Roku
Technology
Sr.SWEngineer,MachineLearning
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“Sr. SW Engineer, Machine Learning at Roku. Define technical architecture. Evaluate LLMs”
Industry & Context.
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field, Experience building recommendation or decisioning systems, Understanding of modern LLMs and agentic systems, Solid experience with LLM and multi-agent pipelines, Experience deploying ML systems in production, Hands-on experience with modern ML frameworks, Experience designing evaluation approaches, Software engineering fundamentals, Solid production experience in Java or Python, Ability to translate business requirements
Nice to Have
Startup or founding-engineer experience, Experience leading Gen AI initiatives, Experience owning a business-facing product, Deeper background in recommendation systems, Deeper background in pricing optimization, Deeper background in demand forecasting, Deeper background in uplift modelling, Deeper background in churn modelling, Deeper background in quoting optimization, Experience improving inference cost, Experience improving inference latency, Building responsible AI guardrails, Open-source contributions, Publications in ML, Publications in recommender systems, Publications in applied AI
What You'll Do.
Define technical architecture
Evaluate multimodal systems
Evaluate multi-agent frameworks
Evaluate recommendation models
Evaluate ranking models
Evaluate forecasting models
Design inference pipeline
Build production systems
Partner cross-functionally
Drive technical decisions
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
ML teams; Backend teams; Frontend teams; Data teams; Business stakeholders
Full Job Description
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 we've 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, you'll make a valuable - and valued - contribution. We're 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 Roku Roku is the leading TV streaming platform in the US, with a mission to connect the entire TV ecosystem by helping consumers discover content, enabling publishers to grow audiences, and giving advertisers powerful ways to engage viewers. About the Team The Ad Engineering team builds the platform behind Roku's advertising business. Within Ad Engineering, the Business Applications team owns the systems and tooling that power the advertising revenue lifecycle. The platform internal teams and advertisers rely on to plan, price, book, and grow campaigns at scale. About the Role We are hiring a Senior Engineer to lead the architecture and implementation of a next-generation, agent-native, AI-powered business applications platform. This is a high-impact role focused on building intelligent, recommendation-driven experiences that make day-to-day revenue decisions with pricing, booking, upsells, retention, and media planning faster, smarter, and more accessible to the teams that run Roku's advertising business. You will architect and build the end-to-end system for AI-driven recommendations and decisioning, from business and customer signals through to actionable, validate
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