Roku

Senior Software Engineer, Ad Serving

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2 months ago
San Jose, CA, USASenior
H1B sponsor

Base Salary

$195k - $408k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, and maintain large-scale, highly available, high-performance real-time applications.
  • Build and own platform features in collaboration with product and other engineering teams.
  • Communicate effectively with technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Promote engineering best practices across development, QA, and infrastructure/operations functions.
  • Advocate for platform innovation and reuse.
  • Deliver high-quality software on schedule.

Requirements

  • 10+ years of experience building large-scale and low-latency distributed systems.
  • Strong command of Java or C++.
  • Strong understanding of algorithms, data structures, performance optimization, object-oriented programming, multithreading, and real-time programming.
  • A B.S. or M.S. degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
  • Experience with distributed caching, SQL/NoSQL, databases, big data, AWS, or GCP is preferred.
  • Advertising-domain experience is preferred.
  • AI literacy or curiosity, including prior use or exploration of generative AI.
  • Strong communication, accountability, ownership, critical thinking, collaboration, and practical decision-making skills.

Benefits

  • Estimated annual base salary range of $195,000–$408,000 for California positions.
  • Health insurance, life insurance, disability benefits, parental leave, wellness benefits, paid time off, equity awards, and mental health and financial wellness support.
  • Additional benefits may include medical, dental, vision, accident, commuter, and retirement options such as 401(k) or pension, depending on location and role.
  • Hybrid work generally consists of in-office work Monday through Thursday and flexible remote work on Fridays, subject to role and location requirements.
  • Reasonable workplace accommodations are available in accordance with applicable law.
Roku

About Roku

1,001-5,000 employees

Roku builds streaming players, Roku-branded TVs and audio gear, and the Roku OS licensed to TV manufacturers. Its platform supports ad-supported and subscription streaming, including The Roku Channel and Roku Originals, and underpins a significant advertising business. Founded in 2002 and headquartered in San Jose, it is a public company trading on NASDAQ under the ticker ROKU.

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