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Senior Software Engineer, Cloud Services

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roku logoRoku · Bengaluru, India
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AirflowDynamoDBElasticsearchETLJavaKafka
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Roku Search team directly contributes to Roku's mission by helping connect users to the content they like and enabling content publishers to build and monetize large audiences. Our team builds state-of-the-art machine learning algorithms to optimize search relevance and highly scalable, reliable & low latency search platform infrastructure to power a delightful search experience. We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to help us take our Search infrastructure to the next level of scalability, power innovation, and growth worldwide.

Responsibilities

  • You will build & support world-class search platform infrastructure that power Search Query Understanding, Autocomplete, Candidate Retrieval (Lexical & Embedding Based), Search ranking, and personalization.
  • Iterate and optimize for our improving platform KPIs (Key Performance Indicators), driving reliability, stability, low latency, and cost efficiency across search API & indexing systems, ML infrastructure, and search data platforms.
  • Manage individual project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables with limited supervision.
  • We're excited if you have
  • 5+ years of experience building large-scale software solutions to concrete problems.
  • Strong CS fundamentals. Should be able to write an algorithm with ease.
  • You are fluent in one of the high-level programming languages like Java, Scala, Go, or Python.
  • We would love to see that you have worked with big data systems (Spark, Kafka, Flink, S3, Airflow)
  • Expert in data storing solutions. Able to make a reasoned choice between various products like MySQL, DynamoDB, Redis, RocksDB
  • Have experience with ETL pipelines, both streaming and batch.
  • In-depth knowledge of at least one search engine (Elasticsearch, Solr, Lucene, Vespa)
  • Ability to thrive as a self-driven employee who can follow tasks from conception to creation.
  • #LI-DS4
  • Our Hybrid Work Approach
  • Roku fosters an inclusive and collaborative environment where teams work in the office Monday through Thursday. Fridays are flexible for remote work except for employees whose roles are required to be in the office five days a week or employees who are in offices with a five day in office policy.

Benefits

AccommodationsRoku welcomes applicants of all backgrounds and provides reasonable accommodations and adjustments in accordance with applicable law. If you require reasonable accommodation at any point in the hiring process, please direct your inquiries to EmployeeRelations@Roku.com .The Roku CultureWe have a unique culture that we are proud of. We think of ourselves primarily as problem-solvers, which itself is a two-part idea. We come up with the solution, but the solution isn't real until it is built and delivered to the cuHealth insuranceDental insuranceVision insurance401(k)Remote work optionsFlexible schedule

Additional Information

Teamwork makes the stream work. Roku is changing how the world watches TV Roku is the #1 TV streaming platform in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico, and we've set our sights on powering every television in the world. Roku pioneered streaming to the TV. Our mission is to be the TV streaming platform that connects the entire TV ecosystem. We connect consumers to the content they love, enable content publishers to build and monetize large audiences, and provide advertisers unique capabilities to engage consumers. From your first day at Roku, you'll make a valuable - and valued - contribution. We're a fast-growing public company where no one is a bystander. We offer you the opportunity to delight millions of TV streamers around the world while gaining meaningful experience across a variety of disciplines.

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