Lead Systems Software Architect

• Own complex features or subsystems end-to-end, from design and implementation through bring-up, validation, and production support
• Translate product and business goals into concrete designs, tasks, and implementation plans
• Design, implement, and maintain core platform software for Roku device programs and platforms
• Contribute to and influence hardware–software partitioning, platform APIs, and integration patterns
• Drive and model best practices for coding standards, code reviews, testing strategies, and CI/CD
• Implement and optimize video/audio pipelines, codecs, and rendering paths
• Contribute to end-to-end multimedia system design for TVs and streaming devices
• Define and help maintain benchmarks and test scenarios for media, graphics, and system behavior
• Implement and maintain secure boot, DRM integrations, and content protection features
• Lead the product evaluation and enablement of candidate SoCs and companion chipsets
• Implement and maintain drivers, HALs, and low-level services
• Drive early bring-up and debug of new SoCs and boards from a software perspective
• Anticipate system-level failure modes and implement software mitigations
• Define and enforce memory, CPU/GPU/NPU, and storage budgets across SKUs
• Use profiling tools, tracing, and telemetry to diagnose and fix performance bottlenecks
• Implement optimizations to improve boot time, UI performance, streaming quality
• Partner with NPI, test, and manufacturing engineering to design system-level validation strategies
• Implement and refine diagnostics, logging, and telemetry
• Ensure robustness and reliability of low-level software in production configurations
• Collaborate with OS, media, graphics, connectivity, security, and cloud/service teams
• Provide technical mentorship to other software engineers
• Work closely with engineering leads to review designs
• Partner with SoC vendors and OEM/ODM partners from design through mass production
• Implement components in system-level AI/ML flows
• Specify and implement platform APIs and telemetry for AI tools

• 15+ years of industry experience in embedded systems-level software development
• Strong experience with embedded Linux or Android-based systems
• Proficiency in one or more systems programming languages such as C/C++ (Rust or similar is a plus)
• Deep understanding of ARM-based SoCs, multimedia pipelines, and system constraints
• Experience with DRM, content protection, secure boot
• Experience collaborating with SoC vendors and ODM/OEM partners
• Experience with NPU/DSP/AI accelerator blocks on embedded SoCs
• Ability to build or integrate end-to-end flows where AI is in the loop
• Proficient in using AI tools for debugging, code review, test selection, and log analysis
• Strong communication skills
• Bias toward data-driven decisions
• Demonstrated ability to lead technically through code and design
• BS/MS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field
• Proven track record building and shipping AV products (TVs, set-top boxes, streaming devices, consoles) at scale
• Solid understanding of board-level design concepts (bonus)

Solid understanding of board-level design concepts (schematics/layout review, power and thermal design, signal integrity considerations, and interfaces such as I²C, USB, PCIe, and HDMI)

• Global access to mental health and financial wellness support and resources
• Healthcare (medical, dental, and vision)
• Life, accident, disability, commuter, and retirement options (401(k)/pension)
• Time off in accordance with local leave policies