Rokt
Senior Software Engineer
New York, New York, United States · Senior
Sponsorship not specified$10k-$50kDetected 97 days ago
JavaScriptPythonJavaGoC#Distributed SystemsData StructuresAlgorithmsCode ReviewAWSGCPAzureCloud PlatformsKubernetesPlatform EngineeringAPI DevelopmentMachine LearningResearchCommunicationProblem SolvingMentoring
About the role
- You'll bring the domain depth needed to tackle challenges that AI tooling still gets wrong - and the judgment to know when to lean on it and when to go deeper yourself.
- Depending on your skills and business needs, you'll be placed into one of several core areas: customer data infrastructure, data platform engineering, commerce systems, real-time personalization, or foundational platform services.
- You'll also play a direct role in mentoring the junior engineers coming through behind you, helping set the technical standard for a rapidly growing engineering team in New York.
Responsibilities
- Own Complex Systems End-to-End: Break down complex projects into executable tasks, provide accurate estimates for multi-quarter work, and deliver on time.
- Build and Scale Core Production Systems: Architect, build, and scale software and systems that power Rokt's ecommerce platform - services that demand low latency, high throughput, and rock-solid reliability.
- Build libraries, frameworks, and tooling that others can use.
- You reason well about system design, data structures, algorithms, and trade-offs.
- We also get that you need to balance your life and your commitments so you have the flexibility to manage your own hours and can spend up to a week of every quarter working from anywhere.
- We at Rokt choose to create a company that is as diverse and inclusive as the world we live in by attracting, growing & keeping the best talent.
- Leading companies drive 10-50% of additional revenue-and often all their profits-from the extra products or services they sell.
Requirements
- Experience with web application development, cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure) & Kubernetes, API development, or data platform engineering.
- Distributed systems experience valued but not required.
Skills
- Strong in one or more programming languages (e.g Java, C#, Python, JavaScript, Go).
Compensation
- $10k-$50k
Benefits
- Every Rokt'star gets equity in the company Enjoy catered lunch every day and healthy snacks in the office.
- Plus join the gym on us!
- Access generous retirement plans like a 4% dollar-for-dollar 401K matching plan and get fully funded premium health insurance!
- Dog-friendly office Extra leave (bonus annual leave, sabbatical leave etc.) Work with the greatest talent in town See the world!
- Equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
Company info
- You are comfortable driving projects end-to-end, taking accountability for outcomes and following through, with business and customers front-of-mind.
- As a mission-driven, hyper-growth community of curious explorers, our ambition is to unlock real-time relevancy in ecommerce and beyond.
- Our bias for action means we are not afraid to quickly venture into uncharted territories, take risks, or challenge the status quo; in doing so we either win or learn.
- We work together as one aligned team, never letting egos get in the way of brilliant ideas.
- We value diversity, transparency, and smart humble people who enjoy building a disruptive business together.
- We pride ourselves on being a force for good as we make the world better.
- We are Rokt, a hyper-growth ecommerce leader.
- Rokt's AI Brain and ecommerce Network powers billions of transactions connecting hundreds of millions of customers, and is trusted to do this by the world's leading companies.
- We are a team of builders helping smart businesses find innovative ways to meet customer needs and generate incremental revenue.
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