Senior Real‑Time Ad Auctions Engineer

Roku; Salford; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

401(k)/pension

Mental health support

Job summary

Roku is seeking a technical leader to enhance real-time ads auction systems in Salford. You will optimize yield and platform revenue while collaborating with engineering and product teams. The ideal candidate has extensive experience in distributed systems and cloud infrastructure.

Join us for a hybrid work approach where you can impact the future of TV streaming while enjoying comprehensive benefits including healthcare and wellness support.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience building large-scale distributed systems.
• 5+ years of experience working with cloud-based platforms.
• Demonstrated ability to drive timely consensus in design with engineering partners.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and evolution of real-time ads auction systems.
• Build low-latency, highly reliable distributed services.
• Drive yield optimization through auction design and pricing experiments.

Skills

Distributed systems

Cloud-based platforms

Microservices in Java

SQL and NoSQL databases

AWS or GCP

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science or Engineering

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Roku is seeking a technical leader to enhance real-time ads auction systems in Salford. You will optimize yield and platform revenue while collaborating with engineering and product teams. The ideal candidate has extensive experience in distributed systems and cloud infrastructure.

Join us for a hybrid work approach where you can impact the future of TV streaming while enjoying comprehensive benefits including healthcare and wellness support.