Senior Software Engineer, Rokt
$245-335k
OTE
$170-210k
BASE
+ Employee equity plan grant
4+ days a week in office
eCommerce technology & software solutions
Job no longer available
eCommerce technology & software solutions
501-1000 employees
Job no longer available
$245-335k
OTE
$170-210k
BASE
+ Employee equity plan grant
4+ days a week in office
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To make eCommerce smarter, faster, and better.
Role
Who you are
- At least 4 years of experience building production-grade distributed systems at scale
- Proficiency in C# and the .NET ecosystem, with a strong understanding of concurrency, data structures, and algorithms. Experience with Go, Java, or similar backend languages is a plus
- Database Proficiency. Strong proficiency in SQL (preferably PostgreSQL) with experience designing schemas for high-volume transactional systems
- API Design. Demonstrated experience designing and scaling RESTful or GraphQL APIs for web and mobile applications, along with a strong understanding of how CDN works
- Methodology. Experience working in high-velocity development environments and a solid understanding of modern technologies, including application performance monitoring and tracing
- Strong command of system observability, incident response, and fault-tolerant architectures
- Familiarity with cloud-native stacks (AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform) and CI/CD tooling
- Effective communicator and mentor; able to lead discussions and influence design decisions
- Excited by Rokt’s AI-first culture, and eager to raise the bar across architecture, delivery, and engineering culture
What the job involves
- As a Senior Software Engineer, you will architect, build, and scale backend services that power critical systems across Rokt's ecommerce platform
- You’ll work on systems that demand low latency, high throughput, and rock-solid reliability—while leveraging AI tools to accelerate development, improve resilience, and increase autonomy
- As an engineer, you will drive projects from design through delivery, mentoring others and contributing to our engineering best practices
- You’ll partner cross-functionally with Product, ML, SRE and client tech teams to ensure performance and scalability as Rokt continues to scale globally
- Design and implement distributed systems and backend APIs that process more than 8k requests per second
- Own architectural decisions and contribute to system design reviews and incident root cause analyses
- Drive performance optimizations and refactors to improve system reliability, latency, and cost
- Leverage AI/ML frameworks and tools (e.g. Cursor, Gemini, GitHub Copilot, Datadog AI, etc.) to speed up delivery and reduce toil
- Mentor junior engineers and set technical direction for the team on scalability and observability best practices
- Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to align engineering delivery with business objectives
- You will join the team responsible for Rokt's Ecommerce API, the critical real-time service that powers our global marketplace. This engine is the heartbeat of our platform, operating in .NET and C# to support over 8k requests per second!
- In this role, you will work on a highly scaled, fault-tolerant system where low latency and reliability are paramount. You will help drive the evolution of this service, ensuring it continues to meet the demands of our hyper-growth environment while leveraging AI tools to optimize performance and developer velocity
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 PayPal, 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.
Freddie
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: $488.8m
Company benefits
- Learning and development: Develop your skills and career through our global training events, self-driven learning programs, and fantastic people leaders.
- Generous PTO and extended leave: When you work hard, we know you also need to rest. We offer generous time off and extended leave policies. Whether you are taking a tenure-based sabbatical or parental leave, we've got you covered.
- Employee equity options: All Rokt’stars have equity ownership. If we succeed, everyone enjoys the upside.
- Catered lunches: Enjoy catered lunch five times a week and healthy snacks in the office.
- Health and wellness benefits: We provide a variety of health (physical and mental) care programs, including a zero-cost monthly premium option in the US. We also offer a monthly wellness allowance and wellness sessions.
- 401K matching: In the U.S., access generous retirement plans like a 4% dollar-for-dollar 401(k) matching plan.
- Dog-friendly office: Pets make our lives better in so many ways. At work, they create a fun and happy environment, encourage conversations, and get us up for regular exercise breaks. Our NYC office is dog-friendly!
- Global travel opportunities: Along with our global all-staff events in amazing locations, we also offer generous relocation packages if you're interested in moving to another Rokt office.
- Hybrid workplace: Enjoy the best of both worlds with 4 days in office and 1 day remote according to our team-based flexibility model.
- Technology allowance: Each Rokt’star has an allowance to use toward buying new technology that tops up every year. As a technology company, we make sure our Rokt’stars are only using the latest and greatest equipment–and you can keep it even if you leave.
Company HQ
Hudson Square, New York, NY
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.
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