Ad Serving Engineering Manager — Scale Real-Time Ads

Roku; Boston (MA); 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 to drive the Ad Mediation area within its Ad Engineering team in Massachusetts. The role focuses on large-scale, low-latency backend systems for ad serving, with a strong emphasis on AI-first thinking and cross-functional leadership.

You will influence architecture, lead senior engineers, and own the roadmap for high-impact monetization platforms. The position offers a hybrid work model and comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience architecting and building large distributed systems.
• Proven track record of leading senior and staff+ engineering teams.
• Experience fostering AI-first thinking within engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive a multi-year technical strategy, influencing architecture across multiple teams.
• Take end-to-end ownership of the scalability, stability, and performance of Roku’s ad serving mediation platforms.

Skills

Distributed systems

Leadership

Staff+ engineering

AI in engineering

Advertising domain

Tools

Claude Code

Cursor

MCP servers

Agent frameworks

Job description

Roku is seeking a transformational leader to drive the Ad Mediation area within its Ad Engineering team in Massachusetts. The role focuses on large-scale, low-latency backend systems for ad serving, with a strong emphasis on AI-first thinking and cross-functional leadership.

You will influence architecture, lead senior engineers, and own the roadmap for high-impact monetization platforms. The position offers a hybrid work model and comprehensive benefits.