Staff Backend Software Engineer, Rokt
$375k
OTE
$250k
BASE
+ Equity Grant
4+ days a week in office
eCommerce technology & software solutions
Be an early applicant
eCommerce technology & software solutions
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
$375k
OTE
$250k
BASE
+ Equity Grant
4+ days a week in office
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To make eCommerce smarter, faster, and better.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience
- 6+ years of experience, or 4 years with an advanced degree, in commercial software development experience designing, building and operating distributed systems
- Commercial experience in one of the following languages: C#, Java, Python, JavaScript or Go. You have written a lot of performant easy-to-maintain code using best practices
- A strong preference for experience in C#
- Experience in any of the following: web application development, distributed systems, cloud platforms such AWS/GCP/Azure, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, SQL
- Strong background in designing and building high-throughput low-latency distributed systems
- Excellent communication skills in English - you can explain complex ideas to technical and non-technical audiences both verbally and in writing
- At Rokt we encourage autonomy; teams have complete ownership of their systems including building, running and monitoring. As such, you may be required to be on-call and respond to systems alerts should they arise
- Ideas, opinions, and the ability to share them through respectful proposals, presentations, and team-wide discussions, An eagerness to work and learn in the open and share your learnings with your teammates
- A willingness and comfort in communicating remotely through chat, docs, video calls, and other collaborative online tools
What the job involves
- The Rokt engineering team builds best-in-class ecommerce technology that provides personalized and relevant experiences for customers globally and empowers marketers with sophisticated, AI-driven tooling to understand consumers better
- Our bespoke platform handles millions of transactions per day
- It considers billions of data points which give engineers the opportunity to build technology at scale, collaborate across teams, and gain exposure to a wide range of technology
- As a Staff Software Engineer, you will be part of an autonomous team owning a specific problem space in one of our backend development teams
- You will be working closely with other software engineers and product managers in your team on solving interesting problems and driving business values
- Design, develop, test, deploy and improve code that solves real-world problems
- Own complex product features end to end - with a focus on customer impact
- Manage priorities, deadlines and deliverables
- Operate with autonomy in solving problems
- Collaborate with other teams to deliver new products
- Create fast, scalable and easy-to-use applications
- Build libraries and frameworks that others can use
- Take responsibility for system health, monitoring and alerting, and CI/CD pipelines
- Support and mentor other engineers on best practices, architecture, and quality
Application process
- The first stage of the recruitment process for this role is to complete a 15-minute online aptitude test, which will be sent out to your application email
- Successful candidates will be contacted to discuss the next steps
Our take
eCommerce marketing company Rokt is helping brands leverage the power of good timing. With Rokt, brands can present their customers with AI-curated offers and messages at every stage in their transaction, at tailored times of the day, or to market themselves at the point of transaction on other major eCommerce sites.
The idea is that “transaction moments” are when shoppers are most inclined to engage further with the brand or its products - the success of Rokt’s clients, and the runaway success of Rokt itself, show that it's successfully cracked it.
Rokt has a strong client base that includes giants like Groupon, GoDaddy, and Disney, and after hitting Unicorn status, it is eyeing up a US IPO. This should come as no surprise - the surge in eCommerce trade over recent years has led to most companies investing in tools to stay competitive.
Rokt has expanded its tool suite since it first started up, and will be focused on continuing to innovate to keep ahead of the MarTech pack, and abreast of changing demand in the rapidly shifting market. The eCommerce marketing tech sector has ballooned to a $120B global operation - Rokt is positioned comfortably to keep ahead.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
28% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Dec 2021
$325m
SERIES E
Oct 2020
$80m
SERIES D
Total funding: $485.8m
Company benefits
- Interest groups, sports clubs, and social events
- Global training events & online training courses
- Stock options
- Global all-staff events in amazing locations (Phuket, Thailand in January 2020)
- Generous relocation packages
- Generous time off
- Parental leave
- Mental health and wellness days
- Paid Sabbatical for employees who have been with us 3 years or more
- £55 per month social/wellness allowance, 6 sessions with a licensed therapist, 6 coaching sessions and other mental health perks
- Gym membership
- Premium health insurance
- £25 per month telephone allowance
Company values
- Smart with humility
- Customer obsessed
- Conquer new frontiers
- Enjoy the ride
Company HQ
Hudson Square, New York, NY
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Leadership
Bruce Buchanan
(CEO)Previously a Principal at Boston Consulting Group, before serving as Chief Commercial Officer, then Group Chief Executive Officer at Jetstar Airways.
Justin Viles
(Advisor)Previously worked on strategic partnerships in the APAC region for Google, before moving on to co-found and serve as CEO at Rocklive.
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