We are Rokt, a hyper-growth ecommerce leader. 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 practice transparency in career paths and compensation. 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 Principal Software EngineerCompensation: $270,000-$300,000 plus superannuation, employee equity plan grant & world class benefits.
As Principal Software Engineer at Rokt, you will serve as a distinguished individual contributor and technology expert. In this role, you will take ownership of key components within the Rokt product, focusing on delivering features while championing technical excellence across the engineering organisation.
In this role you will be encouraged to influence our technology direction, establish innovative programs, and own architectural solutions. This role requires a commitment to engineering excellence, including setting best practices, leading complex projects, and designing high-performance systems. Leadership qualities are paramount, with a focus on promoting innovation and mentoring to enhance both technical and leadership skills. If you are a strong individual contributor with a passion for shaping the future of technology, this role offers a unique opportunity to drive innovation and excellence at Rokt.
About the Role: Interface with engineering leaders across the business to drive initiatives and scaleSolve technical problems of the highest scope, complexity, and ambiguity as an individual contributor and hands-on software engineerProactively identify and propose improvements to the current system architecture that emphasises performance, reliability and scalabilityEffectively collaborate with the global Product & Engineering leadership team on highly complex system topics, planning and resourcing topics, and architectural decisionsTeach, grow and mentor the team, and provide advice to other domain experts, and individual contributors, across several teamsAbout You: 10+ years of experience in commercial software development experience designing, building, and operating distributed systems.Expert-level software engineering skills in a complex environment, and the ability to be a polyglot engineer and pick up new languages as need, as we use Go, Scala, Python and others, so the ability to work across multiple languages is essential.Deep knowledge and experience working with multi petabyte-scale distributed systems, using Spark and other open-source data technologies at scaleExtensive experience working on some of the most complex and large-scale systems in the market is essential, as we're looking for someone who can come into Rokt and level up on a system that will handle more than 4 billion unique transactions in 2024Extensive experience working with cloud-based applications and architecture (Rokt's systems are hosted in 4 separate regions over 14 markets, all on AWS).Strong system architecture design experience and understanding; space/time complexity, API contract design and stewardship, cloud-based infrastructure (AWS/GCP).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 $5000 training allowanceBecome a shareholder. Every Rokt'star gets equity in the companyEnjoy catered lunch every day and healthy snacks in the office. Plus join the gym on us!Extra leave (bonus annual leave, sabbatical leave etc.)Work with the greatest talent in townSee the world! We have offices in New York, Seattle, Sydney, Tokyo and LondonIf this sounds like a role you'd enjoy, apply here and you'll hear from our recruiting team.
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