Sr Product Software Engineer (Roku Engineering)

Product Software Engineer IIAs part of the ABC News Mobile and Living Room Devices team, you will help us push the boundaries of what is possible on some of the most interesting 10-foot devices in the marketplace! You'll be part of the team that builds our ABC News Direct-to-Consumer client app for streaming ABC News content from one of the most popular streaming devices on the market. Responsibilities and Duties of the Role: Be a critical member of a team of engineers responsible for building our client app experiences in BrightScript, using the Roku SceneGraph SDKContribute to the development of new application features from on-boarding to browse UI/UX experiences, analytics, video playback UI/UX and much more. If you see it on screen, you'll likely have a chance to work on it in code Have the opportunity to contribute to the development of tools and systems outside of the Roku apps, such as JavaScript- & React-based web tools, gulp build scripts, AWS configurations, and Node.js services Work with Roku to vet new hardware, firmware and certification requirements from a client application perspective Collaborate closely with our client SDK engineering, design engineering, services engineering teams and product owners to help understand and communicate requirements and device limitations Collaborate closely with backend and mobile engineers to ensure parity across implementations and platforms Required Education, Experience/Skills/Training:5+ years of development experience with a client-side development stack, ideally with some BrightScript experience Experience with MVVM (Model-View-ViewModel) architecture Under the guidance of more senior engineers, candidates will be expected to be proficient in the use of reusable utilities and UI components, and generalized logic that can be consumed by multiple applications Preferred Qualifications at a Journey-level: Experience creating beautiful, rich, performant user interfaces, including implementing pixel-perfect designs and animations Experience working on user interface-level code and knowledge of common patterns, architectures, and approaches to present a data-driven UX to viewers Familiarity with development and troubleshooting on set-top boxes or Smart TVsExperience working on a range of devices with varying performance and capabilities Experience with configuration-driven developmentExperience with performance optimization and feature degradation techniques Experience creating and extending templated controls, and writing custom controls Experience with asynchronous and concurrent code Experience with unit testing and related patterns Experience with JavaScript client- and server-side developmentExperience with DevOps, gulp scripts, Jenkins and AWS