Ad Platform Engineering Manager — Scale, Performance, AI

Roku; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 360,000 - 440,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Equity awards

Life insurance

Disability benefits

Parental leave

Wellness benefits

Paid time off

Job summary

Roku is seeking a transformational leader for the Ad Mediation area within the Ad Engineering team in New York. You will drive multi-year technical strategy, own the scalability and performance of ad serving platforms, and shape product direction through deep advertising knowledge and market dynamics.

You will lead senior and staff+ engineering teams, hire top talent, and streamline tools and workflows to boost productivity while delivering strategic, revenue-impact initiatives at scale.

Qualifications

• 10+ years architecting and building large distributed systems.
• Experience leading senior and staff+ engineering teams.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional initiatives.
• Ability to foster AI-first thinking within engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive a multi-year technical strategy across teams.
• Own scalability, stability, and performance of ad serving platforms.
• Shape product direction with advertising business insights.
• Lead and grow high-performing engineering teams.
• Hire, grow, and retain top talent and improve developer productivity.

Skills

Distributed systems

Leadership

Staff+ engineering

Cross-functional collaboration

AI-first thinking

Advertising knowledge

Communication

Job description

Roku is seeking a transformational leader for the Ad Mediation area within the Ad Engineering team in New York. You will drive multi-year technical strategy, own the scalability and performance of ad serving platforms, and shape product direction through deep advertising knowledge and market dynamics.

You will lead senior and staff+ engineering teams, hire top talent, and streamline tools and workflows to boost productivity while delivering strategic, revenue-impact initiatives at scale.