Senior Software Engineer, Advertising Engineering
at Roku
- Seniority
- Senior
- Work model
- Hybrid
- Location
- Manchester, United Kingdom
- Posted
- 5d ago
pythonjavascalaawsgcpazurekubernetesdockerterraformsparkairflowci/cd
at Roku
<div class="content-intro"><h2 style="font-family: GothamBold,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: #662d91;">Teamwork makes the stream work.</h2> <p> </p> <h3 style="font-family: GothamBold,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"><strong>Roku is changing how the world watches TV</strong></h3> <p>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.</p> <p>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.</p> <p> </p></div><h3 class="mt-6 mb-2 font-semibold text-xl" data-streamdown="heading-3"><span class="font-semibold" data-streamdown="strong">What does the team work on?</span></h3> <p class="text-neutral-900 dark:text-neutral-200 my-2.5 last:mb-0 first:mt-0 ">The Revenue Automation and Data team is a key part of Roku's Advertising organization, driving financial automation and data solutions that enable informed decision-making across the advertising ecosystem. We work in a fast-paced, complex environment and partner closely with Finance, Accounting, Analytics, and multiple engineering teams to deliver timely, high-impact insights into business performance. As we look ahead, we're investing in AI-powered capabilities to exponentially scale financial workflows and help non-technical stakeholders translate our diverse data assets into actionable outcomes.</p> <h3 class="mt-6 mb-2 font-semibold text-xl" data-streamdown="heading-3"><span class="font-semibold" data-streamdown="strong">What is the role?</span></h3> <p class="text-neutral-900 dark:text-neutral-200 my-2.5 last:mb-0 first:mt-0 ">We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Software Engineer for this hybrid position which bridges software and data engineering, requiring the ability to design, build, and maintain scalable systems for both application development and large-scale data processing. In this role, you will architect and maintain production-grade data products and APIs, leveraging technologies such as Java/Scala, SQL, Spark, Airflow, and Kubernetes to deliver reliable, high-performance solutions. You will collaborate with cross-functional partners across Finance, Accounting, and Analytics to translate complex business requirements into robust technical solutions. The role involves driving data quality and operational excellence across the full lifecycle of data pipelines and backend services. You will also contribute to the team's AI-powered initiatives, helping to scale financial workflows and unlock actionable insights from diverse data assets. The successful candidate has a proven track record building high-scale data services and pipelines, with strong engineering rigor and a passion for continuous improvement. [Insert Pay Transparency Verbiage Here]</p> <h3 class="mt-6 mb-2 font-semibold text-xl" data-streamdown="heading-3"><span class="font-semibold" data-streamdown="strong">How will I use AI at Roku?</span></h3> <p class="text-neutral-900 dark:text-neutral-200 my-2.5 last:mb-0 first:mt-0 ">At Roku, we don't just use AI, we work with it. AI agents and smart tools help power drafts, analysis, and repetitive workflows, while our people bring direction, judgment, and accountability.</p> <p class="text-neutral-900 dark:text-neutral-200 my-2.5 last:mb-0 first:mt-0 ">We're looking for curious, adaptable builders who can show how they've used AI or automation to move faster, raise the bar, and scale their impact. We value your AI skills if have built fluency across the agentic engineering toolchain — coding harnesses like Claude Code or Cursor, MCP servers, custom skills, or agent frameworks. And you can describe projects where you shipped real work with these tools. You know how to drive an agent, verify its output, and ramp on an unfamiliar codebase with an agent helping you.</p> <h3 class="mt-6 mb-2 font-semibold text-xl" data-streamdown="heading-3"><span class="font-semibold" data-streamdown="strong">What are the responsibilities of the role?</span></h3> <p class="text-neutral-900 dark:text-neutral-200 my-2.5 last:mb-0 first:mt-0 "><span class="font-semibold" data-streamdown="strong">Software Development</span></p> <ul class="list-inside list-disc whitespace-normal [li_&]:pl-6" data-streamdown="unordered-list"> <li class="py-1 [&>p]:inline" data-streamdown="list-item">Design and build APIs and backend services using Scala and Java to support financial automation and data products</li> <li class="py-1 [&>p]:inline" data-streamdown="list-item">Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code, ensuring adherence to best practices through code reviews</li> </ul> <p class="text-neutral-900 dark:text-neutral-200 my-2.5 last:mb-0 first:mt-0 "><span class="font-semibold" data-streamdown="strong">Big Data Engineering</span></p> <ul class="list-inside list-disc whitespace-normal [li_&]:pl-6" data-streamdown="unordered-list"> <li class="py-1 [&>p]:inline" data-streamdown="list-item">Design, develop, and maintain data pipelines and ETL workflows using Apache Spark and Apache Airflow</li> <li class="py-1 [&>p]:inline" data-streamdown="list-item">Optimise data storage, retrieval, and processing systems to ensure reliability, scalability, and performance</li> <li class="py-1 [&>p]:inline" data-streamdown="list-item">Develop and fine-tune complex queries using Apache Spark for large-scale datasets</li> <li class="py-1 [&>p]:inline" data-streamdown="list-item">Monitor, troubleshoot, and improve d