Software Engineer, Frontend

Roku

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Cambridge - UK

profile Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed
Posted on: 30+ days ago
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

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 weve 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 youll make a valuable - and valued - contribution. Were 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.

About the Team

The Advanced Development team invents the next generation of intelligent generative and data-driven systems at Roku. We work ahead of production building prototypes that evolve into the foundations of future Roku products - including LLM-powered analytics internal automation platforms and creative tooling.

Youll join a small high-ownership team working across UI AI-assisted workflows data discovery and internal developer tools. Its a fast-paced exploratory environment with a mandate to turn promising ideas into working software that delivers measurable value.

About the Role

Were looking for a front-end engineer to help build our next generation intelligent internal tools and data platforms. Your work will empower the organization to turn raw data into actionable intelligence through robust and secure internal tooling.

In this role youll design and build modern responsive interfaces for internal applications that help teams retrieve analyze and visualize business data. Youll work at the intersection of UX and AI shaping how LLM-assisted systems present insights and recommendations to users in clear and trustworthy ways. Along the way youll collaborate with experienced engineers and designers to build UI components for our internal tools ecosystem and translate complex backend logic into intuitive user experiences.

What Youll Be Doing

  • Build Data-Rich Interfaces: Develop dashboards charts tables and interactive visualizations that make large or complex datasets easy to interpret and act on.
  • Design Human-Centered AI Interfaces: Create front-end workflows that integrate LLMs chatbots and AI-generated insightsensuring transparency clarity and user trust.
  • Develop Robust Front-End Architecture: Implement reusable components internal UI libraries and data-driven widgets that support analytics decision-support tools and workflow automation.
  • Collaborate Across Disciplines: Work closely with backend analytics and design teams to translate complex logic schemas and business rules into clear intuitive UI.
  • End-to-End Delivery: Participate in rapid prototyping user testing iteration cycles and front-end performance tuning.
  • Design for Clarity & Trust: Implement thoughtful guardrails and explainability features that help users understand how data was calculated or why an insight was surfaced.
  • Engineering Best Practices: Contribute to code reviews architecture discussions and UI/UX standards for internal tools.

Were Excited if You Have

  • 25 years of front-end engineering experience with solid fundamentals in HTML CSS and JavaScript/TypeScript and hands-on experience with at least one modern framework such as React Vue or Svelte.
  • Experience building data-rich interfaces - including tables charts filters and dashboard-style interactions - and familiarity with design systems or internal UI component libraries.
  • Comfort working with SQL and understanding schemas along with an interest in building tools that help non-technical users safely access and explore business data.
  • Interest in AI-assisted UI design including integrating LLMs prompts or agent-generated insights into product workflowsor eagerness to learn.
  • Experience consuming REST APIs or internal services and translating backend logic into clean understandable UI.
  • Ability to prototype quickly and iterate based on feedback turning user or analytical needs into polished front-end solutions.
  • Familiarity with data tools or visualization libraries such as D3 Recharts or similar technologies.
  • A product-minded approach comfortable turning ambiguous problem statements into coherent solutions and collaborating across backend engineering UX analytics and product teams.
  • Ability to thrive in fast-paced exploratory environments where prototypes evolve quickly and requirements shift as we learn from users and the system.

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

Roku is committed to offering a diverse range of benefits as part of our compensation package to support our employees and their families. Our comprehensive benefits include global access to mental health and financial wellness support and resources. Local benefits include statutory and voluntary benefits which may include healthcare (medical dental and vision) life accident disability commuter and retirement options (401(k)/pension). Our employees can take time off work for vacation and other personal reasons to balance their evolving work and life needs. Its important to note that not every benefit is available in all locations or for every role. For details specific to your location please consult with your recruiter.

Accommodations

Roku 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 .

The Roku Culture

Roku is a great place for people who want to work in a fast-paced environment where everyone is focused on the companys success rather than their own. We try to surround ourselves with people who are great at their jobs who are easy to work with and who keep their egos in check. We appreciate a sense of humor. We believe a fewer number of very talented folks can do more for less cost than a larger number of less talented teams. Were independent thinkers with big ideas who act boldly move fast and accomplish extraordinary things through collaboration and short at Roku youll be part of a company thats changing how the world watches TV.

We 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 isnt real until it is built and delivered to the customer. That penchant for action gives us a pragmatic approach to innovation one that has served us well since 2002.

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