Rokt Hiring for Backend Software Engineer Job at Surry Hills, Australia Full Time

Who We Are

Rokt is expanding rapidly and globally – operating in 16+ markets worldwide, with its headquarters in NYC, and a major R&D hub in Sydney. As the global leader in ecommerce technology, Rokt powers the Transaction Moment™ of best-in-class companies including Live Nation, Groupon, Staples, Lands’ End, Fanatics, GoDaddy, Vistaprint, and HelloFresh. Our mission: To make ecommerce smarter, faster, and better.

With annual revenues of more than US$200M and a vibrant company culture, Rokt has been listed in ‘Great Places to Work’ in the US and Australia. Our award-winning culture is guided by our five core values: Smart with Humility, Own the Outcomes, Force for Good, Conquer New Frontiers, and Enjoy the Ride. These values help us attract, engage, and develop the right talent around the globe and ensure we have the right conditions to do our best work.

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 gives engineers the opportunity to build technology at scale, collaborate across teams and gain exposure to a wide range of technology. We are expanding rapidly in our major R&D centers in NYC and Sydney. We are passionate about using intelligent systems to improve the Transaction Moment™ for retailers everywhere. Come join us and build the future!

The Role

Engineers at Rokt embrace the challenge of making e-commerce smarter, faster and better through building next-generation technologies. We are curious explorers that that thrive solvign tough problems using first principles that solve real world problems in e-commerce. Our solutions make e-commerce more relevant for billions of customers across the globe.

You will be expected to apply your strong engineering, problem-solving and leadership skills to prioritize and execute on new feature developments. This will include working closely with the Product team to help translate feature requests into clear engineering requirements, collaborating with your team of engineers.

You will be leading a team that forms a cohort of high performing teams across a multitude of disciplines within engineering. You will work closely with your peers to ensure we are driving towards sustainable system architectures and organizational structures.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, deploy and improve code that solves real world problems
• Manage priorites, deadlines and deliverables
• Operate with autonomy in solving problem
• Collaborate with other teams to deliver new products
• Create fast, scalable and easy to use applications
• Build libraries and frameworks that others can use

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 3 years of experience in commercial software development experience designing, building and operating distributed systems.
• Solid knowledge of Java, C#, Objective C, Python, JavaScript or Go.
• Experience in any of the following: web/mobile application development, distributed/parallel systems, data strcutres, algorithms, information retrieval, systems/security software development, CI/CD pipelines and automation
• Interest and ability to learn other coding languages and frameworks as needed.
• Experience with a major cloud provider (preferably AWS).
• Excellent communication skills in English – you can explain complex ideas to technical and non-technical audiences both verbally and in writing.
• DevOps mindset. At Rokt we encourage autonomy; teams have complete ownership of their systems including building, running and monitoring. As such, you may be required to be on-call and respond to systems alerts should they arise.
• Agile practitioner. “”””Agile”””” is not just a buzzword for you. You know how to work in an agile team towards a common goal.
• Ideas, opinions, and the ability to share them through respectful proposals, presentations, and team-wide discussions, An eagerness to work and learn in the open and share your learnings with your teammates.
• A willingness and comfort communicating remotely through chat, docs, video calls, and other collaborative online tools

Benefits

• Force for Good. We actively invest in the growth of our people and strengthening of our communities. Our NY Office is 100% vaccinated to keep our employees and community safe and healthy. This includes all Rokt’stars, clients, contractors, vendors and suppliers who will be onsite at the Rokt New York Office.
• Work with the greatest talent in town. Our recruiting process is tough. We hold a high bar because we have a high performing, high-velocity culture – we only want the brightest and the best.
• Join a community. We believe the best things happen when we come together to solve complex problems and make meaningful connections with each other through interest groups, sports clubs, and social events.
• Accelerate your career. Develop through our global training events, ‘Level Up’ investment, online training courses, and our fantastic people leaders. Take your career to Rokt’speed – Grow your career in our rapidly growing company.
• Take a break. When you work hard, we know you also need to rest. We offer generous time off and parental leave policies, as well as mental health and wellness days for all employees. We also believe taking time off in sync with one another is important. As such, we shut down our offices every year in late December/early January for two weeks, partially sponsored by the company. We also offer a paid Rokt’star Sabbatical for employees who have been with us 3 years or more.
• Stay happy and healthy. Enjoy catered lunch 3 times a week and healthy snacks in our pet-friendly office. Plus join the gym on us! In the US, access generous retirement plans like a 4% dollar-for-dollar 401K matching plan and get fully funded premium health insurance for your whole family.
• Become a shareholder. All Rokt’stars have stock options. If we succeed, everyone enjoys the upside.
• See the world! Along with our global all-staff events in amazing locations (Phuket, Thailand in January 2020), we also offer generous relocation packages for those interested in moving to another Rokt office. We have cool offices in great cities – Tokyo, New York, Singapore, Boston, Sydney.

We believe in equality. Rokt is an Equal Opportunity Employer and recognizes that a diverse workforce is crucial to our success as a business. We would love you to apply for one of our open roles – irrespective of socio-economic status or background, age, gender identity, race, religion, sexual orientation, color, pregnancy, carer/family responsibilities, national and social origin, political opinion, marital, veteran, or disability status.