Senior Software Engineer

Roku's APPS team seeks a skilled Backend Engineer in Bangalore with a strong background in microservices. This role involves enhancing large-scale, consumer-facing platforms. If you are innovative, driven by learning and organization, and eager to make an impact, this position is for you.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and deploy large-scale platform products and services utilized by internal engineers and millions of consumers.
• Collaborate with Product and Design teams to bring software concepts from ideation to production.
• Lead evaluations of new technologies and champion best practices throughout the development lifecycle, including code and design reviews.
• Manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables within an Agile development framework.
• Participate actively in all phases of the Agile process: scoping, technical design, coding, testing, deployment, and maintenance.

Requirements:

• Over 8 years of experience in building large-scale distributed systems.
• More than 5 years of experience with cloud-based platforms and infrastructure.
• Proficiency in system concepts like eventual consistency and the CAP theorem.
• Demonstrated ability and desire to lead backend service design and implementation, with a deep understanding of various data platforms.
• Extensive experience developing microservices using Java for container platforms such as Docker or Kubernetes.
• Solid knowledge of databases including Aurora, MySQL, and DynamoDB.
• Hands-on experience with AWS services like ALB, ECS, and RDS.
• Familiarity with protocols and data formats such as REST, WebSockets, HTTPS, JSON, and Protobuf.
• Proven ability to drive timely design consensus among senior team members.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.