Software Engineer – Roku / BrightScript (Streaming)

QVC Group, Inc. is a Fortune 500 company with six leading retail brands - QVC®, HSN®, Ballard Designs®, Frontgate®, Garnet Hill® and Grandin Road. The company is a leader in the omnichannel retail space, investing strategically in streaming TV and video commerce platforms to deliver next-generation shopping experiences across TVs, set-top boxes, and connected devices.

• 3+ years of professional software development experience, with a strong focus on BrightScript / SceneGraph and/or Roku TV client development in an Agile environment.
• Fluent written and spoken English, with the ability to communicate technical concepts clearly to cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
• Solid understanding of the software development lifecycle (SDLC) and modern software architectures, including web applications, microservices, and cloud-native solutions.
• Strong working knowledge of JavaScript and TypeScript, preferably with experience in modern front-end frameworks such as React.js, React Native, Angular, Vue.js, or Svelte; BrightScript experience is highly valued.
• Hands-on experience with Roku’s BrightScript scripting language and Roku TV device platform; alternatively, a demonstrated willingness and ability to rapidly gain proficiency in Roku’s streaming platform and its native programming model.
• Experience with RESTful APIs and/or GraphQL in web or mobile application development.
• Practical experience in Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD), preferably using Azure DevOps and Git-based repositories.
• Familiarity with Jira, Confluence, or similar tooling for project management, documentation, and agile software engineering.

Nice to have:

• Working knowledge of Python, .NET, or Java.
• Functional understanding of video, streaming, and OTT (Over-The-Top) solutions, including navigational libraries for arrow-key and remote-control navigation, awareness of device limitations (memory, CPU, and platform constraints), video and content-level optimizations for performance and user experience, experience with video player implementation and video analytics, and general knowledge of video codecs and closed captioning handling (embedded captions and sidecar files).

• Design, develop, and maintain BrightScript/SceneGraph-based Roku TV client applications within the video and streaming domain.
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, QA engineers, release managers, and web/TV client developers to translate business and product requirements into scalable, performant implementations.
• Lead or contribute to proof-of-concept, feasibility analysis, and technical experiments to evaluate future video commerce capabilities and streaming TV strategies.
• Analyze and define technical requirements, prepare detailed specifications, and provide accurate estimations within an agile software development lifecycle.
• Conduct thorough code reviews and lead refactoring efforts to ensure code quality, maintainability, and performance.
• Produce and maintain technical design documentation for system changes, enhancements, and integration points.
• Contribute to the implementation and improvement of CI/CD pipelines (including automated builds, code quality gates, and test automation), with a focus on reliability and repeatability.
• Troubleshoot and resolve production and staging issues, including performance bottlenecks, platform-specific limitations, and streaming-related problems, while proactively communicating risks, delays, and dependencies to stakeholders.