Brian Blietz
Head of Developer Experience | Building Developer Ecosystems at Scale | ex-Google 12 years
- Role
- Head of Developer Experience at Roku
- Location
- Santa Cruz, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Brian Blietz
Experienced professional that is passionate about leading teams and solving extremely technical problems taking products from 0 to 1 to scale.
Experience
Head of Developer Experience
Nov 2025 — Present
Lead developer experience for an ecosystem of developers, owning the full surface area: developer tools, documentation, community, outreach, and new product initiatives. Manage a team of developer advocates, a tech writer, and a PM responsible for all developer-facing tooling, long-tail support, forums, Slack, blogs, and newsletters. Facilitate the annual Roku Developer Summit, reaching developers globally. Lead new product initiatives - pilot programs for developer tools and a new app category/hub - from early concept through scale. Actively use AI tools hands-on (Claude Code, Gemini, ChatGPT) to build internal tooling, analytics dashboards, and developer-facing experiences.
Education
Iowa State University - College of Engineering
Master of Science - MS, Computer Engineering
Iowa State University - College of Engineering
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Engineering
Skills
- Medical Devices
- Multi Ide
- Linux
- Video Streaming Devices
- Debugging
- System Architecture
- Powerpc
- Embedded Systems
- Marketing
- Embedded Software
- Rigging My Linkedin Results
- Firmware
- Cloud Computing
- Embedded Linux
- Real-Time Programming
- Device Drivers
- C++
- Jtag Debugger
- Industrial Automation Devices
- C
- Jtag
- Integrity Rtos
- Technical Presentations
- Software Engineering
- Complex Sales
- Rtos
- Software Design
- Pre-Sales
- Software Development
- Technical Training
- Debuggers
- Customer Advocacy
- Technical Presales
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