Sr Product Software Engineer; ROKU, Brightscript

Sr Product Software Engineer (ROKU, Brightscript)

Job :

Location:

New York, NY;
Glendale, CA

Business:
Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology

Date posted:
Jul. 06, 2026

We’re looking for an experienced Journey-level Product Software Engineer for the Roku Player team, where you’ll be part of the team that builds our Disney+ Direct-to-Consumer client app on Roku streaming devices and smart TVs. We’re looking for an engineer who, ideally, has experience in BrightScript, Scene Graph, and is ready to write client apps that provide the best experiences for our viewers.

• Be a critical member of a team of engineers responsible for building the client player and playback experiences in BrightScript, using the Roku Scene Graph SDK.
• Contribute to the development of new application features across many areas, including the player domain.
• Build tools and systems outside of the Roku apps, including JavaScript-based and React-based web tools, gulp build scripts, AWS configurations, and Node.js services.
• Partner with Roku to evaluate new hardware, firmware and certification requirements from a client application perspective.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional stakeholders to help understand and communicate requirements and device limitations.

• At least 5 years of development experience with a client-side development stack, ideally with at least 2 years BrightScript experience.
• Bachelor’s degree or better in Computer Science or a related technical field or equivalent job experience.
• Experience with MVVM (Model-View-View Model) architecture.
• 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.
• Experience mentoring junior level team members.

• Extensive experience creating beautiful, rich, performant user interfaces, including implementing pixel-perfect designs and animations.
• Experience working on user interface-level code and knowledge of common patterns, architectures, and approaches to present a data-driven UX to viewers.
• Familiarity with development and troubleshooting on set-top boxes or Smart TVs.
• Experience with player technologies, such as HLS, MPEG-DASH, Transport Stream, and CMAF.
• Experience working on a range of devices with varying performance and capabilities.
• Experience with configuration-driven development.
• Experience with performance optimization and feature degradation techniques.
• Experience creating and extending templated controls and writing custom controls.
• Experience with asynchronous and concurrent code.
• Experience with unit testing and related patterns.
• Experience with JavaScript client- and server-side development.
• Experience with Dev Ops, gulp scripts, Jenkins and AWS.

The hiring range for this position in Glendale, CA is $141,900 - $190,300 and in NYC is $148,700 - $199,400. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. 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 other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.

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