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

Roku, Inc.; Bengaluru; Hybrid; INR 9,000,000 - 15,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mental health support

Retirement benefits (401(k) / pension)

Flexible remote Fridays

Job summary

Roku, Inc. in Bengaluru is seeking a senior engineering leader to hire, grow, and guide a high‑performing Ads Engineering Customer Interface team.

You will shape product roadmaps, mentor engineers, and collaborate with product, design and leadership to deliver scalable web applications. You will drive technical strategy across the SDLC, emphasize automated testing and CI/CD, and foster a culture of continuous learning with AI tools.

Qualifications

• 16+ years of hands-on software engineering experience.
• 5+ years leading technology teams.
• Strong SDLC, architecture and deployment guidance.
• Experience with AI/agentic tooling is relevant to the role.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow a high‑performing engineering team to execute product and technical roadmaps.
• Hire and develop software engineers to meet Roku's objectives.
• Set measurable objectives for teams and individuals.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to define goals and scope for initiatives.
• Provide technical guidance and remove impediments to delivery.
• Ensure high-quality software with rigorous testing cycles.
• Oversee recruitment, onboarding and team training.

Skills

Team leadership

People management

Software engineering

SDLC

Technical leadership

Stakeholder collaboration

Job description

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 we've 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, you'll make a valuable - and valued - contribution. We're 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.

What is 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.

How will I use AI at Roku?

At Roku, we don’t just use AI, we work with it. AI agents and smart tools help power drafts, analysis, and repetitive workflows, while our people bring direction, judgment, and accountability. We’re looking for curious, adaptable builders who can show how they’ve used AI or automation to move faster, raise the bar, and scale their impact.

We valueyour AI skills if you have built fluency across the agentic engineering toolchain — coding harnesses like Claude Code or Cursor, MCP servers, custom skills, or agent frameworks. And you can describe projects where you shipped real work with these tools. You know how to drive an agent, verify its output, and ramp on an unfamiliar codebase with an agent helping you.

What are the responsibilities of the role?

• 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

What experience would help someone be successful in this role at Roku?

• Experience managing a team, including hiring, onboarding, and professional development
• Overall 16+ years of hands‑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 include 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

What's Roku's approach to hybrid working?

Roku fosters an inclusive and collaborative environment where teams generally work in the office Monday through Thursday. Fridays are generally flexible for remote work, except for employees whose specific roles or assigned office location require five days' a week attendance.

What are some of the 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). 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.

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].

What should I know about Roku's culture?

Roku is a great place for people who want to work in a fast‑paced environment where everyone is focused on the company's 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. We're independent thinkers with big ideas who act boldly, move fast and accomplish extraordinary things through collaboration and trust. In short, at Roku you'll be part of a company that's 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 isn't 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.

To learn more about Roku, our global footprint, and how we've grown, visit https://www.weareroku.com/factsheet.