Senior Software Engineer, Infrastructure / Efficiency / Productivity

Overview

In this role you will lead AI-first automation and enterprise tooling at Roku, shaping the infrastructure that powers engineering productivity across global teams. You’ll own architecture and long-term execution of automation platforms, SDLC tooling, and AI-assisted workflows to improve delivery speed, quality, security, and cost efficiency. This is a highly visible, cross-functional leadership position requiring hands-on technical influence and strategic roadmapping. You’ll partner with Engineering, Product, Security, and Partners to scale platforms for 24/7 global operations.

Pay / Benefits

• global access to mental health resources
• financial wellness support
• healthcare options (medical, dental, vision)
• life, accident, and disability insurance
• commuter benefits
• retirement options (401(k) / pension)

Responsibilities

• Define and drive an AI-first automation roadmap for Engineering Infrastructure and Enterprise Tooling
• Architect and ship AI/LLM-enabled workflow automation across the SDLC (build, test, deployment, risk assessment, intelligent test selection, change-impact analysis)
• Establish AI usage policies and guardrails (data handling, logging, model/provider selection, fallback, abuse prevention)
• Set technical direction for globally used developer tools including build systems, source control, and release strategy
• Design and evolve CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, Docker, Build Systems such as Bazel/BitBake/Yocto) for multi-site environments
• Own and scale test/quality workflows with TestRail or similar, enabling traceability and release sign-off across distributed teams
• Lead Jira workflow design and automation for cross-organization visibility and execution
• Design and implement cross-functional automation spanning Engineering, Product, Marketing, and Partners
• Replace manual coordination with durable automation across regions/time zones
• Embed secure-by-default controls in pipelines and tooling (access, secrets, audit, policy enforcement)
• Improve build/test performance and reliability using KPIs and operational rigor
• Drive cost efficiencies in tooling/infrastructure (compute, caching, licensing, AI/runtime costs)
• Provide long-term roadmaps, runbooks/SLOs, and incident/postmortem practices for 24/7 operations
• Mentor senior engineers and drive cross-team architecture adoption

Key requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
• Experience at Staff/Principal/Architect level
• Ownership of platform/infrastructure, developer productivity, CI/CD, build systems, or workflow automation across global teams
• Hands-on knowledge of Git workflows and release management
• Proficiency with Jenkins for CI/CD and scaling pipelines
• Experience with Docker containers and reproducible build/test execution
• Experience with build systems (itBake/Yocto preferred)
• Familiarity with Jira, including workflow design and automation
• Experience with test management systems (e.g., TestRail)
• Demonstrated success delivering automation at scale used by multiple teams
• Strong systems thinking across security, reliability, performance, and cost tradeoffs
• Excellent written communication (architecture docs, decision records, operating procedures)
• Experience building AI-assisted developer tooling (CI insights, test intelligence, code review automation)
• Experience implementing evaluation/monitoring for AI systems (quality metrics, drift, offline tests)
• Extensive experience with embedded Linux, multi-process architectures and IPC
• Ability to influence large cross-functional teams without direct reporting lines
• Ability to manage multiple projects and distributed teams under tight deadlines

• collaboration
• clear technical judgment
• influence and leadership
• Git workflows
• Jenkins CI/CD
• Docker containers

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