Senior Video Player Engineer, Roku

OVERVIEW OF THE COMPANY

Fox Corporation Under the FOX banner, we produce and distribute content through some of the world’s leading and most valued brands, including FOX News Media, FOX Sports, FOX Entertainment, FOX Television Stations and Tubi Media Group. We empower a diverse range of creators to imagine and develop culturally significant content, while building an organization that thrives on creative ideas, operational expertise and strategic thinking.

Fox Digital Video Platform team seeks a Sr Video Player Engineer, Roku to design and implement core video player features for consumer‑facing applications across all of Fox’s networks. This role is essential to providing our digital audience a great experience every time they press play and will be key to developing industry‑leading playback performance.

• Work closely with Engineering/Product/Project Management and Backend Technology Services teams to build video player features that contribute to FOX video streaming initiatives.
• Conduct the design, architecture and implementation of player features on Roku.
• Work on performance, scalability, security, architecture and engineering best practices.
• Provide technical specifications and documentation.
• Collaborate with team members to deliver software using agile methodologies.
• Maintain willingness to stay up‑to‑date with the latest emerging technologies/trends on Roku.
• Support and develop software engineers by providing coaching and educational opportunities.
• Participate in Tier 3 on‑call rotation support for the services you and your team develop and operate.
• Accomplish engineering and organization missions by completing related results as needed.

• BS/MS degree in Computer Science or equivalent.
• Excellent programming skills in BrightScript.
• Deep understanding of Scene Graph framework and task/render thread optimization.
• Demonstrable knowledge of building responsive user experiences.
• Experience with RESTful APIs, unit testing and end‑end testing.
• Proficient with Git, SVN, Jenkins, Docker, agile methodologies.
• Excellent documentation skills; UML diagrams a plus.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with an ability to work in a highly collaborative environment.

• Experience with video streaming technologies (HLS).
• Experience with video QoE metrics, A  algorithms, Roku Media Player.
• Experience with analytics platforms (Conviva, Segment).

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with applicable law.

Pay rate/range: $– annually. This role is also eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. Benefits include medical, dental, vision, insurance, a 401(k) plan, paid time off, and other benefits in accordance with applicable plans. Benefits for union‑represented employees will be in accordance with the applicable collective bargaining agreement.