Senior Solutions Engineer, Advertising & Marketing Technologies

Teamwork makes the stream work.

Roku is changing how the world watches TV

Roku is the #1 TV streaming platform in the US, 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

We are an experienced group of Solutions Engineers supporting Roku video and display advertising products. Team members partner with Product, Engineering, Ad Operations, and Client Services representatives to solve problems and implement scalable solutions that help grow the Roku ads ecosystem.

 

About the role

We are seeking a Senior Solutions Engineer to join our team. Reporting to the Sr. Manager of Technical Operations, you will work closely with internal and external stakeholders to onboard and maintain integrations with 3rd party programmatic platforms, ensuring the health of programmatic ad spending across the Roku supply network. You will also partner with Engineering and Product teams to support ad-serving and ad-decision workflows within our core ads mediation layer, Roku Exchange.  

For California Only - The estimated annual salary for this position is between $148,000 - $221,000 annually.

Compensation packages are based on factors unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, certifications, and specific geographical location.

This role is eligible for health insurance, equity awards, life insurance, disability benefits, parental leave, wellness benefits, and paid time off.

 

What you'll be doing

• Partner with third-party programmatic platforms to onboard new partners, manage inventory rules, and maintain network configurations.  
• Act as subject matter expert for programmatic buying channels. Establish best practices to maximize performance and stability across PG, PMP, and Marketplace deal types and monetization strategies. 
• Ensure the health of programmatic deals across integrated demand platforms, acting as primary contact for technical escalations and troubleshooting inquiries.  
• Develop dashboards and custom reports to monitor programmatic activity by platform and investigate performance issues.  
• Develop deep expertise across Roku supply routing and ad mediation pathways. Maintain network configurations and own the process for implementing system changes that impact supply routing.  
• Partner closely with the Inventory Management team to maintain a detailed record of configuration settings for internal and external supply routing systems.  
• Partner with Product and Engineering leads to flag service disruptions, resolve system outages, and advise on improvements that can improve network performance.  
• Align with Product Managers to validate quarterly feature releases, ensuring the successful rollout of features that impact programmatic monetization, video ad-serving, and supply mediation.  
• Develop documentation to outline critical details about system architecture, operational tools, and troubleshooting processes that support the core Ad Platform. 
• Working with Senior Engineers and Product Managers to define the next generation of products, services, and applications within the Roku Ad Platform, including identifying gaps in the existing system and designing alternatives that are scalable, robust, and easy to maintain. 
• Contributing to the vision, strategy, and execution for the Technical Operations, QA, Product, and Engineering groups across the Roku Advertising Network. 

 

We're excited if you have

• 5-10 years' experience in AdTech/MarTech at a top-line publisher, DSP, SSP, Ad Network, or Ad Agency, preferably as a Solutions or Integrations or Professional Services Engineer.  
• 1-3 years of experience with big data visualization tools such as Looker, DataDog, Tableau, or similar.  Ability to develop custom dashboards, looks, and views. Exposure to and working knowledge of SQL, HIVE, or another database architecture is required.  
• Knowledge of the performance advertising landscape, specifically with ad servers, DSPs, DMPs, ad networks, ad platforms, etc. Comprehension and experience in trafficking digital video and other formats, includ