Roku Salary

💰 $145K–$299K salary range

Median: $214K  ·  Based on 97 public Roku job postings  ·  Updated July 1, 2026

This Roku salary benchmark is built from public job postings — no private placement data. Figures reflect base salary only (equity is separate) and are refreshed as new postings are collected.

📊 Salary breakdown

Highest-paying open roles at Roku

• Lead Systems Software Architect — $350K–$638K · 260 - Roku TV NPI Americas
• Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Search — $361K–$510K · 224 - Search & Recommendations
• Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Ad Serving — $195K–$510K · 225 - Advertising Engineering
• Lead ML Inference Engineer, Advertising — $247K–$486K · 225 - Advertising Engineering
• Director of Product Management, Search — $301K–$483K · 393 - Viewer Product & Program Mgmt
• Senior Engineering Manager, Content Platform — $329K–$452K · 224 - Search & Recommendations
• Senior Software Engineering Manager, Ads Auction & Marketplace Optimization — $329K–$452K · 225 - Advertising Engineering
• Senior Software Engineer, Backend — $380K–$450K · 226 - APPS
• Technical Architect - Business Applications — $250K–$450K · 225 - Advertising Engineering
• Senior Software Engineer - Ads Analytics — $323K–$428K · 225 - Advertising Engineering

Roku salary by department

• 225 - advertising engineering: $351K median · $510K top base — Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Ad Serving (view JD) (12 roles)
• 224 - search & recommendations: $339K median · $510K top base — Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Search (view JD) (6 roles)
• 393 - viewer product & program mgmt: $249K median · $483K top base — Director of Product Management, Search (view JD) (10 roles)
• 381 - core analytics: $185K median · $212K top base — Senior Data Scientist (view JD) (5 roles)
• 304 - ad marketing: $146K median · $280K top base — Director, Product Commercialization - Ads Manager (view JD) (10 roles)
• 392 - ad rev ops: $110K median · $140K top base — Senior Analyst, Revenue Analytics & Insights (view JD) (5 roles)
• 380 - ad ops: $109K median · $160K top base — Technical Account Manager (view JD) (5 roles)

Roku salary by seniority

• Junior: $109K median · $321K top base — Software Engineer, Embedded Agentic AI (view JD) (11)
• Mid: $136K median · $210K top base — Software Engineer, Embedded UI (view JD) (5)
• Senior: $239K median · $510K top base — Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Search (view JD) (56)

Roku salary — lead & management

• Lead: $167K median · $638K top base — Lead Systems Software Architect (view JD) (5)
• Manager: $146K median · $360K top base — Engineering Manager, Ad Serving (view JD) (13)

Roku salary by location

• New York: $167K median · $510K top base — Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Ad Serving (view JD) (26 roles)
• Boston: $274K median · $450K top base — Technical Architect - Business Applications (view JD) (9 roles)
• Remote: $135K median · $260K top base — Assistant General Counsel, Legal & Business Affairs - Ad Tech & Media Transactions (view JD) (7 roles)

Remote work at Roku

9% of Roku's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly.

What Roku looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Python (22) · Java (14) · SQL (11) · AWS (10) · GCP (9) · Scala (7) · Kubernetes (6) · Product Roadmap (5) · Tableau (5) · Azure (5).

Benefits & perks at Roku

Commonly listed: dental (82) · mental-health (82) · 401k (82) · medical (80) · life-ins (80) · parental (80) · pto (79) · gym (79).

About Roku

Roku is Public stage · 1,001–5,000 employees · founded 2002 · HQ Los Gatos, California. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Roku

Roles typically ask for around 7 years of experience (up to 15+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 22 that do, Bachelor's and Master's and PhD are most common.

Posted pay vs. total compensation

The figures on this page are the midpoint of each posting's advertised salary range (which, for commission roles, includes on-target earnings). Equity is a separate — and often large — component of total compensation, especially at high-growth and AI-native companies; 82% of these postings reference equity. Equity is not included in the medians above.

Roku total compensation signals

Beyond the posted-range midpoint, postings indicate: 1% include commission; common structures: salaried. Bonus, commission, and equity vary by role and are not included in the base medians above.

Roku hiring activity

Roku has 97 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 97 public job postings with disclosed pay. 26 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (97 in the last 90).

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Common questions

What does Roku pay?
The median pay is $214K, with a typical range of $145K–$299K, based on 97 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Roku?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Lead Systems Software Architect, at $350K–$638K base.

Which team pays the most at Roku?
The 225 - advertising engineering team, at a $351K median.

Where does this data come from?
Public job postings on company career pages and public job boards — no private placement or client data.

Methodology

Posted-range midpoints (USD) aggregated from 97 public Roku job postings (2025–2026). Range = 25th–75th percentile; median = 50th percentile. Roles, departments, skills, and experience are parsed from the postings. Base salary only — equity excluded. Last refreshed July 1, 2026.

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