or apply directly on Roku's site. We never take the application ourselves.
Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 15 days Roku's roles stay open a median of 45 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 50% of Roku's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Roku
- low 0 stale, 19 reposted of 254 open
- Hiring momentum
- 328 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-09-17
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Roku's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Roku.
About this role
As a Senior Software Engineer on the Payouts team at Roku, you will design and build backend services that support revenue calculation and developer payouts. Your role involves collaborating with various stakeholders, writing clean and efficient code, and providing technical mentorship to junior engineers. You will also contribute to the automation of decision-making processes using AI tools, while ensuring high reliability in mission-critical payment services.
- benefits
- 2/5
- freshness
- 4/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Roku as an employer.
What you need
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience)
- 10+ years of experience in software engineering with exposure to scale and distributed services
- Expertise in developing APIs and robust backend services, with strong programming skills in Java or other JVM-based languages
- Strong problem-solving abilities and the capacity to work independently or collaboratively
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Strong sense of ownership in driving projects from inception to user adoption
Nice to have
- Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure, and containerization tools like Docker and Kubernetes
- Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, and infrastructure-as-code tools such as Jenkins and Terraform
- Experience with building Agentic AI systems to automate decision-making and productivity enhancements
- Payments domain experience
What you get
- 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)
- Support for taking time off in accordance with local leave policies
Worth weighing
- No salary listed
- Role involves significant collaboration with non-technical stakeholders
- Expectations for on-call rotations and incident response for mission-critical services
Summarised from Roku's posting. Read the full original.
Listed by Roku on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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