Machine Learning Engineer
Who we are
With its headquarters in NYC, a major R&D hub in Sydney, and operating in 16 markets globally, Rokt is expanding rapidly. As the global leader in e-commerce 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 e-commerce smarter, faster, and better.
With annual revenues of more than US$100M and a vibrant company culture, Rokt has been listed in ‘Great Places to Work’ in US and Australia. Our award-winning culture is guided by our four core values: Smart with Humility, Customer Obsessed, 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.
Keen to join a fast-growing company and a vibrant culture? Learn more at rokt.com.
About the Role
The optimization team is responsible for the research and development of the machine learning services that are used across the Rokt network. Our mission is to leverage machine learning and optimization techniques to deliver the most relevant user experience for each customer and increase value for every partner at Rokt.
As a machine learning engineer, you will be working with peer engineers and product managers to design and build end-to-end machine learning solutions including our real-time bidding algorithms, recommendation engines, and other machine learning services.
Outcomes & Responsibilities
- Work cross-functionally with product managers and other engineers to understand business priorities, suggest technical options and implement solutions.
- Design and build highly scalable and robust machine learning pipelines.
- Research and prototype new modeling ideas to continuously optimize model results.
- Support ad-hoc requests and drive insights from the data.
- Design and automate dashboards to fulfill various reporting requirements.
- Follow the agile development process and contribute to the development cycle from architecture design, coding, code reviews, deployment to experiments.
Requirements
- Good understanding of software engineering principles. Development experience with Python and Golang is a plus.
- Deep knowledge in one or more following areas - Bayesian methods, Econometrics, Reinforcement learning, Gradient boosting machine, Natural language processing, Computer vision and etc.
- Be motivated, self-driven in a fast (we truly mean fast) paced environment with a proven track record demonstrating impact across several teams and/or organizations.
- Ability to communicate and collaborate effectively with business stakeholders and manage tasks in a timely manner.
- BS degree in Computer Science, a similar technical field of study or equivalent practical experience.
- 1+ years of working experience in building production-grade machine learning systems including continuous integration and continuous deployment for machine learning models, online and offline model inference and etc.
- 3+ years of working experience in software engineering roles.
- Experience with DevOps/MLOps tools and techniques like Kubernetes, Kubeflow, and TFX in a production environment is a massive plus.
Benefits
- 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 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 the 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.