Engineering Manager, Ad Serving at Roku

Roku

Boston, Massachusetts·4h ago

ManagerFull-timeRustAI

Salary Range

$163,200 - $220,800 /year

Estimated

This salary is estimated based on similar roles. The actual salary may vary.

About the Role

We are looking for a transformational leader to drive the Ad Mediation area at Roku, delivering broad strategic, architectural, and cross-functional impact across Roku’s advertising platform. This role is critical to supporting and growing Roku’s rapidly expanding ad business.

Key Responsibilities

→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
→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

Requirements

✓10+ years of experience architecting and building large distributed systems
✓Track record of building and leading high-performing senior and staff+ engineering teams
✓Experience performing 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