Staff Software Engineer - Customer Data Platform

We enable companies to unlock value by making each transaction relevant at the moment that matters most, when customers are buying. Together, Rokt's AI-based relevance Platform and scaled ecommerce network powers billions of transactions. In December 2022, Rokt’s valuation increased to $2.4 billion USD, allowing us to expand rapidly across 15 countries. 

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 better understand consumers. Our bespoke platform handles millions of transactions per day and 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.

At Rokt, we believe in transparency, which is why we have a well-defined career ladder with transparent compensation and clear career paths based on competency and ability. Rokt’stars constantly strive to raise the bar, pushing the envelope of what is possible.

We are looking for a Staff Software Engineer

$235,000- $300,000 salary employee equity plan grant & world class benefits.

We're looking for an experienced, Staff-level Software Engineer to join our fast-growing Engineering team, focusing on our Customer Data Platform. You'll tackle complex challenges to enhance customer relevance by deeply understanding their needs. Collaborating with product managers, designers, and engineers, you'll help scale our product and deliver significant value. We need a creative problem-solver with strong market insight, a passion for data analysis, and a track record of delivering impactful products. 

• Develop and maintain scalable data pipelines and systems.
• Implement real-time data processing solutions using Spark and Kafka.
• Optimize and manage AWS infrastructure for data engineering tasks.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate data solutions.
• Ensure data quality, integrity, and security across all platforms.

• 9+ years of experience in Software Engineering
• Strong knowledge of Java/Scala and streaming systems.
• Proficiency in Spark and Kafka.
• Extensive experience with AWS services.
• Ability to work with large datasets and complex data architectures.
• Detail-oriented and proactive in identifying and solving problems.
• Collaborative team player with strong communication skills.

As a mission-driven, hyper-growth community of curious explorers, our ambition is to unlock the full potential 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 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 $5000 training allowance
• Become a shareholder. 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 for your entire family! 
• 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 we’re 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.

If this sounds like a role you’d enjoy, apply here and you’ll hear from our recruiting team.