Senior Engineering Manager, Ad Serving Platform

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Job description

Do you want to re-write the rules of modern advertising? Roku is changing how the world watches TV Roku is the #1 TV streaming platform in the US, 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 worldwide while gaining meaningful experience across various disciplines. About the team Ad Serving team designs, develops, deploys, and maintains the Supply-Side, Ad Mediation and Demand-Side Platforms. These platforms are squarely in the middle of and critical to all Ad monetization at Roku. We use cutting edge technologies in developing scalable, reliable, and performant systems. About the role Roku pioneered TV streaming and continues to innovate and lead the industry. The Roku Channel has us well-positioned to help shape the future of streaming. Continued success relies on investing in Advertising Engineering. A cutting-edge Advertising Platform is critical to support and grow Roku's exploding ad business. It is the mission of Advertising Engineering Team to build this platform. We are hiring a Sr. Manager to lead efforts towards our mission in the Ad Serving area. The ideal candidate will have endless curiosity and can pair a global mindset with locally relevant execution. You should be a gritty problem solver and self-starter who can drive programs with the product and commercial teams within Roku and across external strategic partner organizations. The successful candidate will display a balance of hard and soft skills, including the ability to respond quickly to changing business needs. What you'll be doing Building scalable, resilient, and performant distributed systems for ad serving. Working across engineering teams, data science, and product management to influence the direction of work and architecture. Take complete ownership of impactful initiatives and make pragmatic technical decisions. Stakeholder management, developing good understanding of advertising business needs, building domain knowledge to understand systems and data better. We're excited if you have 6+ years' experience leading technical teams and large-scale distributed systems. Experience building, growing and managing teams. Subject matter expertise in advertising and data. Solid understanding of distributed systems, scalable architectures, data systems and pipelines. Strong communication skills. Self-motivated individual with a high level of accountability and ownership. Critical thinker and practical decision maker. Can do, results-oriented mindset. Nonpolitical, collaborative, and team oriented. The Roku 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.