# Senior Software Engineer, AI Tooling at Roku

- Company: Roku
- What the company does: Roku provides the simplest way to stream entertainment to your TV. On your terms. With thousands of available channels to choose from. Backed by Menlo.
- Company website: https://www.roku.com
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Senior
- Location: Austin, Texas
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-09-17
- Apply by: 2026-11-01
- Apply: https://www.weareroku.com/jobs/8208303?gh_jid=8208303
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/roku-senior-software-engineer-ai-tooling/

## About the role

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.

## What they're looking for

- Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science or related field
- 2 years experience in position, as a Software Engineer, or related occupation
- Build and integrate AI tooling using Agents, Model Context Protocol (or equivalents) with adapters, authentication, auditing, and lifecycle management
- Develop and evaluate prompts and systems with grounding, citation, hallucination mitigation, red-teaming, and A/B experimentation
- Design and deliver user interfaces that prioritize clarity, discoverability, minimal friction, and consistent interaction patterns across surfaces
- Optimize performance through latency/throughput tuning, async/concurrency patterns, profiling, and device–cloud considerations

Tags: OS UI/SDK