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
Work on anything visible on screen, implementing UI, animations and data-driven UX
Opportunity to contribute to 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 client SDK engineering, design engineering, services engineering teams and product owners to understand and communicate requirements and device limitations
Requirements
At least 7 years of development experience with a client-side development stack
Ideally at least 2 years BrightScript experience
Experience with MVVM (Model-View-ViewModel) architecture
Proficient in technical design and development of generalized solutions, reusable utilities and UI components
Demonstrated ability to research and learn new technologies
Strong communication skills and attention to detail
Driven and self motivated
Experience mentoring junior level team members
Extensive experience creating rich, performant user interfaces, including pixel-perfect designs and animations (preferred)
Familiarity with development and troubleshooting on set-top boxes or Smart TVs (preferred)
Experience with performance optimization and feature degradation techniques (preferred)
Experience creating and extending templated controls and writing custom controls (preferred)
Experience with asynchronous and concurrent code (preferred)
Experience with unit testing and related patterns (preferred)
Familiarity with streaming media technologies such as HLS, DRM, HDCP, SSAI, SGAI (preferred)
Experience with JavaScript client- and server-side development (preferred)
Experience with DevOps, gulp scripts, Jenkins and AWS (preferred)
BS Computer Science or related technical discipline or its equivalent (required)
Benefits
A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package
the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered
Can sit remotely, or in any of our technology offices listed above (flexible work arrangements)
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
BrightScriptJavaScriptReactNode.jsMVVMUI componentsperformance optimizationasynchronous codeunit testingstreaming media technologies
Soft skills
communication skillsattention to detailself motivatedmentoringresearch and learning