Principal Roku BrightScript Engineer

The Principal Roku BrightScript Engineer joins the Client Platform Engineering team to build and maintain the foundational Roku platform powering streaming applications across a shared codebase strategy. This role addresses complex engineering challenges across SceneGraph architecture, media playback, DRM flows, and performance optimization on resource-constrained hardware. The position bridges reference implementations with production BrightScript code while establishing automated quality gates and AI-assisted software development workflows. Direct collaboration with product and engineering leadership ensures high-performance delivery across all target hardware tiers.

What Success Looks Like (Objectives)

• Map production OTT modules to BrightScript equivalents while mitigating high-complexity risks in player state machines and DRM integration.
• Design a scalable scene stack, deep-linking routing architecture, and thread-safe task model for high-performance application execution.
• Enforce component library performance standards, field observer practices, and focus chain integrity across dynamic application themes.
• Integrate BrightScript-specific linting, static analysis, and device farm benchmarking into the AI-assisted development pipeline to optimize target hardware performance.
• Establish automated testing frameworks, deep-link automation, and headless performance benchmarks to maintain strict launch time and memory footprint targets.

• Expert-level mastery of SceneGraph node architecture, task threading, focus chain management, and component lifecycle optimization.
• Critical experience leading architecture design, code reviews, and binding engineering decisions for multi-engineer client applications.
• Proven ability to translate reference implementations into production BrightScript codebases while preserving behavioral fidelity across complex user flows.
• Demonstrated capability in profiling, virtualized rendering, node recycling, and garbage collection tuning on low-memory hardware devices.
• AI application expertise in authoring structured technical specifications and validating AI-generated BrightScript output for architectural and performance compliance.
• Comprehensive expertise in DRM integration, CSAI/SSAI ad architecture, and third-party SDK implementations within connected TV environments.

Additional Qualifications

• Advanced degree (MS or equivalent) in Computer Science or a relevant technical field
• Experience in high-volume streaming media, OTT, or connected TV product environments

Minimum Requirements

Minimum Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical discipline

Minimum Experience: 10+ years of professional software engineering experience

Required Technical Skills: Must have at least 5 years of experience with:

• BrightScript application development and SceneGraph node architecture
• Shipping production Roku applications through full Roku Channel Certification
• Architecture ownership and technical sign-off on multi-engineer client applications

Salary: $127050 - $181500/Yearly, We offer versatile health perks, including flexible spending accounts, HSA, a 401(k) Plan with company match, ESPP, career opportunities, and a flexible time away plan; all benefits can be viewed here: EchoStar Benefits .

The base pay range shown is a guideline. Individual total compensation will vary based on factors such as qualifications, skill level, and competencies; compensation is based on the role’s location and is subject to change based on work location.

Candidates need to successfully complete a pre-employment screen, which may include a drug test and DMV check. Our company is committed to fostering an inclusive and equitable workplace where every individual has the opportunity to succeed. We are dedicated to providing individuals with criminal or arrest records a fair chance of employment in accordance with local, state, and federal laws.

The posting will be active for a minimum of 3 days. The active posting will continue to extend by 3 days until the position is filled.

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