Senior Quality Assurance Engineer, Smart TV

Teamwork makes the stream work. Roku is changing how the world watches TV Roku is the #1 TV streaming platform in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico, and we've set our sights on powering every television in the world. Roku pioneered streaming to the TV. Our mission is to be the TV streaming platform that connects the entire TV ecosystem. We connect consumers to the content they love, enable content publishers to build and monetize large audiences, and provide advertisers unique capabilities to engage consumers. 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 does the team work on? We are the New Product Introduction team responsible for introducing new Roku TVs to the market. We work on everything required to bring a new product to market from concept phase to mass production. We work with vendors and channel partners along with various teams within Roku to make sure we can bring high quality products to our customers. What is the role? Roku is seeking a Senior QA Engineer to lead quality strategy for a Smart TV program, ensuring every device that reaches customers meets Roku's bar for reliability and performance. In this role, you will set the test strategy for your program, design comprehensive test plans and automated test scripts, and execute manual testing for new products and features. You will act as a technical lead within Quality Assurance, coordinating closely with firmware, product, and other engineering teams to keep releases on track and quality risks visible. You will drive adoption of AI-powered tools and workflows across the QA team, mentoring others and establishing standards that raise the bar for how the team works. You will represent QA in cross-functional forums, own release-critical projects independently, and provide clear, evidence-based feedback that improves quality across the organization. Your work will directly shape the reliability and performance of Roku TV products used by millions of households around the world. How will I use AI at Roku? At Roku, we don't just use AI, we work with it. AI agents and smart tools help power drafts, analysis, and repetitive workflows, while our people bring direction, judgment, and accountability. We're looking for curious, adaptable builders who can show how they've used AI or automation to move faster, raise the bar, and scale their impact. As a technical lead, you'll also drive AI adoption across your team, mentoring others and establishing repeatable standards that others can follow. We value your AI skills if have built fluency across the agentic engineering toolchain — coding harnesses like Claude Code or Cursor, MCP servers, custom skills, or agent frameworks. And you can describe projects where you shipped real work with these tools, including building AI tools and agents that streamline QA testing. You know how to drive an agent, verify its output, and ramp on an unfamiliar codebase with an agent helping you. What are the responsibilities of the role? Create and execute automation and manual test plans for new products and features, leaning on automation wherever possible Develop new automation test scripts using Python or homegrown BDD/LLM tools Design, build, and maintain AI tools, skills, and agents that streamline QA testing and drive measurable improvements in cycle time, coverage, and escape rate Use agentic coding tools such as Claude Code, Cursor, and Copilot as your default approach for building, extending, and debugging test automation Convert existing manual test cases into reliable, repeatable automated tests Troubleshoot and analyze automation test results, identifying root causes to improve product and test quality Test compatibility with audio/video devices, Wi-Fi routers, and audio/video streami…