Senior Software Engineer - Frontend

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 Senior Frontend Software Engineer

Compensation: $190,000 - $235,000 salary, employee equity plan grant & world-class benefits.

As a key member of our dynamic team at Rokt, we're seeking a Senior Frontend Engineer who will spearhead transformative initiatives alongside a talented, autonomous team. You'll take ownership of critical components within our product ecosystem, driving the delivery of innovative features that captivate consumers. Your role will encompass mentoring junior team members, collaborating closely with product managers and designers to shape our advertising platform, and championing technical excellence at every turn.

We're on the lookout for individuals with a keen architectural vision, ready to shape the future as we embark on the next generation of Rokt's software. If you're passionate about crafting exceptional experiences that resonate with consumers and thrive in a collaborative, fast-paced environment, we want to hear from you.

About the role: 

• Identifying and proposing improvements to the current system architecture that emphasize reliability and scalability
• Working with the product and engineering teams to produce development plans and see through to delivery and success
• Contributing to the collaborative development processes within the organization on both product and technical domains
• Support and work with other engineers on best practices, architecture, and quality.
• Take responsibility for the system health, managing risk and security

Requirements

About you:

• 5+ years of experience in commercial software development experience designing, building, and operating frontend applications.
• Comprehensive programming skills in JavaScript/TypeScript along with modern frontend frameworks and libraries
• Robust skills in HTML and CSS best practices, including inner workings of the DOM, iFrames, and security features
• Insights and intrigue in building high performance secure client side applications nested within critical components of partners multi-page and single-page applications
• Learn quickly: demonstrated ability to quickly understand and absorb new information. Passion for technology and eager to dive-in to figure out how things work
• Problem solving skills: able to use first principles - using both qualitative and quantitative data - to solve complex problems
• Leadership: mentor & help organize engineering contributors, work with the product team to gather requirements & measure tradeoffs efficient and productive manner, understanding business logic and be able to translate into appropriate technical solutions

Benefits

About Rokt’stars:

As a mission-driven, hyper-growth community of curious explorers, our ambition is to unlock the full potential 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; in doing so we either win or learn. We work together as one aligned team never letting egos get in the way of brilliant ideas. We value diversity, transparency and smart humble people who enjoy building a disruptive business together. We pride ourselves on being a force for good as we make the world better. 

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 allowance
• Become a shareholder. Every Rokt’star gets equity in the company
• Enjoy catered lunch every day and healthy snacks in the office. Plus join the gym on us! 
• Access generous retirement plans like a 4% dollar-for-dollar 401K matching plan and get fully funded premium health insurance for your entire family! 
• 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

We believe we’re better together. We love spending time together and are in the office most days (teams are in the office 4 days per week). We also get that you need to balance your life and your commitments so you have the flexibility to manage your own hours and can spend up to a week of every quarter working from anywhere.

If this sounds like a role you’d enjoy, apply here and you’ll hear from our recruiting team.