Rokt · 6 hours ago
Senior Software Engineer (Distributed Systems)
New York, NY
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$170K/yr - $260K/yr
5+ years expRokt is a hyper-growth ecommerce leader that powers billions of transactions and connects millions of customers through its AI-driven platform. They are seeking a Senior Software Engineer (Distributed Systems) to architect, build, and scale backend services for their ecommerce platform, focusing on low latency and high reliability while leveraging AI tools.
B2BBig DataData IntegrationE-CommerceMarketingMarketing Automation
Responsibilities
Design and implement distributed systems and backend APIs that scale to billions of transactions per year
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. 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
Qualification
Required
At least 5 years of experience building production-grade distributed systems at scale
Proficiency in Go, Java, or similar backend languages, and strong understanding of concurrency, data structures, and algorithms
Experience designing APIs
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
Benefits
Become a shareholder. Every Rokt'star 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
Company
Rokt
Rokt is an ecommerce marketing technology that enhances the value of transactions through personalized experiences. It is a sub-organization of Rokt.
501-1000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$822MKey Investors
Tiger Global ManagementTDM Growth PartnersMA Growth Ventures
2025-01-16Secondary Market· $335M
2022-12-05Secondary Market
2021-12-16Series E· $325M
Leadership Team
Bruce Buchanan
CEO
Patrick Connorton
General Counsel & Corporate Secretary
Recent News
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