Senior Real-Time Advertising Platform Engineer

Roku; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mental health resources

Financial wellness resources

Healthcare (medical, dental, vision)

Job summary

Roku is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to help build a real-time, scalable advertising platform. You will design, develop, and own features end-to-end, collaborating with product teams and other engineering groups to deliver impactful ads technology.

The role emphasizes software quality, performance optimization, and strong ownership. Applicants should have deep experience in distributed systems and love solving complex problems at scale.

Qualifications

• 10+ years designing large-scale, low-latency distributed systems.
• Experience with real-time applications and high-throughput data processing.
• Strong OO design, performance optimization, and debugging skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain large-scale, real-time advertising platform components.
• Own features from concept to production, collaborating with product and other teams.
• Demonstrate strong communication with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Advocate for best practices across development, QA and operations.
• Promote platform reuse and innovation across services.
• Deliver high-quality software in a timely manner.

Skills

Java

C++

Distributed systems

Algorithms & data structures

Multi-threading

Cloud technologies (AWS/GCP)

SQL/NoSQL databases

Gen AI curiosity

Education

BS/MS in Computer Science or Engineering

Job description

Roku is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to help build a real-time, scalable advertising platform. You will design, develop, and own features end-to-end, collaborating with product teams and other engineering groups to deliver impactful ads technology.

The role emphasizes software quality, performance optimization, and strong ownership. Applicants should have deep experience in distributed systems and love solving complex problems at scale.