About the role#
Join Roku as an Engineering Intern to help build the agentic AI that powers our streaming platform. You will be assigned a scoped project with an engineering team and matched based on your skills and interests. This is a paid 12-week internship running from June to early September 2027. You will work on real problems, such as agents that investigate failures, automate workflows, or generate code. You will take an idea from prototype to a functional tool with guidance from a mentor.
What you'll do#
- Own a well-defined project that contributes to the success of your team.
- Build and test AI agents, copilots, and automated workflows that perform multi-step work.
- Connect agents to trusted data, services, and internal tools using retrieval, tool calling, and orchestration.
- Evaluate your work by measuring performance, reliability, and failure modes.
- Use AI coding tools daily to move faster while validating outputs through testing and review.
- Write clean, well-tested, and documented code.
- Participate in code reviews and collaborate with engineers, mentors, and cross-functional partners.
What you'll need#
- Enrollment in a degree program for Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
- Penultimate-year student status, or final-year student planning to enter a one-year master’s program.
- Permanent right to work in the US.
- Availability for full-time work for the entire 12-week program.
- Proficiency in Python.
- Hands-on experience building an LLM-powered or agentic system that performs multi-step work.
- Familiarity with agentic patterns such as grounding, retrieval, tool use, orchestration, memory, or conversational interfaces.
- Solid grounding in computer science fundamentals including data structures, algorithms, and operating systems or networking concepts.
- Strong problem-solving skills and technical communication abilities.
Location & details#
- Location: San Jose, California.
- Work Modality: Hybrid (generally in-office Monday through Thursday).
- Term: Summer 2027.
- Compensation: Paid internship.
- Note: Sponsorship is not available for this role.
About Roku
Roku operates a streaming television platform and develops hardware including streaming players, audio equipment, and smart TVs. Founded in 2002, the company maintains its headquarters in San Jose, California. It employs between 1,001 and 5,000 people. The firm also produces original content for its streaming channel and manages an advertising business.
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