Manager, SW Engineering

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Roku

Bengaluru, India

Hybrid

Posted April 2, 2026

Job Description

Teamwork makes the stream work.

Roku is changing how the world watches TV

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.

About the role

A highly scalable, highly available, real-time advertising platform is critical to supporting and growing Roku’s rapidly expanding ad business. The mission of the Ad Engineering team is to build this platform.

The Ad Serving team designs, develops, deploys, and maintains Roku’s Supply-Side, Ad Mediation, Demand-Side platforms and the services that power CTV commerce. These platforms sit at the core of Roku’s ad monetization and are critical to the business. We are hiring an Engineering Manager to lead the Supply and CTV commerce teams. This leader will play a significant role in shaping product and technical strategy and driving execution across the Ad Engineering organization.

What you will be doing

Lead and grow a high-performing engineering team to execute ambitious product and technical roadmaps.
Hire, grow, and retain top talents, fostering a healthy environment where individuals can do their best work.
Set the technical vision and take ownership of the scalability, stability, and performance of the Ad Serving platform to support the business.
Partner closely with business, product, operation, and other teams to build core product features that connect advertiser demand to supply and optimize ad selection and delivery.
Take complete ownership of impactful initiatives and make pragmatic technical decisions.
Develop good understanding of advertising business needs, building domain knowledge to understand systems and data better.

We're excited if you have

Experience managing a team, including hiring, onboarding, and professional development.
Overall 14+ years of experience building large-scale distributed backend systems, including 3+ years leading 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.

Our Hybrid Work Approach

Roku fosters an inclusive and collaborative environment where teams work in the office Monday through Thursday. Fridays are flexible for remote work except for employees whose roles are required to be in the office

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