentals: OOP, design patterns, data structures, algorithms, memory management, multi-threading or asynchronous programming (where relevant).
- Experience leading technical design, mentoring other engineers, conducting code reviews, and making architecture-level decisions.
- Strong communication skills; ability to articulate tradeoffs, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and drive consensus.
- A user-centric mindset: focus on building polished, intuitive, and accessible experiences for end users.
Preferred / Bonus:
- Experience with writing automated tests for UI — unit tests, integration tests, UI automation tests; familiarity with relevant testing frameworks.
- Experience with performance optimization for desktop apps (memory usage, startup time, rendering performance, high-DPI support, responsiveness under load).
- Experience with localization/globalization, right-to-left UI support, internationalization, accessibility for multiple regions.
- Familiarity with telemetry, analytics, crash reporting, logging, and error monitoring in desktop applications.
- Previous experience in shaping CI/CD workflows, release pipelines, and deployment strategies for desktop applications.
- Demonstrated ability to take ownership of feature areas or modules and drive them long-term, including maintenance, refactoring, and technical debt management.
What we offer
- A high-impact role: you will define architecture, shape the future of our Windows product, and directly influence what millions of users see and experience.
- A collaborative, flat-structure engineering culture — you are not just a coder, but a builder and a decision-maker.
- Opportunities to lead — mentor others, steer technical direction, and grow into broader technical leadership (e.g. Tech Lead, Architect).
- Flexibility, autonomy, and responsibility: you define how to solve problems, own features end-to-end, and contribute to long-term product vision.
- A purpose-driven mission: building software that’s reliable, accessible, and user-centered — making a real difference for people.
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Principal Full Stack Engineer (Java/React.js)
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At Anaplan, we are a team of innovators focused on optimizing business decision-making through our leading AI-infused scenario planning and analysis platform so our customers can outpace their competition and the market.
What unites Anaplanners across teams and geographies is our collective commitment to our customers’ success and to our Winning Culture.
Our customers rank among the who’s who in the Fortune 50. Coca-Cola, LinkedIn, Adobe, LVMH and Bayer are just a few of the 2,400+ global companies who rely on our best-in-class platform.
Our Winning Culture is the engine that drives our teams of innovators. We champion diversity of thought and ideas, we behave like leaders regardless of title, we are committed to achieving ambitious goals, and we love celebrating our wins – big and small.
Supported by operating principles of being strategy-led, values-based and disciplined in execution, you’ll be inspired, connected, developed and rewarded here. Everything that makes you unique is welcome; join us and let’s build what’s next - together!
Role Overview
In this Principal role, you will lead the design, build and operational excellence of core platform capabilities covering backend services, modern frontend applications, and critical platform infrastructure or APIs. You will drive architectural strategy, mentor senior engineers, collaborate at cross functional and technical leadership levels, and ensure the system scales reliably across global, enterprise use cases.
Key Responsibilities
- Define and implement the architecture and delivery of backend services and microservices, supporting high throughput, globally distributed systems.
- Lead frontend development using modern frameworks (React/Angular/Vue.js + TypeScript) for responsive, performant, enterprise grade applications.
- Drive design and implementation of containerization/Docker and orchestration (Kubernetes) for production scale deployment and standardization across teams.
- Partner with cross functional leaders (product, UX, QA, architecture) to shape roadmap, align technical strategy with business priorities and ensure rapid but sustainable delivery.
- Establish engineering best practices: code reviews, technical mentorship, continuous improvement, testing frameworks, CI/CD pipelines, observability and platform health.
- Own cloud-native delivery (AWS, GCP, Azure), infrastructure-as-code, monitoring and operational resilience for mission critical capabilities.
- Lead risk identification and mitigation, optimize system performance, ensure scalability and reliability across multi‑tenant enterprise environments.
- Act as a mentor and thought leader, enabling engineers across teams, contributing to onboarding, knowledge sharing, industry innovation, and engineering culture.
Required Skills & Experience
- Extensive professional software engineering experience (or analogous senior technical leadership) with deep expertise in Java and object-oriented design.
- Proven full stack development background: frontend (JavaScript, HTML, CSS) and backend (APIs, databases, distributed systems).
- Demonstrated experience with modern JavaScript frameworks (React, Angular, or Vue.js) and proficiency with TypeScript.
- Strong understanding of RESTful API design, relational databases (SQL) and large‑scale backend operations.
- Hands on with containerization and orchestration technologies (Docker, Kubernetes) in production.
- Experience using version control (Git) and agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban) in global, cross team environments.
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, communication and influencing skills, with the ability to engage with senior stakeholders and technical leaders.
Desirable Skills
- Deep experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and infrastructure automation (Terraform, Ansible).
- Familiarity with data streaming/event driven architectures (Kafka, Flink, Pulsar) and high throughput systems.
- Mature experience with CI/CD tooling (Jenkins, GitHub Actions) and micro frontend patterns.
- Strong testing & observability mindset (JUnit, Jest, Cypress) and performance optimisation.
- Prior experience in global engineering teams, mentoring senior and principal engineers, and setting engineering direction.
Soft Skills
- Demonstrated technical leadership and mentorship—capable of guiding others to drive technical excellence and elevate team delivery.
- Strategic thinker with business-oriented mindset: engineering decisions aligned with product and company goals.
- Agile, adaptable, curious—thrives in fastmoving environments, embraces change, and champions continuous improvement.
Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB)
We believe attracting and retaining the best talent and fostering an inclusive culture strengthens our business. DEIB improves our workforce, enhances trust with our partners and customers, and drives business success. Build your career in a place where diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging aren’t just words on paper – this is what drives our innovation, it’s how we connect, and it contributes to what makes us a market leader. We believe in a hiring and working environment where all people are respected and valued, regardless of gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, age, neurodiversity, disability status, citizenship, or any other aspect which makes people unique. We hire you for who you are, and we want you to bring your authentic self to work every day!
We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, perform essential job functions, and receive equitable benefits and all privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.
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