Design a high-throughput ad exchange

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This question evaluates a candidate's ability to design scalable, high-throughput, low-latency distributed backend systems for real-time ad exchanges, assessing competencies such as API shape, request validation and enrichment, auction flow, traffic partitioning, storage choices, fault tolerance, and operational event logging.

Design a high-throughput ad exchange

Company: Roku

Role: Backend Engineer

Category: System Design

Difficulty: medium

Interview Round: Onsite

Overview: This question evaluates a candidate's ability to design scalable, high-throughput, low-latency distributed backend systems for real-time ad exchanges, assessing competencies such as API shape, request validation and enrichment, auction flow, traffic partitioning, storage choices, fault tolerance, and operational event logging.

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Feb 25, 2026
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