VP, Machine Learning Engineering

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 VP, Machine Learning Engineering

Compensation: $312,000, employee equity plan grant & world-class benefits.

Requirements

The VP of Machine Learning Engineering will build, grow, and lead the cutting-edge research of Rokt’s Machine Learning team. You will lead the team in the research, experimentation, and implementation of new ML models and approaches that are mission-critical for Rokt. Your team will also own the foundation for data, infrastructure, and tooling that accelerates ML experimentation at Rokt. 

As a machine learning thought leader and executive partner, you will identify key strategic opportunities and product improvements, helping to solidify Rokt’s position as the leader in automation.

About the role: 

• Shape, grow, and lead exceptional teams that deliver novel, strategic ML solutions for Rokts product offerings.
• Leverage your ML industry expertise to introduce new technologies and processes and drive innovation within Rokt’s product offerings
• Lead the development and deployment of machine learning models for content. understanding, embeddings, recommender systems, and ranking.
• Develop and maintain a deep understanding of user behavior, preferences, and engagement patterns through the use of ML.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including product, engineering, design, and data science to identify and prioritize opportunities for machine learning.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to the machine learning team.
• Partner with business stakeholders to understand their needs and develop solutions that drive business outcomes.
• Keep up to date with the latest research in machine learning and related fields and explore opportunities to apply new techniques to our platform.

Requirements

About you:

• You have a deep technical background in applied machine learning, including deep learning, computer vision, natural language processing, and data engineering.
• An eye for product and relentlessly putting the customer at the heart of your strategic decisions.
• Previous experience in building and leading ML teams in creating end-to-end machine learning pipelines, including algorithms and tooling.
• Nice-to-have: A published researcher with a strong track record of academic experience in ML and AI.

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.