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Engineering Manager, Ad Serving
Location
New York
Posted
36 days ago
Salary
$360K - $440K / year
Seniority
Lead
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Job Description
Engineering Manager, Ad Serving
Roku
Title: Engineering Manager, Ad Serving Location: New York United States Job Description: 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. About the Role A highly scalable, highly available, real-time advertising platform is critical to supporting and growing Roku's rapidly expanding ad business. The mission of the Ad Engineering team is to build this platform. The Ad Serving team designs, builds, deploys, and operates Roku's Supply-Side, Ad Mediation, and Demand-Side platforms, which sit at the core of Roku's ad monetization and are critical to the business. We are looking for a transformational leader to drive the Ad Mediation area - delivering broad strategic, architectural, and cross-functional impact across Roku's advertising platform. For New York Only - The estimated annual salary for this position is between $360,000 and $440,000 annually. Compensation packages are based on factors unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, certifications, and specific geographical location. This role is eligible for health insurance, equity awards, life insurance, disability benefits, parental leave, wellness benefits, and paid time off. What You'll Be Doing - Define and drive a multi-year technical strategy, influencing architecture across multiple teams - Set the long-term technical vision and take end-to-end ownership of the scalability, stability, and performance of Roku's ad serving mediation platforms - systems operating at massive scale with significant revenue impact - Shape product direction by deeply understanding Roku's advertising business, marketplace dynamics, and long-term monetization strategy - Lead and grow high-performing engineering teams to execute ambitious product and technical roadmaps - Hire, grow, and retain top talent, fostering a healthy environment where individuals can do their best work - Lead initiatives to significantly improve developer productivity by streamlining development workflows, modernizing tooling, and reducing operational load We're Excited If You Have - 10+ years of experience architecting and building large distributed systems, with a proven track record of leading complex systems in dynamic, high-growth environments - Track record of building and leading high-performing senior and staff+ engineering teams - Perform as a staff+ technologist on complex, low-latency, revenue-critical, large-scale distributed backend systems - Excellent written and verbal communication and collaboration skills - Proven track record of leading cross-functional teams and initiatives - Experience fostering AI-first thinking within engineering teams to drive innovation - Expertise in advertising is a plus - AI literacy and curiosity. You have either 1) tried Gen AI in your previous work or outside of work or 2) are curious about Gen AI and have explored it #LI-SSC Our Hybrid Work Approach Roku fosters an inclusive and collaborative environment where teams work in the office Monday through Thursday. Fridays are flexible for remote work except for employees whose roles are required to be in the office five days a week or employees who are in offices with a five day in office policy. Benefits Roku is committed to offering a diverse range of benefits as part of our compensation package to support our employees and their families. Our comprehensive benefits include global access to mental health and financial wellness support and resources. Local benefits include statutory and voluntary benefits which may include healthcare (medical, dental, and vision), life, accident, disability, commuter, and retirement options (401(k)/pension). Employees are supported in taking time off, in accordance with local leave policies and other personal needs to support their evolving work and life needs. It's important to note that not every benefit is available in all locations or for every role. The Roku Culture Roku is a great place for people who want to work in a fast-paced environment where everyone is focused on the company's success rather than their own. We try to surround ourselves with people who are great at their jobs, who are easy to work with, and who keep their egos in check. We appreciate a sense of humor. We believe a fewer number of very talented folks can do more for less cost than a larger number of less talented teams. We're independent thinkers with big ideas who act boldly, move fast and accomplish extraordinary things through collaboration and trust. In short, at Roku you'll be part of a company that's changing how the world watches TV. We have a unique culture that we are proud of. We think of ourselves primarily as problem-solvers, which itself is a two-part idea. We come up with the solution, but the solution isn't real until it is built and delivered to the customer. That penchant for action gives us a pragmatic approach to innovation, one that has served us well since 2002.
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