ROKT
Rokt is the global leader in ecommerce, unlocking real-time relevance in the moment that matters most. Rokts AI Brain and ecommerce Network powers billions of transactions connecting hundreds of millions of customers and is trusted by the worlds leading companies.
We are a team of builders helping smart businesses find innovative ways to meet customer needs and generate incremental revenue. Leading companies drive 1050% of additional revenueand often all their profitsfrom the extra products or services they sell. This economic edge unleashes a world of possibilities for growth and innovation.
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 and considers billions of data points, giving engineers the opportunity to build technology at scale, collaborate across teams, and gain exposure to a wide range of technology.
Senior Software Engineer - DataOps Engineering
Target Total Compensation: $300,000 - $325,000, including a fixed annual salary of $200,000 - $225,000, employee equity grant, and world-class benefits.
Rokts Data Platform team plays a pivotal role in building the data backbone that powers our AI-driven ecommerce platform. As a Sr Software Engineer, youll architect and scale high-performance systems and data pipelines that serve billions of transactions annually. Youll tackle complex problems in distributed systems and real-time analytics, leveraging AI to accelerate development, enhance reliability, and drive automation.
As an engineer, you will drive projects from design through delivery, mentoring others and contributing to our engineering best practices. Youll partner cross-functionally with Product, ML, and SRE to ensure performance and scalability as Rokt continues to scale globally.
What Youll Do
Design and scale high-impact systems : Build, test, deploy and refactor code that solves complex problems at the core of our ecommerce platform. Accelerate innovation with data products : Drive the development of cutting-edge, AI-enhanced data and engineering solutions. Own outcomes end-to-end : Manage priorities, deliver high-quality work independently, and maintain system health, including CI/CD and on-call responsibilities. Collaborate to amplify impact : Partner across teams to solve business-critical challenges, ensuring your work aligns with broader goals. Elevate engineering excellence : Mentor others, uphold best practices, and prioritize user experience, performance, and maintainability in everything you build. About You
5+ years of professional experience (or 3+ with an advanced degree) designing and building distributed systems or data platforms at scale. Proficient in writing performant, maintainable code in one or more languages such as Java, Python, Scala, or Go. Hands-on experience with modern data processing technologies, including distributed query engines (e.g., Spark, Flink), stream processing (e.g., Kafka Streams, Apache Beam), and open table formats (e.g., Iceberg, Delta Lake). Solid understanding of SQL, data modeling, and query optimization, along with foundational Linux and scripting skills. Strong product and customer mindsetable to translate user needs into scalable, reliable technical solutions. Excellent communicator with a collaborative, open approach to working across teams using written and verbal tools. Bonus
Experience building data products on medallion architectures or with stateful stream processing. Familiarity with AdTech or large-scale analytics environments. About Rokts Stars
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. About the Benefits
We leverage best-in-class technology and market-leading innovation in AI and ML, with all of that being underlined by building and maintaining a fantastic and inclusive culture where people can be their authentic selves and offering a great list of perks and benefits to go with it: Accelerate your career. We offer roadmaps to leadership and an annual training allowance Become a shareholder. Every Roktstar gets equity in the company Enjoy catered lunch every day and healthy snacks in the office. Access generous retirement plans like a 4% dollar-for-dollar 401K matching plan and great health benefits for you and your dependents. Dog-friendly office Extra leave (bonus annual leave, sabbatical leave etc.) Work with the greatest talent in town See the world! We have offices in New York, Seattle, Sydney, Tokyo and London We believe were better together. We love spending time together and are in the office most days (teams are in the office 4 days per week). 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. 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. Seniority level
Mid-Senior level Employment type
Full-time Job function
Engineering and Information Technology Industries
Software Development, Marketing Services, and Internet Marketplace Platforms #J-18808-Ljbffr
Design and scale high-impact systems : Build, test, deploy and refactor code that solves complex problems at the core of our ecommerce platform. Accelerate innovation with data products : Drive the development of cutting-edge, AI-enhanced data and engineering solutions. Own outcomes end-to-end : Manage priorities, deliver high-quality work independently, and maintain system health, including CI/CD and on-call responsibilities. Collaborate to amplify impact : Partner across teams to solve business-critical challenges, ensuring your work aligns with broader goals. Elevate engineering excellence : Mentor others, uphold best practices, and prioritize user experience, performance, and maintainability in everything you build. About You
5+ years of professional experience (or 3+ with an advanced degree) designing and building distributed systems or data platforms at scale. Proficient in writing performant, maintainable code in one or more languages such as Java, Python, Scala, or Go. Hands-on experience with modern data processing technologies, including distributed query engines (e.g., Spark, Flink), stream processing (e.g., Kafka Streams, Apache Beam), and open table formats (e.g., Iceberg, Delta Lake). Solid understanding of SQL, data modeling, and query optimization, along with foundational Linux and scripting skills. Strong product and customer mindsetable to translate user needs into scalable, reliable technical solutions. Excellent communicator with a collaborative, open approach to working across teams using written and verbal tools. Bonus
Experience building data products on medallion architectures or with stateful stream processing. Familiarity with AdTech or large-scale analytics environments. About Rokts Stars
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. About the Benefits
We leverage best-in-class technology and market-leading innovation in AI and ML, with all of that being underlined by building and maintaining a fantastic and inclusive culture where people can be their authentic selves and offering a great list of perks and benefits to go with it: Accelerate your career. We offer roadmaps to leadership and an annual training allowance Become a shareholder. Every Roktstar gets equity in the company Enjoy catered lunch every day and healthy snacks in the office. Access generous retirement plans like a 4% dollar-for-dollar 401K matching plan and great health benefits for you and your dependents. Dog-friendly office Extra leave (bonus annual leave, sabbatical leave etc.) Work with the greatest talent in town See the world! We have offices in New York, Seattle, Sydney, Tokyo and London We believe were better together. We love spending time together and are in the office most days (teams are in the office 4 days per week). 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. 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. Seniority level
Mid-Senior level Employment type
Full-time Job function
Engineering and Information Technology Industries
Software Development, Marketing Services, and Internet Marketplace Platforms #J-18808-Ljbffr