Senior Software Engineering - Machine Learning

We are Rokt, a hyper-growth ecommerce leader. Rokt is the global leader in ecommerce, unlocking real-time relevance in the moment that matters most. Rokt’s AI Brain and ecommerce Network powers billions of transactions connecting hundreds of millions of customers, and is trusted to do this by the world’s leading companies.

We are a team of builders helping smart businesses find innovative ways to meet customer needs and generate incremental revenue. 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. It 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.

We are looking for Senior Software Engineers
Target total compensation of $245,000 - $360,000, including a fixed annual salary of $170,000 - $235,000, an employee equity plan grant, and world-class benefits.

We are looking for mid-senior level Software Engineers who have shipped real software, solved hard problems, and are ramping towards/ready to own functional areas of a platform. You'll bring the domain depth needed to tackle challenges that AI tooling still gets wrong - and the judgment to know when to lean on it and when to go deeper yourself.

Depending on your skills and business needs, you'll be placed into one of several core areas: customer data infrastructure, data platform engineering, commerce systems, real-time personalization, or foundational platform services. You'll also play a direct role in mentoring the junior engineers coming through behind you, helping set the technical standard for a rapidly growing engineering team in New York.

Own Complex Systems End-to-End: Break down complex projects into executable tasks, provide accurate estimates for multi-quarter work, and deliver on time.

Architect, build, and scale software and systems that power Rokt's ecommerce platform - services that demand low latency, high throughput, and rock-solid reliability.

Raise the Bar on Engineering Quality: Own system health, monitoring, and architectural decisions. Accelerate Development with AI: Leverage AI tools and automation to speed up coding, testing, and deployment across the team. Coach junior engineers through pairing, code review, and structured feedback. Partner cross-functionally (product, Machine Learning Research, Go-to-Market) to align engineering delivery with business objectives. Experience: 3-5+ years of commercial software development experience. You've shipped production systems and can point to work you owned.

Software Engineering Fundamentals: Strong in one or more programming languages (e.g Java, C#, Python, JavaScript, Go). You reason well about system design, data structures, algorithms, and trade-offs.

Experience with web application development, cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure) & Kubernetes, API development, or data platform engineering. AI-Fluency: You treat AI tools as force multipliers and stay current with the tooling landscape. Communication: You explain complex ideas clearly to technical and non-technical audiences, verbally and in writing.

Ownership: You are comfortable driving projects end-to-end, taking accountability for outcomes and following through, with business and customers front‑of‑mind.

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; We value diversity, transparency, and smart humble people who enjoy building a disruptive business together. program, providing opportunities for coaching, courses, and training to support career growth and development.

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 get fully funded premium health insurance.

Dog-friendly office.

Extra leave (bonus annual leave, sabbatical leave etc.)

We love spending time together and are in the office most days (teams are in the office 4 days per week). 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.

Note: The first stage of the recruitment process for this role is to complete a 15-minute online aptitude test, which will be sent out to your application email.