Ad Tech Engineering Manager — Real-Time Mediation Leader

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 in Massachusetts seeks a transformational leader for Ad Mediation to drive strategy, architecture, and cross-functional impact within Roku’s advertising platform. You will guide multi-team technical direction and own scalable backend systems that power monetization.

Lead senior and staff+ engineers, foster AI-first thinking, and collaborate across ad serving, mediation, and demand-side platforms. Hybrid work with competitive compensation and benefits.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience architecting and building large distributed systems.
• Track record of building and leading high-performing senior and staff+ engineering teams.
• Perform as a staff+ technologist on complex, low-latency, revenue-critical systems.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and collaboration skills.
• Proven track record of leading cross-functional teams and initiatives.
• Experience fostering AI-first thinking within engineering teams to drive innovation.
• Expertise in advertising is a plus.
• AI literacy and curiosity across Gen AI tools and automation.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive a multi-year technical strategy across multiple teams.
• Own scalability, stability, and performance of Roku’s ad serving mediation platforms.
• Shape product direction by understanding Roku’s advertising business and monetization.
• Lead and grow high-performing engineering teams to execute roadmaps.
• Hire, grow, and retain top talent while fostering a healthy work environment.
• Improve developer productivity by modernizing tooling and reducing operational load.

Skills

Distributed systems

Leadership

Staff+ leadership

Communication

Cross-functional

AI-first thinking

Tools

Claude Code

Cursor

MCP servers

Agent frameworks

Job description

Roku in Massachusetts seeks a transformational leader for Ad Mediation to drive strategy, architecture, and cross-functional impact within Roku’s advertising platform. You will guide multi-team technical direction and own scalable backend systems that power monetization.

Lead senior and staff+ engineers, foster AI-first thinking, and collaborate across ad serving, mediation, and demand-side platforms. Hybrid work with competitive compensation and benefits.