Senior Software Engineer, Ad Serving

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Roku is changing how the world watches TV
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A highly scalable and highly available real‑time advertising platform is crucial for supporting and growing Roku's advertising business. The mission of the Ad Engineering Team is to build this platform. We are hiring a Senior Software Engineer for the Advertising Platform to play a vital role in this mission. If you bring extensive experience building complex systems, love great technology at scale, enjoy mentoring, jumping in, and figuring things out in any system, this role is for you!

Roku pioneered TV streaming and continues to innovate, leading the industry. The Roku Channel positions us well to help shape the future of streaming. Continued success relies on investing in Advertising Engineering. The ideal candidate will possess endless curiosity and be able to pair a global mindset with locally relevant execution. The successful candidate will demonstrate a balance of hard and soft skills, including the ability to respond promptly to evolving business needs.

Building a real‑time, highly scalable, and available advertising platform is critical for our success. Our team’s mission is to build a best‑in‑class advertising platform to support and grow Roku’s exploding ad business. Our platforms are highly performant, deployed at scale, and set new standards for enabling effective advertising while protecting user privacy.

For Massachusetts Only – The estimated annual salary for this position is between $195,500 - $352,100 annually. Compensation packages are based on factors unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, certifications, and specific geographic location. This role is eligible for health insurance, equity awards, life insurance, disability benefits, parental leave, wellness benefits, and paid time off.

• Work alongside a highly skilled engineering team to design, develop, and maintain large‑scale, highly performing, real‑time applications
• Own building features, driving directly with the product and other engineering teams
• Demonstrate excellent communication skills in working with technical and non‑technical audiences
• Be an evangelist for best practices across all functions – developers, QA, and infrastructure/ops
• Be an evangelist for platform innovation and reuse
• Deliver top‑quality software in a timely fashion

• 10+ years of experience building large‑scale and low‑latency distributed systems
• Command of Java or C++
• Solid understanding of algorithms, data structures, performance optimization techniques, object‑oriented programming, multi‑threading, and real‑time programming
• Experience with distributed caching, SQL/No
  
  SQL, and other databases is a plus
• Experience with Big Data and cloud services such as AWS/GCP is a plus
• Experience in the advertising domain is a big plus
• B.S. or M.S. degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent
• Self‑motivated individual with a high level of accountability and ownership
• Critical thinking and practical decision‑making
• Can do, results‑oriented mindset
• Non‑political, collaborative, and team‑oriented
• Desire to win in a highly competitive industry
• 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

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.

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. For details specific to your location, please consult with your recruiter.

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