Senior Manager, Software Engineering - Web (Ads Customer Interface)

Roku; Bengaluru; Hybrid; INR 2,500,000 - 3,500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits (medical, dental, vision)

401(k)/pension

Mental health support

Job summary

Roku is looking for a key member of the Ads Engineering Customer Interface team in Bengaluru, India. This role involves leading a high-performing engineering team focused on delivering best-in-class customer-facing applications. Key responsibilities include team leadership, project management, and collaborating with stakeholders to achieve business objectives.

The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in software engineering and team management, along with a strong focus on quality assurance and best practices in software delivery.

Qualifications

• 16+ years of hands-on software engineering experience with 5+ years in team management.
• Proven record of implementing software engineering practices including CI/CD.
• Demonstrated ability to manage the software development lifecycle phases.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow a high-performing engineering team.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to define goals for business initiatives.
• Ensure quality software deliverables through rigorous testing.

Skills

Team management

Software development lifecycle (SDLC)

Technical tradeoffs

Code review and automated testing

Stakeholder collaboration

Job description

About the role

In this role you will work as a key member of the Roku Ads Engineering Customer Interface (ACI) team. You will hire and develop a team that will design, develop, and operate components of our best‑in‑class suite of customer‑facing web applications including Campaign Management, Demand Side Platform, Data Management Platform, Reporting and Forecasting toolsets. The customer interface team and the corresponding API services layer operate on a modern tech stack including React, Node.js and agentic AI technologies.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow a high-performing engineering team to execute ambitious product and technical roadmaps.
• Hire quality software engineering professionals and build a high-performance team to deliver Roku’s business objectives.
• Set clear objectives for the team and individuals that are measurable and attainable.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to define goals, requirements and scope for the Roku business initiatives.
• Provide technical guidance to the team and ensure that timely and informed decisions are made to remove the project impediments.
• Ensure the delivery of high-quality software deliverables with rigorous Validation and Verification testing cycles.
• Manage the recruitment, onboarding and continuous training and improvement of engineering teams.
• Communicate projects status, risks and outcomes to senior management, ensuring transparency and alignment with business objectives.
• Foster an environment of continuous learning in the teams, including active adoption of AI tools and technologies in software engineering.

Qualifications

• Experience managing a team, including hiring, onboarding, and professional development.
• Overall 16+ years of hand‑on software engineering experience with the past 5+ years in leading and managing technology teams.
• Deep understanding of the software development lifecycle (SDLC) with a proven ability to guide the team in the design, architecture, development, testing and deployment phases of the project.
• Proven capability of making technical tradeoffs based on changing business priorities and technical roadmaps.
• Proven record of implementing essential software engineering practices including code review, automated testing, CI/CD pipeline and performance optimizations.
• Demonstrated team leadership in terms of hiring, training, retaining and mentoring highly performant engineering teams.
• History of successful stakeholder collaboration with product managers, designers and senior leadership to align technical deliverables with business objectives.

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 a compensation package to support employees and their families. Global access to mental health and financial wellness support and resources. Local benefits include statutory and voluntary benefits such as 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. 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 [e-mail].