# Senior Software Engineer
**Company:** [Rokt](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/rokt)
**Location:** New York, NY
**Salary:** $170K-$235K
**Experience:** 3+ years
**Skills:** Java, C#, Python, JavaScript, Go, Kubernetes, AWS, GCP, Azure, API Development
**Posted:** 2026-04-16
> Senior Software Engineer owns and scales ecommerce platform systems in areas like data infrastructure or real-time personalization, mentors juniors, and leverages AI tools. Requires 3-5+ years experience in software development with strong fundamentals and cloud expertise.
## Job Description
## What You’ll Do

- **Own Complex Systems End-to-End**: Break down complex projects into executable tasks, provide accurate estimates for multi-quarter work, and deliver on time.
- **Build and Scale Core Production Systems**: 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. Act as first responder during incidents and promote best practices across your team.
- **Accelerate Development with AI**: Leverage AI tools and automation to speed up coding, testing, and deployment across the team. Build libraries, frameworks, and tooling that others can use.
- **Mentor and Multiply**: Coach junior engineers through pairing, code review, and structured feedback. Shape team processes and participate in recruiting the next generation of Rokt engineers.
- **Collaborate Across Functions**: Partner cross-functionally (product, Machine Learning Research, Go-to-Market) to align engineering delivery with business objectives. Communicate progress clearly to stakeholders at all levels.

## Requirements

- **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.
- **Domain depth**: Experience with web application development, cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure) & Kubernetes, API development, or data platform engineering. Distributed systems experience valued but not required.
- **AI-Fluency**: You treat AI tools as force multipliers and stay current with the tooling landscape. You know when to lean on them and when the problem demands your own judgment.
- **Problem Solving**: You break down ambiguous problems using first principles, organise work into manageable tasks, and know when to escalate.
- **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.

**Target total compensation**: $245,000 - $360,000, including a fixed annual salary of $170,000 - $235,000, an employee equity plan grant, and world-class benefits.
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