About the role

In this role you will build teams focused on the Ads Auction and Marketplace to optimize yield, gross profit, perform real‑time multi‑objective optimization across various short and long term objectives, build control and simulation systems, design and run experiments, and extend the experimentation framework.

You will partner closely with other Engineering, Inventory, and Product teams to define the vision and strategy for your group and to build and deliver the roadmap.

What you’ll be doing

• Lead the design, implementation, and evolution of real‑time ads auction systems powering Roku’s CTV advertising across The Roku Channel and the Roku platform.


• Own and enhance core auction capabilities including ad pod construction, bid evaluation, ranking, pricing, pacing, budget enforcement, and frequency capping.


• Build low‑latency, highly reliable distributed services that operate at massive scale...