Software Engineer, Ad Serving
About The Position
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 Team A highly scalable, highly available, real-time advertising platform is critical to support and grow Roku's ad business. It is the mission of the Ad Engineering Team to build this platform. We are hiring a Software Engineer to be a vital part of this mission. If you bring extensive experience building complex systems, love great technology at scale, enjoy mentoring, jumping in, and figuring things out in any system, this role is for you! 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. The ideal candidate will have endless curiosity and can pair a global mindset with locally relevant execution. The successful candidate will display a balance of hard and soft skills, including the ability to respond quickly to changing business needs.
Requirements
- 4 - 8 years of experience building large scale and low latency distributed systems
- B.S. or M.S. degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent
- Command of Java or C++
- Solid understanding of algorithms, data structures, performance optimization techniques, object-oriented programming, multi-threading, and real-time programming
- Self-motivated individual with a high level of accountability and ownership
- Critical thinking and practical decision making
- Can do, results-oriented mindset
- Nonpolitical, collaborative, and team oriented
- Desire to win in a highly competitive industry
- 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
Nice To Haves
- Experience with distributed caching, SQL/NO SQL, and other databases is a plus
- Experience with Big Data and cloud services such as AWS/GCP is a plus
- Experience in advertising domain a big plus
Responsibilities
- Work alongside a highly skilled engineering team to design, develop, and maintain large scale, highly performing, real-time applications
- Own building features, driving directly with product and other engineering teams
- Demonstrate excellent communication skills in working with technical and non-technical audiences
- Be an evangelist for best practices across all functions – developers, QA, and infrastructure/ops
- Be an evangelist for platform innovation and reuse
- Deliver top-quality software in a timely fashion
Benefits
- This role is eligible for health insurance, equity awards, life insurance, disability benefits, parental leave, wellness benefits, and paid time off.
- 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).
- Our employees can take time off work for vacation and other personal reasons to balance their evolving work and life needs.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
