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About the Role

The Ad Serving team designs, builds, deploys, and operates Roku’s Supply-Side, Ad Mediation, and Demand-Side platforms. These platforms are critical to Roku's ad monetization and business growth. This role will lead the Ad Mediation area, driving strategic, architectural, and cross-functional impact across Roku’s advertising platform.

Responsibilities

Define and drive a multi-year technical strategy, influencing architecture across multiple teams.
Set the long-term technical vision and take end-to-end ownership of the scalability, stability, and performance of Roku’s ad serving mediation platforms.
Shape product direction by deeply understanding Roku’s advertising business, marketplace dynamics, and long-term monetization strategy.
Lead and grow high-performing engineering teams to execute ambitious product and technical roadmaps.
Hire, grow, and retain top talent, fostering a healthy environment where individuals can do their best work.
Lead initiatives to significantly improve developer productivity by streamlining development workflows, modernizing tooling, and reducing operational load.

Requirements

10+ years of experience architecting and building large distributed systems, with a proven track record of leading complex systems in dynamic, high-growth environments.
Track record of building and leading high-performing senior and staff+ engineering teams.
Perform as a staff+ technologist on complex, low-latency, revenue-critical, large-scale distributed backend 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. You have either 1) tried Gen AI in your previous work or outside of work or 2) are curious about Gen AI and have explored it.

Skills

AI agents
smart tools
agentic engineering toolchain
Claude Code
Cursor
MCP servers
custom skills
agent frameworks

Location

New York Only

Work Type

Hybrid

Experience Level

10+ years of experience
senior and staff+

Salary/Compensations

$360,000 and $440,000 annually

Benefits

Health insurance
Equity awards
Life insurance
Disability benefits
Parental leave
Wellness benefits
Paid time off
Global access to mental health and financial wellness support and resources
Statutory and voluntary benefits which may include healthcare (medical, dental, and vision), life, accident, disability, commuter, and retirement options (401(k)/pension)

About the Company

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.
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.
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.
Roku is committed to offering a diverse range of benefits as part of our compensation package to support our employees and their families.
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.

Equal Opportunity

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 EmployeeRelations@Roku.com.