Senior Software Engineering Manager – AdTech (React, Node.js)

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 Team: Roku Advertising powers a multi-billion-dollar business and operates at the scale of one of the largest CTV ad platforms. The Ads Engineering Customer Interface team builds and operates customer-facing applications and services that support campaign management, demand-side platform capabilities, data management, reporting, and forecasting across Roku’s advertising ecosystem.

About the Roles: We’re looking for an experienced Sr. Manager, Software Engineering to build and manage a team of talented software engineers who will work on Roku’s Advertising applications. One of the first priorities in this role will be to build and grow the team in Manchester. This role is expected to partner closely with advertising business stakeholders, product management, and engineering teams to transform our operations using cutting edge web and agentic tools and technologies. As a key member of the Roku Ads Engineering Customer Interface team, you will hire and develop a team that will design, develop, and operate components of our best-in-class suite of customer-facing web applications including Campaign Management, Demand Side Platform, Data Management Platform, and Reporting and Forecasting toolsets. The customer interface team and the corresponding API services layer operate on a modern tech stack including React, Node.js and agentic AI technologies. This is an opportunity to lead a growing engineering team and play a meaningful role in shaping how Roku’s advertising applications evolve and scale.

What You'll Be Doing:

• Hiring quality software engineering professionals and building a high-performance team to deliver Roku’s business objectives.
• Setting clear objectives for the team and individuals that are measurable and attainable.
• Collaborating with stakeholders to define goals, requirements and scope for the Roku business initiatives.
• Providing technical guidance to the team and ensuring that timely and informed decisions are made to remove project impediments.
• Ensuring the delivery of high-quality software deliverables with rigorous validation and verification testing cycles.
• Managing the recruitment, onboarding and continuous training and improvement of engineering teams.
• Communicating project status, risks and outcomes to senior management, ensuring transparency and alignment with business objectives.
• Fostering an environment of continuous learning in the team, including active adoption of AI tools and technologies in software engineering.

We're Excited If You Have:

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, computer engineering or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Extensive years of hands‑on software engineering experience with the past 5+ years leading and managing technology teams.
• Deep understanding of the software development lifecycle with a proven ability to guide teams through design, architecture, development, testing and deployment including Node, React, Javascript, and AWS/GCP.
• Proven capability to make technical tradeoffs based on changing business priorities and technical roadmaps.
• Proven record of implementing essential software engineering practices including code review, automated testing, CI/CD pipelines and performance optimisation.
• Demonstrated experience hiring, training, retaining and mentoring high‑performing engineering teams.
• History of successful stakeholder collaboration with product managers, designers and senior leadership to align technical deliverables with business objectives.

What's Roku's approach to hybrid working? 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.

What are some of the benefits? 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. It's important to note that not every benefit is available in all locations or for every role. For details specific to your location, please consult with your recruiter.

Accommodations: Roku welcomes applicants of all backgrounds and provides reasonable accommodations and adjustments in accordance with applicable law. If you require reasonable accommodation at any point in the hiring process, please direct your inquiries to EmployeeRelations@Roku.com.