Lead Software Engineer, Payment Platform
Roku · San Jose, California
Posted 28 days ago · $400,000 - $500,000
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 28 days Roku's roles stay open a median of 45 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- Yes 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 Lead Software Engineer for the Payment Platform at Roku, you will be responsible for evaluating and implementing new technologies, leading architectural discussions, and driving key projects to enhance the payment ecosystem. Your role will involve hands-on coding, mentoring team members, and ensuring the quality of code that goes into production, while also championing best practices across development and operations.
- benefits
- 4/5
- freshness
- 4/5
- career value
- 5/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 5/5
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
- Hands-on experience with AI-assisted and agentic coding tools (e.g., Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor)
- 15+ years of experience in large-scale backend services, specifically within payment system architecture and implementation
- Good understanding of various payment flows, such as payment processing, card tokenization, payment gateway integration, and token vault management
- Familiarity with compliance standards, such as SOX, PCI, 3DS
- Strong architectural design experience and a track record of building highly available and scalable payment platforms
- Strong expertise with cloud solutions/systems across AWS or GCP
Nice to have
- Experience with multi-cloud solutions
What you get
- Estimated annual salary between $400,000 - $500,000
- Health insurance
- Equity awards
- Life insurance
- Disability benefits
- Parental leave
Worth weighing
- No specific mention of remote work flexibility for this role, although Fridays are generally flexible for remote work for other employees
- Salary range provided is specific to California only
- Vague details on the exact nature of the 'fast-paced environment' and how it impacts work-life balance
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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