Lead Software Engineer, Roku

The Walt Disney Company

full-time

Posted on: 10/10/2025

Location Type: Remote

Location: Remote • Connecticut • 🇺🇸 United States

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💰 $145,000 - $194,400 per year

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About the role

Be a critical member of a team of engineers responsible for building our client app experiences in BrightScript, using the Roku SceneGraph SDK
Contribute to the development of new application features from on-boarding to browse UI/UX experiences, analytics, video playback UI/UX and much more
If you see it on screen, you’ll likely have a chance to work on it in code
Have the opportunity to contribute to the development of tools and systems outside of the Roku apps, such as JavaScript- & React-based web tools, gulp build scripts, AWS configurations, and Node.js services
Work with Roku to vet new hardware, firmware and certification requirements from a client application perspective
Collaborate closely with our client SDK engineering, design engineering, services engineering teams and product owners to help understand and communicate requirements and device limitations

At least 7 years of development experience with a client-side development stack, ideally with at least 2 years BrightScript experience
Experience with MVVM (Model-View-ViewModel) architecture
Candidates will be expected to be proficient in technical design and development of generalized solutions, such as reusable utilities and UI components, and generalized logic that can be consumed by multiple applications
Candidates should have experience mentoring junior level team members.

Benefits

A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

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