Senior Software Engineer, Android - Smart Home

About the position

As a Senior Software Engineer, Android on the Roku Smart Home team, you will help shape the future of how millions of users interact with their smart devices. You’ll work on building intuitive, reliable, and highly performant Android experiences that allow customers to monitor and control Roku smart devices—from cameras and lights to sensors and beyond. This role offers the opportunity to work across a modern, evolving tech stack including Kotlin, Compose, and Google's latest frameworks. You’ll collaborate closely with design, product, and cross-functional engineering teams to bring innovative features to life, improve performance, and make everyday smart home interactions seamless.

Responsibilities

• Design and build advanced applications and features for the Android platform
• Integrate with cloud APIs and local device communication protocols to control smart devices
• Write and maintain tests using frameworks such as JUnit and Espresso
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features for mobile devices, optimizing touch experiences
• Write well-designed, testable, and efficient code
• Debug, profile, and optimize app performance across a range of Android devices
• Participate in design and code reviews, helping elevate code quality across the team
• Stay up to date with Android platform capabilities, tools, and libraries, and propose how we can leverage them
• Contribute to roadmap planning, technical design, and release delivery

Requirements

• Professional Android development experience, ideally with Kotlin and/or Compose
• Strong experience shipping and maintaining production apps in the Play Store
• Proficiency in using AI tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT) and experience with prompt engineering
• Experience working with IoT or networked device interactions is a big plus
• Familiarity with BLE, web sockets, or MQTT protocols is a bonus
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams in agile environments
• Proficient in the Android development toolset
• Strong understanding of Android architecture, UI/UX patterns, and app lifecycle
• Excellent communication and debugging skills
• Bachelor’s or Master’s/PHD in Computer Science or related technical field

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Equity awards
• Life insurance
• Disability benefits
• Parental leave
• Wellness benefits
• Paid time off