Senior Manager, Software Engineering - Web (Ads Customer Interface)
Roku · Posted Sep 13
TV streaming platform, hardware devices, operating system, and digital advertising services
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About the role
Roku is the #1 TV streaming platform in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico, with a mission to be the TV streaming platform that connects the entire TV ecosystem — connecting consumers to content, enabling publishers to build and monetize audiences, and giving advertisers unique ways to engage consumers. This role sits within the Roku Ads Engineering Customer Interface (ACI) team, which designs, develops, and operates a best-in-class suite of customer-facing web applications including Campaign Management, Demand Side Platform, Data Management Platform, Reporting and Forecasting toolsets, built on a modern tech stack of React, Node.js and agentic AI technologies. The Senior Manager will hire, develop and lead the engineering team delivering these products.
What you will do
- Lead and grow a high-performing engineering team to execute ambitious product and technical roadmaps
- Hire quality software engineering professionals and build a high-performance team to deliver Roku's business objectives
- Set clear objectives for the team and individuals that are measurable and attainable
- Collaborate with stakeholders to define goals, requirements and scope for the Roku business initiatives
- Provide technical guidance to the team and ensure that timely and informed decisions are made to remove the project impediments
- Ensure the delivery of high-quality software deliverables with rigorous Validation and Verification testing cycles
- Manage the recruitment, onboarding and continuous training and improvement of engineering teams
- Communicate projects status, risks and outcomes to senior management, ensuring transparency and alignment with business objectives
- Foster an environment of continuous learning in the teams, including active adoption of AI tools and technologies in software engineering
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- Experience managing a team, including hiring, onboarding, and professional development
- Overall 16+ years of hands-on software engineering experience with the past 5+ years in leading and managing technology teams
- Deep understanding of the software development lifecycle (SDLC) with a proven ability to guide the team in the design, architecture, development, testing and deployment phases of the project
- Proven capability of making technical tradeoffs based on changing business priorities and technical roadmaps
- Proven record of implementing essential software engineering practices include code review, automated testing, CI/CD pipeline and performance optimizations
- Demonstrated team leadership in terms of hiring, training, retaining and mentoring highly performant engineering teams
- History of successful stakeholder collaboration with product managers, designers and senior leadership to align technical deliverables with business objectives
Preferred qualifications
- We value your AI skills if you have built fluency across the agentic engineering toolchain — coding harnesses like Claude Code or Cursor, MCP servers, custom skills, or agent frameworks.
- And you can describe projects where you shipped real work with these tools.
- You know how to drive an agent, verify its output, and ramp on an unfamiliar codebase with an agent helping you.
- 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.
Benefits and support
- Roku is committed to offering a diverse range of benefits as part of our compensation package to support our employees and their families.
- Our comprehensive benefits include global access to mental health and financial wellness support and resources.
- Local benefits include statutory and voluntary benefits which may include healthcare (medical, dental, and vision), life, accident, disability, commuter, and retirement options (401(k)/pension).
- Employees are supported in taking time off, in accordance with local leave policies and other personal needs to support their evolving work and life needs.
- 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 welcomes applicants of all backgrounds and provides reasonable accommodations and adjustments in accordance with applicable law.
About Roku
Roku pioneered television streaming and provides the leading TV streaming platform built on the proprietary Roku OS. The company connects consumers to entertainment, allows publishers to build and monetize audiences, and offers advertisers powerful tools to engage viewers across streaming devices and smart TVs.
- Industry
- Consumer Electronics
- Company size
- 3,600 employees
- Founded
- 2002
- Location
- San Jose, California, USA
- Funding stage
- Public Company
Funding
Public Company · $214M raised
- 2008-02-01Series A$8.36M
- 2016-01-28Series G$45.5M
Leadership
Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer
President, Roku Media
Senior Vice President and General Counsel
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