Role : Principal Engineer Roku / BrightScript

Experience : 12 - 18 Years

Location : Bangalore

Work mode : Hybrid (3 days WFO)

Role Overview :

We are looking for a Principal Engineer Roku / BrightScript with strong hands-on experience in Roku/BrightScript development, SceneGraph architecture, Performance Engineering, and technical leadership.

The engineer will be responsible for designing, developing, optimizing, and providing technical leadership for production Roku applications in an OTT/streaming environment.

Key Responsibilities :

- Lead the architecture and development of production Roku/BrightScript applications.
- Design scalable SceneGraph architecture, application routing, task/threading models, and reusable components.
- Drive performance engineering and optimization on constrained Roku devices, including memory footprint, rendering performance, application launch time, and frame rate.
- Define coding standards, conduct technical reviews, and take architecture-level technical decisions.
- Develop and maintain high-quality BrightScript and SceneGraph components.
- Work on media playback, player state machines, DRM integration, and OTT/streaming functionality.
- Review and optimize SceneGraph node creation, field observers,



focus chain, and component lifecycle.
- Contribute to CI/CD, static analysis, performance benchmarking, and Roku automation initiatives.
- Translate existing/reference implementations into production BrightScript applications while maintaining behavioral fidelity.
- Provide technical guidance and leadership to a multi-engineer development team.

Mandatory Requirements :

- 13 to 16 years of qualified software engineering experience preferred.
- 5+ years of hands-on production Roku/BrightScript development.
- Strong expertise in Roku SceneGraph.
- Experience shipping and maintaining a production Roku application through full Roku Channel Certification.
- Strong experience in Performance Engineering and optimization.
- Proven experience in Software Architecture and Technical Leadership.
- Experience with OTT, streaming media, or Connected TV products is strongly preferred.
- Strong understanding of Roku application development, task threading, focus management, and component lifecycle.
- Experience with DRM, media playback, player state machines, and third-party SDK integrations is an advantage.

📌 Principal Engineer - Roku BrightScript (India)
🏢 Talenton
📍 India