Engineering Manager, Ad Serving
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Job Location:
New York City, NY - USA
Yearly Salary:
$ 360000 - 440000
Posted on:
Yesterday
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
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 weve 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 youll make a valuable - and valued - contribution. Were 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 Rokus 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 Rokus Supply-Side Ad Mediation and Demand-Side platforms which sit at the core of Rokus 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 Rokus advertising platform.
For New York Only - The estimated annual salary for this position is between $360000 and $440000 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 Youll 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 Rokus ad serving mediation platforms - systems operating at massive scale with significant revenue impact
- Shape product direction by deeply understanding Rokus 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
Were 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
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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). Our employees can take time off work for vacation and other personal reasons to balance their evolving work and life needs. Its important to note that not every benefit is available in all locations or for every role. For details specific to your location please consult with your recruiter.
Accommodations
Roku welcomes applicants of all backgrounds and provides reasonable accommodations and adjustments in accordance with applicable law. If you require reasonable accommodation at any point in the hiring process please direct your inquiries to .
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 companys 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. Were independent thinkers with big ideas who act boldly move fast and accomplish extraordinary things through collaboration and short at Roku youll be part of a company thats 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 isnt 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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Required Experience:
Manager
Key Skills
- Hospitality Experience
- Go
- Management Experience
- React
- Redux
- Node.js
- AWS
- Mechanical Engineering
- Team Management
- Leadership Experience
- Mentoring
- Distributed Systems
