TV React Developer (Roku)

Company: Philo
Location: San Francisco
Posted on: February 25, 2021

Job Description:

Philo is building the future of television. Our product lets you watch your favorite shows on all the devices you care about, with seamless playback, insightful discovery, and effortless sharing - in short, we're building the TV experience that we've always wanted for ourselves. We're a company that puts people first - both our subscribers and our team. At Philo, our philosophy is to empower our colleagues to do their best work while supporting each other in pursuing shared goals. We value pragmatism, pride in our work, and passion. We believe in having transparency and openness across all parts of the company.

We are committed to diversity and inclusion as we grow the Philo team and shape the future of TV. We believe that a diverse set of voices and perspectives on our team enables us to innovate faster and create the best experience for our subscribers.

Philo is headquartered in San Francisco, with additional offices in New York and Cambridge, MA. Our leadership team includes a cofounder of Facebook as well as alums of Meraki and HBO. Philo is backed by NEA and industry partners including Discovery, Viacom, AMC, and A&E Hack the Full Stack Philo's engineers hack up and down the technology stack. It's not uncommon for a Philo engineer to go from backend coding to user experience design, from the video encoding pipeline to system scalability, from site maintenance to iOS/Android development. We are actively hiring engineers who are looking to build a completely new kind of product and who have a passion for Roku and front-end development. What we do The Product Team is responsible for designing, building, testing, and quite literally reinventing television, the most engaging product ever created, across web, mobile, and TV platforms. Just as television is about more than simply watching an episode of your favorite show, so too does our work extend well beyond the play button. We take TV schedules, movie and show metadata, live and on-demand feeds, recordings, real-time localized usage metrics, cross-device interoperability, and individualized viewing habits, preferences, restrictions, and notifications - massaging it all into a comprehensive and seamless TV experience.-- About the Roku team The Roku app has been an important platform since the Philo service first launched. Roku was our first "10-foot" (streaming TV device) platform. Historically, Roku has also been one of our primary platforms for prototyping future Philo features. At Philo, we are highly focused on optimizing the 10-Foot Experience and you will directly contribute to that effort. By joining the Roku team, you will work on a TV platform at a TV company, allowing you to make a large impact on Philo product design and development. About you As a Roku engineer, you will be responsible for:

• Building the Philo experience on Roku
• Contributing to UX design decisions using your domain expertise
• Helping the Philo set-top box team grow
• Helping expand Philo's 10-Foot experience to other platforms We are looking for candidates who have:
  • Experience with React/Redux UI design concepts and modern frontend development practices
  • 4 years of frontend or UI experience
  • 2 years of React experience A strong candidate might also have one or more of these:
    • Experience with Redux, BrightScript, SceneGraph, or other Roku APIs
    • Familiarity with the Roku ecosystem, including capabilities, limitations, and best practices across devices
    • Development experience with video playback, cross-device interoperability (e.g. casting), or other 10-foot, connected TV platforms in general (e.g. Roku, FireTV, Android TV, Apple TV, or Smart TVs) Projected Start Date: ASAP Status: Full-time Location: San Francisco, CA Compensation: Includes competitive salary, company stock options and health benefits. We value a diverse and inclusive workplace and we welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, skills, and perspectives. Philo is an equal opportunity employer. We believe that everyone does their best work when they are supported by each other and the company, and we offer a generous set of benefits to make sure the Philo team is happy and healthy. Here is a sampling of the benefits we offer our team:
      • Full health, dental and vision coverage for you and your family
      • Generous paid parental leave
      • Unlimited paid time off for vacation and sick leave
      • $2000 annual vacation bonus (we pay you to take a two week vacation)
      • $5000 annually for professional development and educational assistance
      • $500 "TV stipend" for new employees to upgrade their home watching setup U.S. Equal Opportunity Employment Information (Completion is voluntary) Individuals seeking employment at Philo are considered without regards to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identity, or sexual orientation. You are being given the opportunity to provide the following information in order to help us comply with federal and state Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action record keeping, reporting, and other legal requirements. Completion of the form is entirely voluntary. Whatever your decision, it will not be considered in the hiring process or thereafter. Any information that you do provide will be recorded and maintained in a confidential file. Gender Please select Are you Hispanic/Latino? Please select Race & Ethnicity Definitions If you believe you belong to any of the categories of protected veterans listed below, please indicate by making the appropriate selection. As a government contractor subject to Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA), we request this information in order to measure the effectiveness of the outreach and positive recruitment efforts we undertake pursuant to VEVRAA. Classification of protected categories is as follows: A "disabled veteran" is one of the following: a veteran of the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service who is entitled to compensation (or who but for the receipt of military retired pay would be entitled to compensation) under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs; or a person who was discharged or released from active duty because of a service-connected disability. A "recently separated veteran" means any veteran during the three-year period beginning on the date of such veteran's discharge or release from active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval, or air service. An "active duty wartime or campaign badge veteran" means a veteran who served on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service during a war, or in a campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge has been authorized under the laws administered by the Department of Defense. An "Armed forces service medal veteran" means a veteran who, while serving on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service, participated in a United States military operation for which an Armed Forces service medal was awarded pursuant to Executive Order 12985. Veteran Status Please select Form CC-305 OMB Control Number 1250-0005 Expires 05/31/2023 Voluntary Self-Identification of DisabilityWhy are you being asked to complete this form? We are a federal contractor or subcontractor required by law to provide equal employment opportunity to qualified people with disabilities. We are also required to measure our progress toward having at least 7% of our workforce be individuals with disabilities. To do this, we must ask applicants and employees if they have a disability or have ever had a disability. Because a person may become disabled at any time, we ask all of our employees to update their information at least every five years. Identifying yourself as an individual with a disability is voluntary, and we hope that you will choose to do so. Your answer will be maintained confidentially and not be seen by selecting officials or anyone else involved in making personnel decisions. Completing the form will not negatively impact you in any way, regardless of whether you have self-identified in the past. For more information about this form or the equal employment obligations of federal contractors under Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act, visit the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) website at www.dol.gov/ofccp . How do you know if you have a disability? You are considered to have a disability if you have a physical or mental impairment or medical condition that substantially limits a major life activity, or if you have a history or record of such an impairment or medical condition. Disabilities include, but are not limited to:
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